In Contrast of Tomorrow

Integrity | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 7, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Victory Records
• ASIN: B00005MLWI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #312,277 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Den Of Iniquity

2. Micha - Those Who Fear Tomorrow

3. Live It Down

4. Die Hard

5. In Contrast Of Sin

6. Judgement Day

7. Bringing It Back

8. Lundgren/Crucifixion

9. Dead Wrong

10. Decent Into...

11. Darkness

12. Harder They Fall

13. Dawn Of A New Apocalypse

14. Kingdom Of Heaven

15. Tempest

16. Rebirth

17. Wings Tear

18. Candra Nama Vijayasya Stri Pums' Calayast

19. Apollyons Whispers

20. In Contrast Of Sin

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

For well over a decade, Cleveland based, INTEGRITY has been putting out some of the most controversial, brilliant and extreme sounds in underground music. Combining traditional hardcore with thrash and speed metal, their trademark sound has forever altered the landscape of the Hardcore scene. They have been consistently cited as a main influence by countless bands from large to small. This release is a documentation of Integrity’s early recordings,from 1989-1991. August 2001 also marks the 10th anniversary of their first full-length record, which is simply one of the most important records ever to come out of the underground music scene. “Those Who Fear Tomorrow” has become to Hardcore what SLAYER’s “Reign In Blood” is to metal. “In Contrast of Tomorrow” also includes Integrity’s very first, long out of print ep along with other rare recordings and is topped off with some other unholy surprises. This release is by far the most comprehensive INTEGRITY collection ever assembled. This is definitely a “Desert Island” release if you are into hard music.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars ----unnecessary----, September 9, 2009

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Jay Fuchs "SoundOfWhiteNoise" (Big D, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Contrast of Tomorrow (Audio CD)

Integrity is probably my favorite hardcore band of all time. I have almost all of their cd's.. ..except THIS one, which leads me to my point. The product description states "This release is a documentation of Integrity's early recordings from 1989-1991" Yes it is. We get it. We've had it. These songs have been released 5 or 6 times already. Integrity is the only hardcore band I know that has FIVE discs that contain overlapping songs from other releases. Is the music good ? Hell yes, it is essential. But it's getting too repetitive. Here are the other Integ albums that have the same songs in some variation:
Those Who Fear Tomorrow
Den Of Iniquity (SIMILAR to Those Who Fear...)
HookedLungStolenBreathCnt (combines the 2 above)
Taste Of Every Sin (another disc with the songs March Of The Damned and Kingdom Of Heaven)
Final Taste Of Every Sin (more dups than Taste Of Every Sin)
Palm Sunday (live tracks so it's okay right ?)
Sliver In The Hands Of Time (this is a combo of Those Who Fear.. + Taste Of Every Sin - pointless !)
Those Who Fear Tomorrow re-release (speaks for itself. WHY re-issue this one ?)
Apparently, Dwid has only authorized certain releases. Nonetheless, In Contrast Of Tomorrow was a pointless release since it contains rehashed material that we've already seen in other forms.
I can't wait for The Blackest Curse to come out.

- Jay in Texas

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The godfathers of metallic hardcore, August 12, 2001

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William R Kelsey II (Upstate NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Contrast of Tomorrow (Audio CD)

This is the band that brought the metal into hardcore. "Those who fear tomorrow" was way ahead of it's time, released at a time when hardcore was more punk-influenced. I believe it's much better than their later releases, with none of the "holy terror" stuff that Dwid (the singer) is into now. Anyone into modern metallic hardcore should pick this up to find their roots.

5.0 out of 5 stars Hardcore history, October 27, 2011

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Citizen Prometheus (Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Contrast of Tomorrow (Audio CD)

If I had to name my favourite hardcore band of all times, it would probably be Integrity. Their music has been most inspiring and enhancing company all the way since the band came into existence in 1989. And still, it is their early releases, especially the "Those who fear tomorrow" - album, which release the energy that has made the soundtrack of forming phases of my life. The energy, the anger and the brutality conveyed is not only unique in this genre, it is furthermore authentic when compared to all the clones of the current generation. Never before have hardcore and Metal merged into such a real and tough symbiosis.

Therefore "In Contrast of Tomorrow" which contains both the "Those Who Fear Tomorrow" and the "Den of Inquity" - albums comes as an excellent call to arms to remind of precious past orthodoxies.