Slither (album)
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| Slither | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 20, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Nu metal[1][2][3] | |||
| Length | 42:53 | |||
| Label | Victory | |||
| Producer | Steve Evetts | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 8/10[4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| Punknews.org | [6] |
Slither is the fourth full-length album by the American metalcore band Earth Crisis, released in 2000.[7] It marked a return to Victory Records following the band's 1998 Roadrunner Records album Breed the Killers.[5] Slither marked a departure from the band's metalcore[8] sound and ventured into the nu metal sound popularized by '90s metal bands such as Korn and Deftones.[2] The album peaked at No. 50 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[9]
The album was produced by Steve Evetts.[10] The album cover was designed by the artist Dave McKean.
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."[4] 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]
