It’s no secret that I think Assert are one of the best UKHC bands EVER. Fast and furious, they write the kind of catchy, pit anthems that ninety-nine percent of their contemporaries, past and present, wish they could lay down on their very best day. And their frontman, Britt, has spent his life challenging the ideology of globalised political, social, and economic rule, and the stylised preconceptions of the scene and the audiences they’ve never disappointed. Assert were, are, and will always be one of the best bands I’ve ever seen, and having witnessed them doing what they do best more times than I can count or remember, I’ve NEVER seen them play a bad show or give less than one hundred ten percent regardless of where they’re playing, or who they’re playing for. 

That said, it’s time to dive headlong into their latest studio album. The Great Resist, and for Britt and crew, it’s business as usual. It’s a foot to the floor, wall of crossover-powered intensity from beginning to end. Think Intense Degree meets Born to Expire era Leeway with a healthy dose of late eighties Agnostic Front thrown in for good measure. Fuelled by intelligent, thought-provoking lyrics that question the established foundations of twenty-first-century life, every song on this record slams harder than Mike Muir on a Pepsi bender, with A Dangerous Intellect, Life I Need, and Just A Story leading the charge. In this crappy, failing world, it’s nice to know that Assert have weathered the storm and are still the Hardcore force of nature that you, me, and the rest of the scene can depend on. You don’t want this record, you NEED it. The resistance starts here… Tim Cundle 

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