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But I won't make it that easy for myself, even though I can leave everything I just said as it is! Hammer album! Typical SOIA indeed. If only it didn't always take 3-4 years for the 4 now "mature" guys to release a new record. The mathematician (who doesn't know SOIA) will notice that the band must have been around for a damn long time.... That's true, next year SOIA will celebrate their 30th band anniversary, and almost always with the same lineup! Somehow, the founding members always come back together when one of them becomes independent ("independent"—does everyone know that? So when someone becomes self-sufficient and/or moves out). And while I'm at it, my first SOIA concert was in the mid-90s in Bielefeld - Sennestadt, I have no idea what the club was called, but it was definitely for the "Scratch The Surface" album, an amazing album!!!
So is "Last Act of Defiance" with its 14 songs that are between 1:27 and 2:43 minutes long, typical hardcore, short but impactful! I've listened to these 30 minutes at least 2 dozen times in the car, and every time I arrived at my destination faster. The songs pull you in so much and they hit so hard through the speakers that you end up going 20 km/h over the speed limit without even realizing it... Dangerous, but that's just how awesome NYHC is, hard and uncompromising!
By the way, "Facing The Abyss" features Mad Joe Black from WISDOM IN CHAINS as a guest vocalist. Another really great band from the US East Coast.
However, there is one thing to complain about: I don't have the lyrics :-( And so it's hard for me to say something about the lyrics, and before I misinterpret, misunderstand, or mistranslate anything, I'd rather leave it... :-(
Still, it remains a perfect score!!! A must-buy for every hardcore fan!
