INTEGRITY Den Of Iniquity 2xLP

INTEGRITY Den Of Iniquity 2xLP

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DESCRIPTION FROM CRUCIAL BLAST:
      The latest in an ongoing campaign of older Integrity reissues, early 90s compilation Den Of Iniquity is back in print for the first time in years, available as a newly re-mastered CD in gatefold packaging from Magic Bullet, as well as a recent limited-edition vinyl version in deluxe gatefold packaging with spot varnish printing, a printed insert with new liner notes, a big foldout poster of the Integrity skull, and an additional silk-screened wraparound cover. Being a huge fan of this diabolical metallic hardcore band, I'm naturally inclined to recommend this to anyone into Integrity's unique sound, but it's also a primo starting point for new listeners who might only now be discovering the band. Released back in 1993 on the band's own Dark Empire label and print ever since, this new version is vastly expanded from the original ten-song release; Den Of Iniquity now features twenty-three tracks that span the band's non-album releases through the mid-90s, including their stuff from the Grace Of The Unholy single, the 1989 Harder They Fall demo, the Dark Empire Strikes Back, Inside Front: No Exit and Taste of Every Sin compilations, and split 7"s with Hatebreed, Lockweld, Pale Creation, Mayday, The Kids Of Widney High (!) and Psywarfare.
      Today, you couldn't make it ten feet at a metalcore show before tripping over some band ripping off Integrity's sound. But back when this compilation originally came out, these Cleveland maniacs didn't sound like anything else going on in the American hardcore/metal underground. From the earliest cassette recordings to the later Victory Records-era stuff, Integrity's were a uniquely demented strain of crossover metal that drew from a disparate range of influences, a blend of thrash metal, the sound and morality of late 80's straightedge hardcore, the unhinged, apocalyptic psychosis of Japanese hardcore legends G.I.S.M., the morbid death-punk of Samhain and Mighty Sphincter, Septic Death's bizarro schlock, and later in their career, industrial and Japanese harsh noise. Under the leadership of frontman Dwid Hellion, the band melted these influences together into a sound that was (and still is) uniquely theirs. And it's impact was widespread; just listen to the stuff on their 1990 Grace Of The Unholy cassette single, and you'll hear the birth of "metalcore". But they also wove other, more esoteric interests into the music and image as well, infatuations with apocalypse cults and Crowleyian occultism, Gnosticism and religious iconography, along with a heavy dose of Answer Me-style misanthropy.
      And it's all represented on this massive collection. A lot of the music on Den will be extremely familiar to longtime fans, and some of this stuff would later appear in revised form on the band's first few albums. For me at least, these original recordings are the definitive versions of those songs. But it's all great. Most of this is the brutal, malevolent metallic hardcore punk that Integrity pioneered, with some of the highlights being the weirdly evil hardcore of the 1989 Harder They Fall demo, and the genuinely creepy feel of the tracks from the Mayday split. Elsewhere there are weird soundscapes and bursts of surreal electronic noise that appear on their tracks from the split 7"s with Clevo noise outfit Lockweld and Dwid's experimental project Psywarfare, and there's a bizarre-sounding, stream-of-consciousness version of "Eighteen" taken from a live radio performance. The last track "Silence Ever After" off of the Taste Of Every Sin CD is another oddity, a sprawling piece of dark psychedelia formed from metallic shredding, sitar-like drones, swirling electronic ambience and surreal samples, a sinister and trippy driftscape quite unlike anything else on the disc. But these are strange asides, scattered throughout a relentless assault of fast-paced, violent thrash and crushing metallic riffage. All essential stuff for Integ fans, obviously, and required listening for anyone interested in the evolution of the metallic hardcore sound.   © CRUCIAL BLAST
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