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Wednesday, September 10th 2008
EARTH CRISIS Sign Worldwide Deal With Century Media Records
One of the most anticipated and talked about reunions was without a
doubt the reformation of EARTH CRISIS, who embarked on a massive North
American headlining trek this past spring to rave reviews. The pioneers
of the hardcore, straightedge movement have now officially made the
decision to carry on with the band fulltime and are proud to announce a
new worldwide deal with Century Media Records.
EARTH CRISIS have crafted their most angst ridden and unrelenting
offering of their already stellar career and this effort is going to
serve as a much needed wake up call to the masses. The group will self
produce the album and are set to begin tracking next month. The
acclaimed Tue Madsen (Dark Tranquillity, The Haunted) will handle mixing
and mastering duties. Feel free to visit www.myspace.com/earthcrisis to
sample some older tracks.
Scott Crouse (guitar) further comments: “We are very excited to begin
tracking our new record and even more excited that it will be released
by Century Media. We have been working hard over the last year preparing
new material and are scheduled to enter the studio in October. We will
be producing this one ourselves and are extremely excited to have Tue
Madsen mixing! The new songs are brutal and Century Media is the perfect
label to handle them.”
EARTH CRISIS’ chugging riffs and barked declarations served as the
mouthpiece of America’s militant vegan, straight-edge movement
throughout the ’90s, detailing the ideas of animal and human liberation,
drug-free living, and personal empowerment through hardcore song. This
movement spawned activists who took the law into their own hands,
burning down fur farms and freeing animals directly. Their vicious debut
EP, Firestorm, was a landmark release for the hardcore scene that
combined staccato, solo-free metal with barking, political, and militant
vocals. The lyrics centered around the dangers of drug abuse and
bringing “violence against violence” to drug dealers and those who would
abuse animals: “a firestorm to purify.”