reversal of man/enemy soil split (1997)

this split is a fuckin good one. enemy soil and reversal of man both had very impressive lineups in regards to creative output outside of just those two bands. enemy soil featured members of agoraphobic nosebleed, pig destroyer, pg.99, deceased, and city of caterpillar, while reversal of man shared members with another great band by the name of combatwoundedveteran.

enemy soil was a grind/powerviolence band from virginia that broke up not too long after this split was released (their last record was a split with pg.99, doc #2). reversal of man fell a lot closer to the likes of orchid, cwv, jeromes dream, etc.

this record was released by fist held high, a primarily hardcore focused label that released a handful of records between 1995 and 2002, notably the hoods/lockjaw split, and the split between disbelief (members of 86 mentality and no justice) and outcome (members of turmoil). rhetoric records handled distribution, a wisconsin based label that also handled releases from spazz, phobia, corrupted, bastard noise, crossed out, dropdead, and many other bands, both in that realm and outside of it (i think they did a couple early less than jake releases as well). anyways, this is a really solid split with an interesting mix of abrasive shit.

listen to the split here