★★★★★
Greatest hits collections or retrospectives (for bands with no hits) are sort of a musical sin. They take you out of the context and out of the moment and leave you with a one night stand that you realize you're being charged for only after the fact. Sure you know you are being charged here but what is the cost? The REAL cost...
- www.punknews.org
2011-11-10
★★★★★
Release Date: November 1, 2011 Hardcore and debacles: it's almost like feeding flesh to the sharks. Face-offs in the pit, tough guy mantras, and esoteric loyalties in phrases like "if you're not now, you never were" have all played their roles. In 1990, NYHC's Sick of it All and Born Against butted heads as tempers flared during an NYU radio broadcast...
- absolutepunk.net
2011-10-24
★★★★★
Sound: It's not strange for one to assume that New York hardcore forefathers Sick of it All would be running out of gas this late and deep into their impressive, conventional-wisdom defying career! While most of their peers from the 1980s have died off, broken up, moved on to different genres or faded into obscurity, Sick of it All are still soldiering on, making music that holds true and fast to the tenets on which the band was built...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2010-06-19
★★★★★
Summary: After the no-frills approach of Death to Tyrants, Sick of it All return with one of the most diverse and memorable albums of their career. Fat Mike of NOFX often jokes that he is open to all musical styles because he likes both kinds - punk and hardcore - and it would seem that Sick of it All subscribe to the same line of thought...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2010-04-22
★★★★★
In a world where the word "punk" is used to describe everything from Government Issue to Goldfinger, Sick of it All has proved to be one of the genre's most reliable acts. Not only did Lou Keller and his pissed-off band define the New York hardcore sound back in the 80s, but they haven't tried to redefine it in almost 20 years, giving SOIA a dependability that few groups (or, at least, few punk groups) can tout...
- www.adequacy.net
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Sick of It All, a band synonymous with the NYC hardcore sound, is still going strong. There have been a few changes in the Sick of It All sound, changes that should net the boys their biggest fan base yet. Never fear though, you're not going to be screaming "sellout!" because you'll be too busy shouting along with the band...
- www.adequacy.net
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Sometimes I wonder about the knowledge level of people who read my reviews. Hopefully they have a basic understanding of phonetics and the English language; that's a start anyhow. Next, do they have any knowledge on the subject matter of what they're reading? This is where my dilemma comes in while writing a review for a band like Sick of it All...
- www.adequacy.net
2009-07-21
★★★★★
The difficult thing with hardcore is to sound tough without coming off as
punker than thou. Luckily, Sick Of It All are harder than thou.
Featuring crunching guitars, scorched vocals and a disgustingly tight
rhythm section, this quartet's sixth release pummels
the competition on all fronts. A particular treat is the mosh-pit waltz of "Nails", which
swings as it slams. If fault is to be found, it is in the somewhat muddled
mix...
- www.splendidezine.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
It's a funny old fella, hardcore punk. Despite its evolution into greater things, it always manages to retain the gung-ho diehards who refuse to bow to the pressures of progress. Tunes, harmonies, experimentalism: mere expletives to be washed out with soap as far as NYC's
- nme.com
2009-06-08