Slither (album)

Slither is the fourth full-length album by the American hardcore band Earth Crisis, released in 2000.[8] It marked a return to Victory Records following the band's 1998 Roadrunner Records album Breed the Killers.[6] Slither ventured into the nu metal sound popularized by '90s metal bands such as Korn and Deftones.[3] The album peaked at No. 50 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[9]

Slither
Studio album by
Earth Crisis
ReleasedJune 20, 2000
Genre
Length42:53
LabelVictory
ProducerSteve Evetts
Earth Crisis chronology
Breed the Killers
(1998)		 Slither
(2000)		 Last of the Sane
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Chronicles of Chaos8/10[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
Punknews.org[7]

Production

The album was produced by Steve Evetts.[10] The album cover was designed by the artist Dave McKean.

Reception

Chronicles of Chaos wrote: "Managing to stir up enough emotion and deafening cries of aggression, the band storms through a sonic assault of heavy vibes and mosh pit worthy material—and the music of Slither is also chock-full of strong harmonies to boot."[5] The Telegram & Gazette wrote that the songs "boast rich textures as the band combines its old hard-core raucousness with a freshly developed 'clean' heavy-rock sound."[11] The New Straits Times thought that "the lyrics are often contrived and meaningless, which diminishes the power of the music somewhat."[12]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Loss of Humanity"0:51
2."Slither"4:00
3."Provoke"3:17
4."Nemesis"5:00
5."Agress"3:38
6."Biomachines"3:34
7."Killing Brain Cells"3:15
8."Arc of Descent"2:57
9."Mechanism"3:15
10."Behind the Wire"2:34
11."Mass Arrest"3:31
12."Hairtrigger"3:57
13."Escape"2:59
Total length:42:53

Credits
  • Karl Buechner – vocals
  • Scott Crouse – guitar
  • Erick Edwards – guitar
  • Ian "Bulldog" Edwards – bass
  • Dennis Merrick – drums

References
  1. "EARTH CRISIS - Slither". ox-fanzine.de. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  2. "6 Albums That Nearly Ruined Bands' Careers". Kerrang!. July 6, 2020.
  3. Matt Kantor. Slither – Earth Crisis. AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
  4. "10 terrible metal albums with one classic song". June 30, 2023.
  5. "CoC : Earth Crisis – Slither : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
  6. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 197.
  7. "Earth Crisis – Slither". www.punknews.org. February 26, 2001.
  8. "Earth Crisis | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. "Earth Crisis". Billboard.
  10. Makin, Robert (July 27, 2000). "Rave". Courier-News. p. D5.
  11. McLennan, Scott (August 31, 2000). "Crisis, what crisis? Well-aired vegan code keeps Earth Crisis going". Telegram & Gazette. p. C1.
  12. Murthi, R.S. (August 30, 2000). "EARTH CRISIS – Slither". New Straits Times. Music. p. 4.


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