Slither (album)

2000 studio album by Earth Crisis

Slither

Studio album by

Earth Crisis

Released| June 20, 2000
Genre|

* Metalcore[1]
* nu metal[2][3][4]

Length| 42:53
Label| Victory
Producer| Steve Evetts
Earth Crisis chronology
| Breed the Killers
(1998)  | Slither
(2000)  | Last of the Sane
(2001)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
Chronicles of Chaos| 8/10[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [6]
Punknews.org| [7]

Slither is the fourth full-length album by the American metalcore 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]

## Production

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

## Reception

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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

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No.| Title| Length

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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

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

## References

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1. ^ "EARTH CRISIS - Slither". ox-fanzine.de. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
2. ^ "6 Albums That Nearly Ruined Bands' Careers". Kerrang!. July 6, 2020.
3. ^ a b c Matt Kantor. Slither – Earth Crisis. AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
4. ^ "10 terrible metal albums with one classic song". June 30, 2023.
5. ^ a b "CoC : Earth Crisis – Slither : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
6. ^ a b 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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Earth Crisis

* Karl Buechner
* Scott Crouse
* Ian Edwards
* Dennis Merrick
* Erick Edwards

Studio albums|

* Destroy the Machines (1995)
* Gomorrah's Season Ends (1996)
* Breed the Killers (1998)
* Slither (2000)
* Last of the Sane (2001)
* To the Death (2009)
* Neutralize the Threat (2011)
* Salvation of Innocents (2014)

EPs|

* Firestorm (1993)

Compilation albums|

* Forever True (1991–2001) (2001)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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