V/A - Deadly Sins

Label: Hater Of God
Year: 2001

This smartly packaged compilation of four 7"s (one is single sided) seemed to come out under the radar, even though it had some relative "big names" on it. Emphasis on "relative". If you were into gnarly hardcore, especially the kind that flirted with power violence, at the time, then I would think you would have been all over this. Maybe you were?
The bands:
The Black Hand - big, swarming, mean shit. A real underrated band
members of: Ire, Cursed, Drift, Born Dead Icons, One Eyed God Prophecy, Human Greed, Shitfit, Cobra Noir, and Land Of Kush
Catharsis - professional grade metallic hardcore crust
members of: Divide & Conquer, Unsettled, Umlaut, Paint It Black, Requiem, 3 Inches Of Blood, Walls Of Jericho, Trial, Prong(?!), Himsa, Heiress, and Undying
Damad - nobody can really touch this band's queasy style of southern sludge damage.
members of: Kylesa, Karst, Tank 18, Indian Giver, Indestroy, Black Cougar Shock Unit, Antischism, Initial State, and I'm sure a million more
Ruination - scathing hardcore that reaches back in time...so far back that they actually grab a song by The Freeze and cover it here.
members of: Cursed, Left For Dead, Burning Love, Sect, The Swarm, Los Crudos, Charles Broson, Affront, MK-Ultra (heeeeyyyy...wait a minute), Fucked Up, and Earthmover
Kill The Man Who Questions - dual vocal Philly caterwaul that roughs up the edges.
members of: An Albatross, R.A.M.B.O., Crossed Keys, The Curse, Limp Wrist, and Amateur Party
MK-Ultra - whirling dervish styled attack versions of four covers (BGK, Faith, Feederz, and Life's Blood)
members of: Silence, Sick/Tired, Charles Bronson, Ruination (wrinkle in time), Affront, Los Crudos, and a bunch more
Unruh - bring a metallic crunch to their desert baked caveman stomp hardcore, with a song I believe they wrote specifically for this compilation. So, kudos on that!
members of: Antique Scream, Wellington, Landmine Marathon, Northside Kings (who still owe Danzig an apology), and Black Hell

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