Hatebreed vocalist Jamey Jasta described Supremacy as an "all-out onslaught of completely adrenaline-charged, in-your-face brutality," and who are we to argue (in fact, we’d be afraid to)?! Hatebreed came up through the Connecticut hardcore scene (they actually kind of invented it), and recorded acclaimed albums for the Victory and Universal labels before moving to Roadrunner for this 2006 record, which featured the debut of guitarist Frank “3 Gun” Novinec. Supremacy’s sonic assault took it to #31 on the charts, but there’s more to it than just piledriving riffs; Jasta’s personal statement (reproduced on the insert) is remarkable for its honesty and its quasi-Nietzschean philosophy, and the lyrics (e.g. “Mind over All;” “Supremacy of Self”) follow suit. Remastered for its U.S. vinyl debut by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision, pressed in hazy green, "up in smoke" wax limited to 500 copies!
A1. Defeatist
A2. Horrors of Self
A3. Mind over All
A4. To the Threshold
A5. Give Wings to My Triumph
A6. Destroy Everything
A7. Divine Judgment
B1. Immortal Enemies
B2. The Most Truth
B3. Never Let It Die
B4. Spitting Venom
B5. As Diehard as They Come
B6. Supremacy of Self
