Maybe you had to be there, I don't know, but no discussion of 90's hardcore is complete without this EP. Firestorm didn't just open doors for this band, but was the bridge necessary to bring plenty of OG hardcore and youth crew kids into the wider world of metal. A profound recording, both in lyric and in sound. Firestorm is, simply put, a triumph of 90's HC.
Ah someone Watched punk rock MBA, and had to come see what all the commotion was about too? Lol. That’s cool tho. I love that Finn has brought so many people to bands like this in Most genres
Fantastic. I pretty much wore out this 7" record back in the day. I remember listening to it every afternoon after school, and nearly breaking everything in my room slamming around. Used to make the record skip a lot by shaking the house. I Need to dig this vinyl out of the safe and play it...
I remember seeing them live in Chicago when this came out. It was summer. AC was non existent in the venue. It was packed with people. When "Firestorm" came on it was the most glorious of glorious pile ons.
This ep = Ground Zero. This is an apex point in hardcore history. You just had to be there to live it and feel its influence. It touched everything related to hardcore that came out afterwards.
I grew up on hatebreed madball and soia etc on the late 90´s and just discovered this band and youre so right, im from europe so maybe thats why this didnt come my way i think they were kind of underground . but this is ground zero as you said for all the new hardcore variations
I met Carl Crisis a long time ago and our band asked him what we should call ourselves. He said "Bloody Mourning". This is my favorite hardcore song ever.
YES ...It was almost tooo fkn hard for me back in the day....for the hardcore scene..as we understood it they just came off to absolout.. wich hc in the day was not about but Yeah these guys rock
@@THEshaggyrogers I was going to say the early 90s but even the 80s Metalcore was a thing even.though a lot of it was crossover thrash metal in the 80s.
@@666deathghost yeah. But when people say this helped create metalcore. They don’t mean thrash and that sound. They mean metal with breakdowns and chugs The other band that I think is very responsible for metal core is Pantera even tho they don’t get a lot of credit for it. But songs like fucking hostile and walk and just Phil In general helped fuse metal and hardcore in a new unique way. Imagine domination without Phil’s vocals. And instead James hetfield. Lol.
No End In Sight fanzine: "Musically, Destroy the Machines has had a major impact on the hardcore and metal scenes. Did you realize the influence that record would have on countless bands?" Scott Crouse: "We get credited often for creating "metalcore," but I’m not sure that’s fair. We were not very influenced by hardcore at all. We were drawing influence from bands like Corrosion of Conformity’s Blind album, [as well as] Believer, Carcass and Slayer. The most hardcore influence around us at that time was the band Conviction, and they were very outside the realm of hardcore themselves. It was really just us injecting those more metal elements into a scene that wasn't very familiar with them, so I think it seemed like we created something. I guess other bands liked what they heard and tried their version. There were a few bands doing that already though; Overcast from Boston was extremely metal influenced hardcore. Zero Tolerance from Buffalo was also a huge influence on us at the time." Source
All Out War & some other bands from the Poughkeepsie/Newburgh NY scene were way more Metal but playing in nthe Hardcore scene to hardcore fans primarily around sametime (1992-94)
I feel like Have Heart must have loved this EP. The first 5 minutes sound exactly like armed with a mind. Even the way he drops into that crunchy ass break down
This juice got me vegan straight edge back then. And almost 30 (sic!!!) years later, I still am! I'm in my mid 40s, a father of two kids and a teacher. Still I try to be some sort of inspiration to my family and the kids in school, every single day I try to teach things of goodness and sensitivity. Being vegan and straight edge kind of helps me being credible and reliable.
lyrics: "Street by street. Block by block. Taking it all back. The youth's immersed in poison - turn the tide counterattack. Violence against violence, let the roundups begin. A firestorm to purify the bane that society drowns in. No mercy, no exceptions, a declaration of total war. The innocents' defense is the reason it's waged for. Born addicted, beaten and neglected. Families torn apart, destroyed and abandoned. Children sell their bodies, from their high they fall to drown. Demons crazed by greed cut bystanders down. A chemically tainted welfare generation. Absolute complete moral degeneration. Born addicted, beaten and neglected. Families torn apart, destroyed and abandoned. Children sell their bodies, from their high they fall to drown. Demons crazed by greed cut bystanders down. Corrupt politicians, corrupt enforcement, drug lords and dealers; all must fall. The helpless are crying out. We have risen to their call. A firestorm to purify!"
Niklas Webjörn of Rocknytt; Interviewer: "If possible, could you name ten albums/artists that have inspired Earth Crisis over the years?" Scott Crouse: "Sure. DYS, Judge, COC, Agnostic Front, Slayer, Sepultura, Metallica, Conviction, Zero Tolerance and Iron Maiden."Source
I think hard core evolves listened to it since 85 No" golden era". All relevant but hey it's what you grew up with. It made a difference and that's what's important ! Peace fella
never a big fan of hc that leaned on the metal side till I saw indecision, one king down, ascension play a show together in 96\97.... after that this ep. was the AFD of that genre.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you are correct and I got mine in 93 or 94. Don't have it anymore and don't really care to either, but I don't remember that for sure.
Oh sick humorous observation my guy! I get why what you said is funny, because you're drunk and high and that band is against those things. Very humorous!!!
street by street, block by block..... Memory told me it was Brick by Brick, Block by block... So close to being soundtrack to Gamestop Odyssey. Great track regardless.
Not strait edge never really a addict but I love this fuckin 3 song masterpiece I had the 12th print a long time till some fuck stick stole all of my lps this is one of the reasons I love hardcore and play guitar pure brutality still heavier than modern shit,cheers!
When I was 17 I got into a i fight. Jhit I was fighting got one hit in. Broke my nose. (Still broken to this day. Makes an excellent story when people ask about it) but yeah he got that one hit in and that was It for him. Over. I beat his ass so hard my friend who was filming was walking towards us because he actually felt the need to pull me off of the poor suka. A week later just to taunt him I made an edit of the fight Video with firestorm playing over it. That track will always and forever remind me of that fight. For better or for worse. LAMOOO idiot punk rock teenage memories amiright???
I´m just discovering this , I mean It sounds like they didnt create the sound I mean Sick of it all had a similar sound way before this record or am I wrong? btw now im more into sxe bands thank actually soia or madball but thats the type of sound i grew up on . im so sad this never got my way because now i have both sound and lyrics perfection here X
The file quality is only 720p - 1080p meets the minimum standards of a high-quality audio file, in my opinion - with that being said, I see KRK studio monitors everywhere.
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Maybe you had to be there, I don't know, but no discussion of 90's hardcore is complete without this EP. Firestorm didn't just open doors for this band, but was the bridge necessary to bring plenty of OG hardcore and youth crew kids into the wider world of metal. A profound recording, both in lyric and in sound. Firestorm is, simply put, a triumph of 90's HC.
Absolut🤘🏻
@@starbreaker6017 iy
Metal ruined punk music
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The best Earth Crisis record. Worshipped by hardcore fans for a damn good reason. Essential.
Ah someone Watched punk rock MBA, and had to come see what all the commotion was about too? Lol.
That’s cool tho. I love that Finn has brought so many people to bands like this in Most genres
@@XViTNg 4 year old comment btw
had I not been around for it, it would be hard to believe this was the same Victory Records of today.
abark $$$ :,(
Were you around when the Victory store was open in Wicker Park?
Boy I loved this metalcore back then before it became all shit :) I love my throwback Sunday. By the way we failed to destroy the machines.
Everybody’s doing the fish..
Bro these were the days !!
Never was str8edge, but damn do these tracks energize the heck outta me!
SAME, I used to listen to this to wake up and go to class, after drinking the night before.
FK yeah do another set of Push ups my man.
@@gmx1100 Realy.. Dude My man Live your best life...
@@jsunnj76 That was a long time ago. I don't drink anymore.
blastin this ep while chugging a beer after taking a bong hit is a heavenly experience lmao
Just discovered Earth Crisis this year after 25+yrs as a hardcore fan. Started with VOD when l heard 'Choke' the first time in the late 90's
Violence AGAINST Violence, LET THE ROUNDUPS BEGIN !!! fuuuuuuuuuuuhhh !!!!!
Duterte's favorite song.
Fantastic. I pretty much wore out this 7" record back in the day. I remember listening to it every afternoon after school, and nearly breaking everything in my room slamming around. Used to make the record skip a lot by shaking the house. I Need to dig this vinyl out of the safe and play it...
drummer was super creative
Earth Crisis ....preparing a generation for 2021 in 1993.
I remember seeing them live in Chicago when this came out.
It was summer. AC was non existent in the venue. It was packed with people.
When "Firestorm" came on it was the most glorious of glorious pile ons.
fireside bowl?
The lyrics... Earth crisis will forever be awesome to me.
Seminal 7". This and Snapcase - Steps, released just a few weeks later, ushered a new era in hardcore.
Timeless. Boundary breaking.
This ep = Ground Zero. This is an apex point in hardcore history. You just had to be there to live it and feel its influence. It touched everything related to hardcore that came out afterwards.
I grew up on hatebreed madball and soia etc on the late 90´s and just discovered this band and youre so right, im from europe so maybe thats why this didnt come my way i think they were kind of underground . but this is ground zero as you said for all the new hardcore variations
I met Carl Crisis a long time ago and our band asked him what we should call ourselves.
He said "Bloody Mourning".
This is my favorite hardcore song ever.
One of the best EPs ever.
YES ...It was almost tooo fkn hard for me back in the day....for the hardcore scene..as we understood it they just came off to absolout.. wich hc in the day was not about but Yeah these guys rock
Roots of metalcore... I love it!
Metalcore goes back further than this though
666deathghost back to where?
@@THEshaggyrogers I was going to say the early 90s but even the 80s Metalcore was a thing even.though a lot of it was crossover thrash metal in the 80s.
@@666deathghost yeah. But when people say this helped create metalcore. They don’t mean thrash and that sound. They mean metal with breakdowns and chugs
The other band that I think is very responsible for metal core is Pantera even tho they don’t get a lot of credit for it. But songs like fucking hostile and walk and just Phil In general helped fuse metal and hardcore in a new unique way.
Imagine domination without Phil’s vocals. And instead James hetfield. Lol.
@@XViTNg Sepulturas Chaos A.D for me
No End In Sight fanzine: "Musically, Destroy the Machines has had a major impact on the hardcore and metal scenes. Did you realize the influence that record would have on countless bands?"
Scott Crouse: "We get credited often for creating "metalcore," but I’m not sure that’s fair. We were not very influenced by hardcore at all. We were drawing influence from bands like Corrosion of Conformity’s Blind album, [as well as] Believer, Carcass and Slayer. The most hardcore influence around us at that time was the band Conviction, and they were very outside the realm of hardcore themselves. It was really just us injecting those more metal elements into a scene that wasn't very familiar with them, so I think it seemed like we created something. I guess other bands liked what they heard and tried their version. There were a few bands doing that already though; Overcast from Boston was extremely metal influenced hardcore. Zero Tolerance from Buffalo was also a huge influence on us at the time." Source
All Out War & some other bands from the Poughkeepsie/Newburgh NY scene were way more Metal but playing in nthe Hardcore scene to hardcore fans primarily around sametime (1992-94)
MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeah and no Check out Snapcase Good hc from the 90's
I feel like Have Heart must have loved this EP.
The first 5 minutes sound exactly like armed with a mind. Even the way he drops into that crunchy ass break down
Earth crisis 1995 New Haven, ct tune inn with shelter… life changing experience for a 15 year old!
90s Victory is peak Metallic Hardcore
The best of hardcore Music HxC ever
I hate a ton of 90s hardcore unless it’s fastcore/power violence and EVEN I still love this ep. One of the few things victory did right
Literally every xvx band video has a pile of comments why the album is good to listen to while fucked up. Y'all really flip the script! Edgey!
Not SXE or vegan, but this shit is undeniably good. This EP will never get tiring. Classic 90s.
Ian Langille why not vegan? Listen to their song New Ethic and watch 'Dairy is Scary' by Erin Janus on youtube
Humans are omnivores
Vinyl Richie just because we can eat meat doesn’t mean we have too
Vinyl Richie we are not baby cows and we shouldn’t be drinking cow breast milk (because it is made for baby cows)
@@theveganuprise1342 What makes tou think I drink milk. I did when I was a kid with my cereal.
This juice got me vegan straight edge back then. And almost 30 (sic!!!) years later, I still am! I'm in my mid 40s, a father of two kids and a teacher. Still I try to be some sort of inspiration to my family and the kids in school, every single day I try to teach things of goodness and sensitivity. Being vegan and straight edge kind of helps me being credible and reliable.
I swear to god they put booze ads on every Earth Crisis video I watch
+Hell-On-Wheels Wild Hey, you kindly use adblock software.
Hell-On-Wheels Wild ... cause that what they kneed to loosen up and get some ass....
probably have had more sex wit' themselves than anything else. there's nothing wrong w/ consensual sex 'edgers!
They're testing you.
Like the McDonald's next to my gym 😅
Beer is vegan
got this ep for Christmas 16 years ago
Best Hardcore record ever,firestorm is killer
felt
that way too... there are better.. not shitting on this comment trhough....I'm just old and know
lyrics:
"Street by street. Block by block. Taking it all back.
The youth's immersed in poison - turn the tide counterattack.
Violence against violence, let the roundups begin.
A firestorm to purify the bane that society drowns in.
No mercy, no exceptions, a declaration of total war.
The innocents' defense is the reason it's waged for.
Born addicted, beaten and neglected.
Families torn apart, destroyed and abandoned.
Children sell their bodies, from their high they fall to drown.
Demons crazed by greed cut bystanders down.
A chemically tainted welfare generation.
Absolute complete moral degeneration.
Born addicted, beaten and neglected.
Families torn apart, destroyed and abandoned.
Children sell their bodies, from their high they fall to drown.
Demons crazed by greed cut bystanders down.
Corrupt politicians, corrupt enforcement, drug lords and dealers; all must fall.
The helpless are crying out. We have risen to their call.
A firestorm to purify!"
''noooo this is so fascist :c now if you excuse me i'll defend corrupt cops and actual fascists doing deals with drug traffickers''
How can this be vegan when its so BEEFY
Diesel A/F
Because BEET down
How can this vegan be so fat
lol
🤦🏼♂️ had to get drunk to laugh at that
One of the GOAT Metalcore EPs!!!
This yes is hardcore!!! Straight Edge xxx !!!!!
Lot of metal in this hardcore. Anyway, does pure hardcore still exists...
Too Absolout only Siths Deal in Absolouts...lol
@@jol9178 if your younger than 40 ....no
Niklas Webjörn of Rocknytt; Interviewer: "If possible, could you name ten albums/artists that have inspired Earth Crisis over the years?"
Scott Crouse: "Sure. DYS, Judge, COC, Agnostic Front, Slayer, Sepultura, Metallica, Conviction, Zero Tolerance and Iron Maiden."Source
Best hardcore ep handsdown
NEVER HAVE I TAKEN IN VEIN THE SACRED VESSEL OF MY SOUL!
You can't hammer steel until it is tempered. You can work harden it, but that is about it. Don't look for metal working advice in hxc songs.
I wish this would really happen!!! Clean slate
Jersey 96, this album was the anthem to taking action….move forward
The beginning of new school hardcore.
Imagine this with _Gomorrah's_ production :P
This and "Destroy the machines" best they have done.
Tony Ferguson the kinda dude to listen to Earth Crisis slowed down.
the type of dude to start the 'round ups' by himself.
*chug chug chug*
UGHHH!! CAPITALISM IS BAD! ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS!!
*more chug chug chug*
based
Yes *blonde bearded wojak meme*
@@dadaismotienekasepta Based
The music of my people.
Masterpiece
best years of HxC were in 96-98
I think hard core evolves listened to it since 85
No" golden era". All relevant but hey it's what you grew up with. It made a difference and that's what's important ! Peace fella
id say 1994-2001 were the best years for me for amazing releases and progression
Little earlier. But I think I'm a little older than ya. Jasta 14.
I’d say 79 to 85
@@Mr_BUSINESS_24_7 my band played our first show with Jasta 14 in CT. I think 93-96 were best here for CT hardcore
I think this is a better release than Destroy The Machines
the drum work is really good on destroy the machines though.
never a big fan of hc that leaned on the metal side till I saw indecision, one king down, ascension play a show together in 96\97.... after that this ep. was the AFD of that genre.
I know what you mean.....Noone liked that west coast metal shit at the time peace
now I can see hatebreed influencers...
Hatebreed's first full-length album was on Victory records, also. Didn't like Hatebreed much after that.
I had a Firestorm 7" back in the old days, but Eden's Demise wasn't on there
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you are correct and I got mine in 93 or 94. Don't have it anymore and don't really care to either, but I don't remember that for sure.
This is how we sort out everything
sXe for life!
I remember First time i was high on weed with a friend in Berlin .paranoid Trip but verrry cool
I went vegan because of this band. XVX
Listening to this while drunk and high is the best thing ever!
Oh sick humorous observation my guy! I get why what you said is funny, because you're drunk and high and that band is against those things. Very humorous!!!
@@staayPOSI con confirm. am drunk and high listening to this
the joke is that the band is straight edge. much haha.
Let the roundups begin ;-)
Ensign-Jersey-Legends
street by street, block by block..... Memory told me it was Brick by Brick, Block by block... So close to being soundtrack to Gamestop Odyssey. Great track regardless.
I saw them open for Shelter on this record.
It's finally collapsing.
My favorite vegetable hardcore band
This is fucking amazing
For being a straight edge vegan there music kicks ass
If there's a gang takn it to drug dealers and scumbags I want in.
Best angry hardcore/metalcore band |m|😠lml
Not strait edge never really a addict but I love this fuckin 3 song masterpiece I had the 12th print a long time till some fuck stick stole all of my lps this is one of the reasons I love hardcore and play guitar pure brutality still heavier than modern shit,cheers!
Breach - its me god!!
XXX STRAIGHT EDGE XXXX never old !
badass
When I was 17 I got into a i fight. Jhit I was fighting got one hit in. Broke my nose. (Still broken to this day. Makes an excellent story when people ask about it) but yeah he got that one hit in and that was It for him. Over. I beat his ass so hard my friend who was filming was walking towards us because he actually felt the need to pull me off of the poor suka. A week later just to taunt him I made an edit of the fight Video with firestorm playing over it. That track will always and forever remind me of that fight. For better or for worse. LAMOOO idiot punk rock teenage memories amiright???
Post malone beer pong commerical right in the middle of Firestorm
One long breakdown
today bands mix metal with HxC
You're absolutely right. Pure hardcore hardly exists since the 90's.
Absolute complete moral degeneration
NY Hardcore was this shit
I can see where haterbreed got there sound
SXE 🔥🔥🔥
Has anyone done a mashup of Firestorm and Slayer's Raining Blood?
yeahhhh
STREET BY STREET
BLOG BY BLOG
TAKING
IT
ALL
BAG
No blogs back when this song was released. Lol I know you are kidding
did the account get hacked because it went from posting albums to like other scammy stuff
Peter McCormack brought me here.
I´m just discovering this , I mean It sounds like they didnt create the sound I mean Sick of it all had a similar sound way before this record or am I wrong? btw now im more into sxe bands thank actually soia or madball but thats the type of sound i grew up on . im so sad this never got my way because now i have both sound and lyrics perfection here X
GODDAMN RULES !!!! ANIMAL LIBERATION FOREVER! VEGAN 🌱 FOR LIFE
Eric Wood love your work! Skull servant for life 💀
St andrew was crucified to an x too
Seen with agnostic front vegetables make you angry 😊
Imagine if the demo sounded better? 🤔
Banging shit.
When we burning down a McDonald’s or some shit guys?
Perfect album to listen to after USA kicked out one fascist for a fascist lite. Organize the people, organize the workers. All power to the people.
Ok commie
@@H1N1777 lmao
Is Biden giving power to the people now? (6 months later)
@@A1vin505 nope. Literally called him a fascist in the og comment. Lmao!!!@
@@shawn8847 yea I see. What’s the difference between the two in fascism
Right now haha
Does anybody know the best audiophile hifi set up to play this on? Or would 'any old fucking pile of shit' be OK?
The file quality is only 720p - 1080p meets the minimum standards of a high-quality audio file, in my opinion - with that being said, I see KRK studio monitors everywhere.
I always loved how Earth Crisis were semi fascist without any hint of racism.
Because of all evil who worship idols and false prophet.
"hardcore" isnt actually a genre
this sounds like metal with no punk even added
the topic it covers is underexplored. Needs much focus.
Ble fu tru Blu
Become a vegan badass.
This is not real Hardcore . Real Hardcore is Minor Threat, Black Flag, The Exploited, Bad Brains etc
there's no such thing as real hardcore, just hardcore for hardcore. If hardcore kids love it, then it is real hardcore.
Cmon man, this hardcore. Not from NYC, but Syracuse is close enough
They need to stick to one singer
The singer is one of the only original members. He just fucked up his voice