Can't Stop the Truth

Path Of Resistance | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 18, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Victory Records
• ASIN: B000EQ5Q5Y
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,432 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #67 in Music > Alternative Rock > Hardcore & Punk > Straight Edge

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, September 5, 2006

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Arthur Kicker "Ragged, Tagged, and Bodybagged" (Your Mom's House) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Can't Stop the Truth (Audio CD)

Back in 1997 when the first Path of Resistance album 'Who Dares Wins' was released , it was an instant classic. The band was a side-project containing members of other hardcore bands (including NYHC legends Earth Crisis) and 'Who Dares Wins' is a textbook example of what a late-90s hardcore album should be.

Fast forward almost 10 years later and POR releases 'Can't Stop The Truth'. I hadn't heard that POR was even working on a new album, so I was quite suprised when I came across it at my local music shop. Being a huge Earth Crisis fan and a big fan of the first POR album, of course I snatched it up. I could not have been more disappointed.

POR uses three vocalists, which in itself, though a bit gimmicky, would be fine... if it didn't sound like each vocalist was constantly stepping on each other toes. There's no rhyme or reason to the vocals. It just sounds sloppy. Speaking of sloppy: the guitars sound awful and the drums... what drums? They're lost in the mix. And the songs themselves just aren't catchy or memorable. But the biggest negative of this album is the production. It is the muddiest sounding album I have heard in a long time. I don't know if this was an "artistic" choice by the band to give the album a more "raw" feel, but it destroys any chance of enjoying the album. The album sounds like it was recorded in a tin can. Its awful.

'Can't Stop The Truth' is the most disappointed I've been in an album in a long time. Even if you're a big EC or POR fan, you will absolutely not like this album. Who knows what the album would've sounded like had the production not been so awful? Maybe good, maybe not. But this release, as it is, is atrocious. Skip it.

1.0 out of 5 stars ...and the truth is ugly, July 1, 2006

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triplethreatx "N.O.E.L." (new canaan, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Can't Stop the Truth (Audio CD)

I'm glad i only paid 4 bucks for this. 30 min. of alternating between the E and F chords with three guys shouting about injustice, animals and hatred. ZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZ. Victory records has got to be the worst the label on earth, seriously. The cover looks like really bad death metal artwork (or similar to the Laughing Dog/Ear Bleeding Disorder split 7" for those who know that). This is the kind of music that makes people hate straight-edgers.

5.0 out of 5 stars Straight Edge Justice indeed, May 11, 2006

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Greg HXC "Ggg" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Can't Stop the Truth (Audio CD)

Well, like the reviewer below me I kept seeing commercials for this album during Headbanger's Ball. I also read an interview with them in Revolver and saw that they have 3 singers; seemed pretty cool. Based on hearing the short clip in the commercial, I bought a copy, and goddamn they are amazing. One of the singers has a throatier scream similar to a band like Terror, and one of them has a cleaner shout like a Champion or Comeback Kid. Im not an Earth Crisis or Freya fan so excuse me for not knowing whose who. The lyrics are head and shoulders above most hardcore bands; they tackle issues that have been dealt with for a long time in hardcore, but they express them in more thought-out and creative ways.

Just because they may have a bunch of words that you may not understand doesnt mean that they cant have simple fun too. The second to last track, titled "Intro" of all things, is just a gang shout of "Path of resistance! Straightedge justice!". Its simple, but is very effective, and i can picture a huge pile-on during that song when its done live. Long story short, pick this up and if youre lucky enough to be in an area where they happen to play, then go see them.