shortly after i could obtain strife's first full length 'one truth' via ebay, i also bid successfully on 'in this defiance'. it was one of those records i was after for some time already, and so i was pretty excited as it popped up on the bay. of course i had to reach deeper in my pocket for it, but that's just the way it goes. sleep on it and pay up. despite that, i was really happy as it finally showed up and i was able to listen to this classic in the best way of all, on vinyl.
'in this defiance' is a damn strong record all the way through. not one stinker on this album. check out 'force of change' and 'will to die' with chino moreno. if you're now convinced you need this nineties, straight edge hardcore monument, you better head right over to victory records and order the recent re-press on purple vinyl before it's too late again.
according to deadformat.net the victory first pressing came on 1019 copies on a colour called 'putty'. some copies came out on a more blue end of the spectrum and some came out more greyish. as you can see mine is one of the latter colour. i love these putty colours. victory seems to have specialised in these. i'll have a lot of these babies to post about in the future. but that's a different story. what sucks for the here and now is my dent in the lower left corner (or lower right corner looking from the back of the cover) of the sleeve. we'll see if it bothers me enough to go for an upgrade copy. victory records. 1997.
