''Breed the Killers'' is the third full-length studio album by the American

metallic hardcore Metalcore is a broadly defined fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk, originating in the 1990s United States and becoming popular in the 2000s. Metalcore typically has aggressive verses and melodic choruses, combined ...

band

Earth Crisis Earth Crisis is an American metallic hardcore band from Syracuse, New York, active from 1989 until 2001, reuniting in 2007. Since 1993, the band's longest-tenured members include vocalist Karl Buechner, lead guitarist Scott Crouse, bassist Ia ...

, released in 1998. It was their

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debut and only release for

Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Records is a Dutch–American record label focused on Heavy metal music, heavy metal and hard rock music. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City. Formerly seen as ...

, before subsequently returning to

Victory Records Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thu ...

. The last song on the album "Ecocide" is a re-recording of a song from their first release, ''All Out War''. The record was re-released on November 4, 2008 in the United States (November 7 in Europe) by

I Scream Records I Scream Records is an independent record label founded by Laurens Kusters in 1994 in Brussels, Belgium. The label has an extensive catalogue and is one of the leading punk and hardcore labels in Western Europe. History The label's first r ...

. The album was remastered and features two live bonus tracks.

Track listing

Credits

Karl Buechner Karl Buechner (born December 23, 1970) is an American musician from Syracuse, New York, best known as the frontman for the hardcore band Earth Crisis. He is also the singer of Freya, Path of Resistance, Vehement Serenade, Apocalypse Tribe and 10 ...

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Scott Crouse -

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Eric Edwards Eric Edwards may refer to: * Eric Edwards (actor) (born 1945), American former adult film star * Eric Edwards (American football) (born 1980), National Football League tight end * Eric Edwards, Baron Chelmer (1914–1997), British Conservative party ...

*Bulldog -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

* Dennis Merrick -

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* Screaming Lord Sneap - additional

on "Ultramilitance" *

Robb Flynn Robert Conrad Flynn (born Lawrence Matthew Cardine; July 19, 1967) is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for heavy metal band Machine Head and also the only member to feature all Machine Head releases. ...

from

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- additional

on "One Against All"

References

1998 albums Earth Crisis albums Roadrunner Records albums Albums produced by Andy Sneap {{1990s-punk-album-stub