Monday, April 22, 2013

Integrity/Suicide Black Snake/A389 Recordings/Magic Bullet Records/2013 CD Review


  Integrity  are  a  band  from  from  Ohio  that  has  a  very  long  history  with  a  musical  style  I  would  describe  as  being  hardcore  mixed  with  extreme  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Suicide  Black  Snake"  which  was  released  by  A389  Recordings.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  not  much  in  the  way  of  blast  beats,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  hardcore  with  extreme  metal  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  soft  and  clean  playing,  while  the  lead  guitars  when  they  are  utilize  are  very  melodic  sounding  old  school  metal/rock  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  they  use  finger  picking  to  enhance  the  darkness  that  is  coming  out  of  the  recording  along  with  a  brief  use  of  harmonica's.

  Vocals are  mostly  hardcore style  yells  with  some  clean  singing  and  spoken  word  parts,  while  the  lyrics  cover  Darkness  and  Occult  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  dark  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on t his  recording.  

  In  my  opinion t his  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Intregrity  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this band,  you  should  enjoy  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Suicide  Black  Snake"  "Beast  As  Gods"  "All  Is  None"  and  "Lucifer  Before The  Day  Doth  Go".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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