Slither (album)

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Slither
Earth Crisis Slither album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Earth Crisis
ReleasedJune 20, 2000
GenreNu metal, metalcore[1]
Length42:53
LabelVictory
ProducerSteve Evetts
Earth Crisis chronology
Breed the Killers
(1998) 		Slither
(2000) 		Last of the Sane
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic1.5/5 stars[2]
Chronicles of Chaos8/10[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 stars[4]
Punknews.org.5/5 stars[5]

Slither is the fourth full-length album by the American metalcore band Earth Crisis, released in 2000.[6] It marked a return to Victory Records, following the band's 1998 Roadrunner Records album, Breed the Killers.[4] The album ventured into the nu metal sound popularized by '90s metal bands Korn, Slipknot, Biohazard, and Machine Head.

The album cover was designed by the artist Dave McKean.

The album peaked at No. 50 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[7]

Production[]

The album was produced by Steve Evetts.[8]

Critical 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."[3] 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."[9] The New Straits Times thought that "the lyrics are often contrived and meaningless, which diminishes the power of the music somewhat."[10]

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "6 Albums That Nearly Ruined Bands' Careers". Kerrang!.
  2. ^ Matt Kantor. Slither - Earth Crisis. AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "CoC : Earth Crisis - Slither : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 3: MUZE. p. 197.CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. ^ "Earth Crisis - Slither". www.punknews.org.
  6. ^ "Earth Crisis | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ "Earth Crisis". Billboard.
  8. ^ Makin, Robert (27 July 2000). "Rave". Courier-News. p. D5.
  9. ^ McLennan, Scott (31 Aug 2000). "Crisis, what crisis? Well-aired vegan code keeps Earth Crisis going". Telegram & Gazette. p. C1.
  10. ^ Murthi, R.S. (30 Aug 2000). "EARTH CRISIS - Slither". New Straits Times. Music. p. 4.



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