Verbal Assault

Trial, On/ Exit, RIX-Core ’84-’86

Atomic Action

2013, 2018, 2021


Verbal Assault was Rhode Island hardcore to be sure. Well liked, well travelled and showing growth with each release, Atomic Action gives us three of their great releases, ‘Trial’ (melodic hardcore pointing towards Dagnasty and emo) and ‘On’ and ‘Exit’ now combined as ‘On/Exit”, a post-hardcore masterpiece that we might unfairly compare to early Dag Nasty or late-period Government Issue as a comparison. They also have a digital only release compilation of three RI bands from the day, which features eight live VA tracks. Not sure if they are taken from demos or another source, but still nice to have.


Link: https://atomicactionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/trial

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