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Album Review: Sick of It All - Last Act Of Defiance

Mark Hebblewhite
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"The kings are back: bow down"

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Sick Of It All’s artistic marriage to producer Tue Madsen just keeps delivering. Since 2006’s Death To Tyrants the NYHC veterans have done no wrong and this album, their tenth full-length for those counting, keeps up the strike rate. Last Act… is 14 tracks of no-nonsense hardcore goodness. The riffs driving the likes of 2061 and Never Back Down are some of the best in the band’s career and vocalist Lou Keller’s ‘positive belligerence’ again makes the lyrics not only memorable but also meaningful. The kings are back: bow down.