Integrity may be a hardcore band, but the aesthetics, or at least the imagery, behind the band are more befitting for metal. Just take a look at the album cover. Then there is fascination with apocalyptic religions in general and with "The Process Church of Final Judgement" in particular. Oh yeah, the music itself isn't too far from metal either. Integrity play the sort of metallized hardcore full of fat, powerful riffs that would make any metal band proud. And if everything above said isn't enough to convince you that Integrity is not your ordinary hardcore band, there is also screamer/lyricist Dwid's own obsession with noise music, represented by the album's closing title track where Dwid weaves a web of hypnotic soundscapes over a frightening monologue about apocalypse and humanity's self-destructive nature. The CD also includes a hidden bonus EP.

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