Earth Crisis

Say what you will about Fall Out Boy, but those dudes don't flap their gums in vain about their hardcore roots. FOB's rhtyhm section, bassist/tabloid fodder Pete Wentz and drummer Andy Hurley cut their teeth in Racetraitor, and Hurley is taking his mad hardcore pride a step further...

'There couldn't be a more appropriate title for the full-length debut from Reno, Nev. straight edge quintet Wolf City than 'Unchecked Aggression.' Propulsive, impulsive and filled with fury, the album is a shotgun blast of hardcore energy influenced by bands such as Earth Crisis, Blood for Blood, Figure Four, Buried Alive and Until the End...

Longtime hardcorists Sick of it All, H2O and Earth Crisis will team up to share the stage with 15 other bands at Saint Michael's Park in Monte Clare, Penn. on June 12 to perform at the second (and more appealing) day of East Coast Tsunami Fest...

"We also got a new drummer," Randy Gonzalez of Thick as Blood said, as he pointed out the fact that fast-paced PR wires failed to mention. The guitarist explained to Noisecreep that the metal/hardcore outfit actually lost three members after their run with Emmure on the Mosh Lives II Tour last year...

While no one knows for sure what's going on with Fall Out Boy, and whether the band is still active or sedentary, the members of the group are keeping busy. Frontman Patrick Stump has gone solo, Joseph Trohman and Andy Hurley have started a metal band with Scott Ian of Anthrax called the Damned Things, and Pete Wentz is busy being a dad and husband to Ashlee Simpson...

The 2010 New England Metal and Hardcore Festival enters its 12th year this spring, returning to Worcester, Mass. Taking place at The Palladium, the event will be held April 23 and April 24 -- a special kickoff party, sponsored by Atticus, will also take place on April 22...

Boston metallers the Red Chord have lost drummer Brad Fickeisen. However, the departure won't impact the band's forthcoming touring plans, as original Red Chord kitman Michael Justian has returned to the fold. Justian has not publicly appeared with the group since 2004's Maryland Deathfest, and he's since spent time in Unearth, Trap Them, Earth Crisis, Shai Hulud and 108...

Trustkill Records owner Josh Grabelle isn't new to the hardcore and metalcore party. He's got roots and cred that he earned putting on shows in his parents' basement after attending his first hardcore show at the Jersey shore in the summer of '88...

While Earth Crisis are a vehicle for the straight edge and animal rights issues that the members so steadfastly believe in, vocalist Karl Buechner takes a different lyrical track with Freya, choosing to be much less pointed. But his political stances do creep into Freya in a subtle way...

Freya will be touring with Thy Will Be Done and Unholy in January. January isn't always the best month for bands to hop in the van and traverse the country, due to unforgiving factors like bitter, sub-zero weather, icy roads and the fact that a lot of music fans are financially tapped after shelling out wads of cash during the holiday season, and they simply don't want to trek out into the cold fo