Firestorm is an EP

Extended play

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 by the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 band Earth Crisis

Earth Crisis

Earth Crisis is an American metalcore band from Syracuse, New York, active from 1989 until 2001, reuniting in 2007. Their most recent record, To the Death, was released in May 2009 through Century Media....

, which was released in 1993. Firestorm is still one of the more controversial releases in U.S. hardcore and the title song has been accused of promoting a hardline

Hardline (syncretic movement)

Hardline is a radical deep ecology movement that has its roots in the straight edge hardcore scene. From an initial founding statement the movement attempted a break with the straight edge and hardcore scenes...

 stance. However, although the lyrics are promoting violence as a method of fighting against drug lords and dealers (with the lines Violence against violence, let the roundups begin, a firestorm to purify the bane that society drowns in), the song's subject matter has very little to do with the hardline

Hardline (syncretic movement)

Hardline is a radical deep ecology movement that has its roots in the straight edge hardcore scene. From an initial founding statement the movement attempted a break with the straight edge and hardcore scenes...

 ideology.

Track listing

Credits

• Karl Buechner
  Karl Buechner
  Karl Buechner is the original singer for the band Earth Crisis from Syracuse, New York, United States. Since the early 1990s he has been at the forefront of the hardcore music scene...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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• Benjamin Read - guitar
  Guitar
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• Scott Crouse - guitar
  Guitar
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• Dennis Merrick - drums
  Drum kit
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• Ian Edwards - bass
  Bass guitar
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