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1991-2001

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I was disheartened to hear of the breakup of Earth Crisis, as they have been one of those bands I always loved to blast on a pretty regular basis. Seeing this album in stores was sort of a sentimental moment for me, knowing this was the final EC disc released. I felt this was a great tribute to the career they worked so hard at, as every track here is amazing, displaying their ferocity while keeping a positive stance. It is intriguing placing the material in order of newest to oldest, hearing their progression as a band in reverse(This really helped me to appreciate the material for Slither a little more). Everything you can imagine from Earth Crisis appears here: the more textured songs from Slither, such as Behind The Wire, packing an awesome bass line; the heavy era of Destroy The Machines; the classic feeling of Gomorrah's Season Ends, and the excitement you first felt upon hearing Firestorm and All Out War. This is an amazing tribute to an amazing band-they will be missed.

I decided to buy this album one day, and when I put it in my CD player, it blew me away! This is blister hardcore like you've never heard before! The songs from "Slither" are cool, but I like the songs from the 90's a lot better. The songs from "Gomorrah's Season Ends" blow me away, with the crushing guitars and such, and the songs from "Destroy The Machines" remind me of the crushing brutality that such artists like Hatebreed and Martyr A.D. deliver today. The songs from the "Firestorm" and "All Out War" kick as much ass as the songs off the full length, which gives me an idea about how hardcore sounded in the early 90's. If you are a metalcore fan, buy Earth Crisis' "Forever True". You will never regret buying this. Screw poser punk, buy hardcore.

There will never be another band like Earth Crisis. This release, a collection of selected tracks from each album they released on Victory Records, was the culmination of a decade of tireless work, touring, and songwriting on the part of this revolutionary band. Forever True is actually a very good introductory route for this band; if you're looking to get into Earth Crisis, this is a good first disc to pick up. It starts out with some material from Slither, skips Breed the Killers (that album is owned by Roadrunner Records), goes through Gomorrah's Season Ends and so on back through their career. The shining moments are the tracks from Destroy the Machines and the two original EP's, as these songs heralded the arrival of a new era in hardcore, an era that is already winding down. The live tracks at the end are a special bonus; a fiercer version of "Sunshine of Your Love" - complete with guitar solo! - cannot be found anywhere else. Earth Crisis will be missed.

After hearing good things about these guys and checking out a few live clips on youtube I decided to purchase this album. I have a few issues with this release.

1. The first half of the album is pretty much nu-metal. I understand that they went that direction toward the end, but half the tunes on here have a lame sort of Linkin Park feel. If I want to hear psuedo-metal I'll turn on MTV.

2. Where are the lyrics? One would think that a band with a message might include a lyrics sheet with their 'greatest hits' album. I grew up on a steady diet of straight edge hardcore and I was really curious to see how the message evolved.

3. Things get better as the album progresses. I wish they put the songs in chronological order instead of the reverse.

If you are looking for a good harcore album I would skip this one. Buy one of their older releases instead. The good songs at the end of this release do not make up for the crappy ones that lead off.

this cd should have been expanded to a double cd set this is one of the best comp/best of cd ever but they could have put another 12 songs easly as best of track.this cd is great for many typpe of musical tastes Sxe,hardcore,death and metal fans can all find some thing to like on the cd.