Entry the 36th: Integrity - Systems Overload

This one had been on my list stretching back to day 0 when I was still finding out about bands from Victory Style. The song Systems Overloaded was on there alongside a bunch of others I liked that I have already mentioned. Once I picked it up, I discovered that Systems Overload was my favorite Integrity record. It some really fast songs and some of the slower ones, and what it lacked in spookiness compared to Seasons In The Size Of Days it definitely made up for in fury.

I love Integrity, which is probably at this point abundantly clear, so getting to listen to this instead of this is great. I might prefer other Integrity albums at this point, but I'm not sure. Systems Overload is a fantastic addition. Charlie Manson!

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Entry the 25th: Integrity - Taste Of Every Sin

I love Integrity right? So why not just grab this without looking right? Well that's what I did. It was a compilation of alternate recordings of a bunch of Integrity songs from Seasons In The Size Of Days and a bunch of earlier demos. A bunch of the songs on here were ones that I did not have elsewhere and the opening track, a version of ATF Assault had Lemmy from Motorhead introducing the track, which is kind of cool. Other than a few tracks like Kingdom Of Heaven, March Of The Damned, and Rebirth this is mostly stuff I already had or had heard somewhere.

As I have mentioned before, I still really love listening to Integrity. There is some good stuff here, but it is a bit too much of a mishmash to really get played instead of one of their proper albums. Except maybe the last track, called Those Who Fear Tomorrow which, although I don't know if it is the original recording, is all good and this is the only recording of it I have.

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Entry the 12th: Integrity - Seasons In The Size Of Days

More Integrity! I was hard pressed to decide whether I liked this better than Humanity Is The Devil but who cares? Dark and menacing hardcore, with all kinds of heretical imagery? Yes please. This was also perfect listening for the time of year I got it, late in the year as the days were fast approaching their darkest, and everything around was bleak and grey. Two years later I named my cat after singer Dwid.

Today it's not so bleak out there, but you wouldn't know it from the sounds coming from my speakers. A song about sarin nerve gas is delightful, and Millennial Reign almost sounds like something that Deathspell Omega would put out today. Integrity was and remains one of my favorite hardcore bands, or rather favorite bands in any genre.

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