This Cleveland based band has seen some action in almost thirty years of existence. With the flow of time they secured themselves cult status and they became legends. I remember when I first heard their record “Systems Overload” back in the mid nineties I was stunned with their unique darkened and apocalyptic vision of hardcore with lots of metallic edge. With mastermind/vocalist Dwid Hellion being the only constant in the band lineup they released twelve albums, this brand new being included. On this record Integrity continues to explore the hardcore genre boundaries creating fourteen songs, conceptual hymns to the apocalypse. Music is everything you expect to hear from this band, meaning aggressive fast paced almost black metallish songs(“Blood Sermon”), mid tempo pumping groove hooks(“I Am The Spell”) but also punkish anthems(“Die With Your Boots On”). Underneath it all, great melodies and guitar solo parts flow through the whole album. Who loved this band before this record will love them even more and who did not love them, well this record will not make their feelings grow warmer towards this band.

7/10

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