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In existence during the fledgling days of bands like Chain of Strength and Earth Crisis, Inside Out was part of an early 90s hardcore scene that relied on drumming breakdowns and chugging guitars, and a kind of clenched-teeth intensity that equaled insane live shows—ones that made you curious how more limbs weren't being broken and/or completely torn off in the pit. No Spiritual Surrender isn't a mind-blowing or well-produced EP—like so many other hardcore releases at the time, it sounds like it was recorded in a cardboard box with Fisher-Price mikes—but "Burning Fight" is the most dynamic of the four songs and is living proof that Zack de la Rocha could damn well scream prior to all the funky radical bomb tracks, or whatever.
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