Speaking to mtv.com about straightedge metalcore pioneers Earth Crisis’ upcoming reunion tour on the Firestorm Fest with Sworn Enemy, Shai Hulud, and Terror (see our On Tour section for dates and venues), frontman Karl Buechner revealed that the band will be recording new material. “We do plan on putting out a record,” he said. “We’ve got six songs so far, and hopefully, we’ll record them this year. Hopefully, we’ll be playing some of these news songs we’ve written on the upcoming tour.” He added that “The best way to describe the new material is it’s a mixture between [1995’s] Destroying the Machines and [1998’s] Breed the Killers.” As for a release date, according to Buechner, the new Earth Crisis record should be in stores early next year.