Conversation so far:
Did Earth Crisis have influence on current culture?
To a large extent, Earth Crisis was responsible for the rising of vegan straight edge militancy in the mid- to late 90s.
Did they have relation with animal rights groups?
CANNOTANSWER.
Did they influence other bands?
Their albums Firestorm, Destroy the Machines and Gomorrah's Season Ends were particularly influential for the emerging metalcore genre.
Did they influence their contemporaries?
CANNOTANSWER.

Question: How press reacted to them?
Self-contained rewrite: How did press react to Earth Crisis?