Here is another beautiful reissue that reviews as well as INTEGRITY. This time we talk about another issue that crossed the band of the 90's HC scene. The StrongARM were the leading exponents of the current Christian hc (Yes, I mean religion) which created much controversy in those days. Moreover in the first half of 1990, followers of Hare Krishna and the foundations historically these Catholics "secular", when not openly anti-religious from the start that had characterized the social aspect of the hardcore movement was brutally called into question. And of course those who lived hc movement of those days will never forget the fierce diasporas that erupted between the pro-life and pro-choice, within the course of abortion. This current thread Christian, very radical and extremist, he found his side label Tooth & Nail in Seattle, and bands like Earth Crisis (on these VICTORY; I'm not sure of the thread, however, but of these only Catholicism dell'antiabortismo), StrongARM, Underoath and Zao.
The StrongARM, in particular, were the unquestioned standard-bearer of the label in Seattle. They came from Florida and in their short lives they released only two LPs and a handful of EPs.
reprint reviewed here, which is their first LP, which came out just for Tooth & Nail in 1995 on CD only. And here for the first time ever is finally presented in a very limited vinyl, I read it on the site that have been printed only 500 copies, of which 400 in green vinyl and 100 black vinyl.
time were extracted from the CD 2 EP, fortunately these vinyl, or "Division" and "Trials", each of which contained extracts from the LP and unreleased (NOT replicated here).
Musically proposed a hardcore / metal but powerful characterized by beautiful melodies, whose ideals successors (musically speaking, not ideology) were very good in my opinion the MODERN LIFE IS WAR. The text (in the classic format of the lyric sheet), however, were nothing short of embarrassing positions in their religious thread.
A very important album, both for musical reasons that "social" After two years away from the second and last LP "The Advent Of A Miracle" was released on Solid State (a subsidiary of Tooth & Nail), this time on vinyl. And also beautiful.
Gianni Bandini ( gianni@ngi.it )
The songs:
1) Division
2) Trials
3) Take This Hand
4) Stand Together
5) Count The Cost
6) Gates Of Atonement
7) Innocence Lost
8) Forgiven
9) Remaining
10) Strengthened In Faith
Contatti:
http://www.bloodandinkrecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/strongarm
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