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    The Phantom Tollbooth 2001/Spite of Opposition
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    Spite of Opposition

    Crucify the Flesh

    (2001)

    Reviewed by Brian A. Smith

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    Label Clenchedfist RecordsThe Phantom Tollbooth2001
    hardcoremetalcorespeed metal

    Spite of Opposition is a band that puts the "hard" in "hardcore." This album can be a great release for the headbanger in us, with loud guitars, and pounding bass and drum lines. After a while, though, you find that headbanging wears you out. Thankfully, this album includes a lyric sheet, because the vocals here are swallowed by lead singer Mike Lodet. The lyrics here are all well-written, well thought-out, and Scripturally based. It's a shame they get buried beneath a wall of sound on this recording. The song "Revelation" is an homage musically to the early days of speed metal - it sounds a lot like the Metallica song "One."

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