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| Creator: Earth Crisis
Label: Victory Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 216183
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 746105012127
EAN: 0746105012127
ASIN: B00004T2HC
Release Date: June 20, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Loss of Humanity | | • | Slither | | • | Provoke | | • | Nemesis | | • | Agress | | • | Biomachines | | • | Killing Brain Cells | | • | Arc of Descent | | • | Mechanism | | • | Behind the Wire | | • | Mass Arrest | | • | Hairtrigger | | • | Escape |
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Album Description
Almost 10 years and 6 releases later, Earth Crisis has yet to slow down. Their new offering "Slither" is the most progressive to date. Earth Crisis have adated their sound, but without loosing what makes them one of the foremost bands in the underground metal/hardcore scenes. Old and new fans will not be disappointed.
Album Description
Japanese edition of the politically active alternative metal act's 2000 album. Includes two bonus tracks, 'Broken Foundation' & 'Gomorrah's Season Ends'. 15 tracks in all.
Album Details
Japanese version featuring 2 bonus tracks: 'Broken Foundation' & 'Gomorrah's Season Ends'.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 What happened? June 11, 2001
Frankie Tran (Windsor, CA United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
What the heck happened to one of my all time favorite Hardcore bands? Once a tough, growling, ripping S**T up band, now a metal, melodic, rappy band!! Sure this is album is solid, well if you review it as itself and not compare it to past EC releases. Guitars are very well done, trading licks and riffs back and for. Bulldog is tough on bass, pounding away with hardcore fury. Drumming is sick as usual. But here is the bad part. Karl once a great hardcore singer.....raps and sings. This is not Earth Crisis, i really dont know what made them take this path...maybe they thought this would make them a huge band..Well they were huge, well,in the hardcore scene. I give the 2 stars for the effort and for the great artwork on the CD. If you want classic EC, buy "All Out War", "Firestorm" or "Destroy The Machines". My personal favorite is "Gommorah Season Ends" which is a hardcore classic.
Similar to the change Machine Head made August 15, 2000
Nation on Fire (Houston, Texas United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I will start this review off by admitting that I haven't been into Earth Crisis that long, only a year or two. I bought "Breed the Killers" and was impressed with the music overall, but I HATED the vocals. "Slither" makes a huge improvement in that department. Karl sings a little more and "raps" a little (I dont think its rapping, it's more like the way Tom Araya from Slayer sounds), along with his usual roars. This time though, the roars are a little bit more understandable and more bearable to me, because of the fact that he doesn't do them the whole time. The music is also a little more melodic, though still very heavy. It isn't as dark and heavy as "Breed the Killers", but still heavy and good in it's own way. My only complaints are: 1. Karl only sounds good sometimes when he sings, and if he can't sound good the whole time, he shouldn't do it at all. 2. "Behind the Wire" is a different version from the Victory Records sampler, the one on the Victory sampler was a million times better in every possible way. Overall, an good record, I just hope they make the right changes and make the next one better.
 Earth Crisis - 'Slither' (Victory) September 2, 2005
Mike Reed (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Problem with 'Slither' is that it doesn't cover any new ground.I mean,it's on okay release by the metal band,just nothing special.Noticed that mainman Karl Buechner has toned down his rather menacing growl to include cleaner vocal arrangements.That COULD actually work here.Tunes like "Loss Of Humanity",title cut "Slither","Biomachines" and "Hair Trigger" appear to be decently penned out.See what you think.Might appeal to some fans of Fear Factory,Korn,Machine Head and Biohazard.
 Outstanding, another Earth Crisis classic July 21, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've had this CD for a while now (had an advanced copy of it actually) and it still blows my mind. It is my current favorite CD, and I make sure to listen to it everyday....after all, this is the band that caused me to follow the sXe path. Slither's sound is a far cry from EC's old style on their past records. While vocalist Karl maintains the raspy growls and such from past albums (mainly Gomorrah's Season Ends and Breed the Killers, where as their older stuff had decipherable lyrics), he throws a little rap in here and there. But don't get me wrong, Earth Crisis hasn't become a sellout band jumping on the current trend of "rap-metal", so don't you Limp Bizkit and Korn fans get excited. While they may have added a few new elements to their style, Earth Crisis is even better than before (or so I believe) and still keep most of their old sound. I must agree with the person from Boise who reviewed this before me. For you "pop-metal" lovers out there who are looking for the next breakthrough band, keep looking. Casual fans of mild metal and wannabe hardcore need not apply here, Earth Crisis is the real deal with a REAL MESSAGE (environmental protection, animal rights, the dangers of substance abuse, etc) which they portray flawlessly. My favorite tracks are Slither, Nemesis, Killing Brain Cells, Behind the Wire and Escape. In conclusion, Earth Crisis is just as great as always, just with a couple changes to their approach. All sXe unite, Earth Crisis is back and better than ever.
What's the message again? September 27, 2007
G. MCDONALD (Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have listened to Earth Crisis since the mid 90s, when Destroy the Machines came out. I'll admit, at 35 I'm still straight edge. I have 4 kids, and happy marriage, and a great job. I have a successful military career (6 years) to look back on, and both undergraduate and graduate degrees. I don't think I am an unusual case. I have an issue with the umbrella statements that all sXe people are teenagers and prone to a life of alcoholism upon attainment of 21 years of life.
I have always liked EC's music; as a musician myself (guitar) I am always impressed at how raw a guitar sound they get. However, I have never subscribed to the vegan movement, I think it's stupid and ridiculous to presume that eating meat (a dietary necessity) is morally bad. Sure, we could treat the animals better in farms and testing labs, but don't think for a second that this message of environmental veganism doesn't get clouded by the plastic jewel case, inks and dyes, and absolutely certain meat consumption by the graphic artists, producers, mixers, and other personnel involved in producing this product. And how do you think the cotton was (backbreakingly) harvested for those shirts and hoodies? And how do you think that merch was manufactured? By magical, high paid labor union workers? No it was harvested by underpaid imigrant labor, and the shirts and hats were manufactured in sweat shops. This is were the hypocrasy takes root. This message has always eluded me, how a group of people could be so sure about how everyone else should live, but pay so little attention to the details of the example they set. But I have enjoyed the music. Like much of what Hollywood creates, I must detach myself from who is in it, or what their political beliefs are, in order to enjoy the end product ... and have gotten to the point where I rarely even attempt to see or hear the end product anymore.
Fortunately, I've never been able to understand (much less "sing" along with) Karl. His vocals, until Slither, were always a mush of uninspired growls and yelling. I'm glad to witness the change (it only took ten years!). I really enjoyed Slither. I think it was a breakthrough for EC, and showed a level of growth, songwriting, and maturation for the band that sets this album apart from their catalogue. I'm sorry to see them disband, but honestly, I don't know how they stayed together so long. None of their records have ever broken the gold sales mark, and while a staple in the sXe movement, they have rarely broken into the national spotlight for their music.
If you can overlook the anger and ridiculousness of the veganist message, this is a great album. It is definitely a milestone for EC and the only record in their entire catalogue that really stands out as any different from the rest.
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