Customer Reviews

Slither

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

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.

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.

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.

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.

the first time i heard this band i was watching a show on the recovery channel and the started talking about straight edge. they played them in concert and when i heard the lyrics i was moved because even though this is "punk" music they were talking about animal rights and that you have better things to do than do drugs. this is true and is a "good influence" on "straight egde people" giving them finally where they can get some possitive out of good music..if you want a "definition of good music" checkout their music and take time to listen to the lyrics instead of judging them on how they look and the type of music and listen you "will" find a positive message!

Earth Crisis is an amazing band - though I don't agree with their views on veganism and practicing a straightedge lifestyle, I still love their music.

"Slither" sounds a lot like Project 86 mixed with a little Sick of it All and Downset, due to the hiphop-inspired parts of certain songs - "Behind the Wire" and the title track immediately come to mind after listening to the CD a few times. Though their music has changed quite a lot over the years, (as "Slither" is a far cry from the oldschool HC days of "All Out War" and "Firestorm") it's nothing less aggressive and powerful. The addition of Karl's clean vocals in the vein of Burton C Bell from Fear Factory really add a lot to the music - it's not so monotonous and one-dimensional as "Gomorrah's Season Ends."

If you're a hardcore fan, especially one who enjoyed ExC's previous work "Breed The Killers," then by all means pick "Slither" up. It picks up where the former left off and continues in a fresh new way, but still crunches just like you'd expect from an Earth Crisis record.

what the hell is this? this is the worst one to date. it falls into the limp bisquit rap/metal category. the singer tries to rap on this, what a mistake, well i guess we'll get to see this one on MTV.

this is the swan song for the band earth crisis their heaviest,most technologicallt advanced,and woud prove to be a sign of things to come a few years later.EC disbands and then reforms as path of resistance at 80% purity of original EC members then they reform a third time as FREYA 100% pure EC members but this band has the skills to be the same line up as this slither cd but their new cd seams to be so good it could be slither part 2 with a 5 year gap in recording. this is the best EC on my opinion but you need to buy freya if you like this.you may like path of resistance but I like THE FREYA CDS BETTER THAN MOST EC

Great CD. Just pity it goes by a little too fast.

sXe for life, true 'til death.

This incredible album shows how much eXc has grown and progressed as a band. I love being able to clearly hear the powerful message in their lyrics!!! It's awesome to see a band so dedicated to a great cause, never straying or selling out, and being such a positive influence on so many people, some who might never have been exposed to sXe, veganism, etc before. I hope their music continues to reach people and change the world for the better now that eXc has called it quits. A great way to end it guys, but you will be greatly missed.

(Even on their worst day, with pneumonia, broken arms, broken legs, strep throat, and out of tune instruments, eXC could NEVER EVER be compared to Wimp Soggy Bizkit or Stinkin Dog Crappin Park like some reviewers compared this album to - SUCH an insult to a band as great as eXc).