Slither (album)
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 Slipknot, Biohazard, and Machine Head.
| Slither | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 20, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Nu metal, metalcore[1] | |||
| Length | 42:53 | |||
| Label | Victory | |||
| Producer | Steve Evetts | |||
| Earth Crisis chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 8/10[3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| Punknews.org | [5] |
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. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- "6 Albums That Nearly Ruined Bands' Careers". Kerrang!.
- Matt Kantor. Slither - Earth Crisis. AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
- "CoC : Earth Crisis - Slither : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
- Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 197.
- "Earth Crisis - Slither". www.punknews.org.
- "Earth Crisis | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- "Earth Crisis". Billboard.
- Makin, Robert (27 July 2000). "Rave". Courier-News. p. D5.
- McLennan, Scott (31 Aug 2000). "Crisis, what crisis? Well-aired vegan code keeps Earth Crisis going". Telegram & Gazette. p. C1.
- Murthi, R.S. (30 Aug 2000). "EARTH CRISIS - Slither". New Straits Times. Music. p. 4.