This Sheltering Night

This Sheltering Night
Studio album by Starkweather
Released	May 25, 2010
Recorded	2007
Genre	Avant-garde metal, metalcore
Length	62:26
Label	Deathwish (DWI101)
Producer	Alap Momim
Starkweather chronology

Last updated June 07, 2019

This Sheltering Night is the fourth studio album released by experimental metal band Starkweather. The album was released on May 25, 2010 through Deathwish Inc. ^[1]

Starkweather is an American extreme metal band from Philadelphia, formed in 1989. They have a complex experimental metal sound often including use of dissonance, intricate tempo changes and avant-garde sensibilities. Starkweather helped pioneer the hardcore punk/heavy metal crossover sound that would later be known as "metalcore", as well as being a major influence on the mathcore subgenre. They have influenced many of today's top selling hardcore/metal bands such as Converge, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Mastodon and Coalesce among many others.

Deathwish, Inc. is an independent record label founded by Jacob Bannon of Converge and Tre McCarthy. The idea of the label was conceived by Bannon and McCarthy in 2000. Their first release was Deeper the Wound, a split album between Converge and Japanese band Hellchild on April 23, 2001. Deathwish established itself quickly, working with a diverse group of bands and eventually becoming one of the most respected and innovative labels in contemporary hardcore punk and aggressive music in general.

The album is the result of several studio sessions, featuring some reworked tracks from Starkweather's recording sessions for their 2005 album Croatoan. The opening track "Epiphany" dates back to live performances in the late 1990s. This Sheltering Night was completed in 2008, however Starkweather had to wait til 2010 to terminate their contract with Candlelight Records before they could switch to their current label Deathwish Inc and finally release the album. This album is the first Starkweather recording with bassist Vincent Rosa, and features extensive lead guitar work by frequent collaborator Bill Molchanow as well as soundscape interludes by producer Oktopus (Alap Momin from Dälek) and Liz Jacobs (Sophia Perennis). ^[2]

Candlelight Records is a British record label based in England and founded by former Extreme Noise Terror bassist Lee Barrett, though it has had a division in the United States since January 2001. Candlelight Records specialises in black metal, and later on melodic death metal and death metal, having bands such as Emperor, Obituary, 1349, Theatre of Tragedy, Xerath, Dismember, Keep of Kalessin, TheLord, Nachtmystium, KKDT42 and Zyklon on its roster. The label is notable for putting out early releases from influential bands such as TheLord, Opeth and Emperor. Candlelight Records is in co-operation with Appease Me Records and AFM Records. In January 19, 2016, Candlelight was acquired by Spinefarm Records.

Alap Aman Momin, professionally known as Alap Momin and Oktopus is an American musician, composer and producer. He is a former member of Dälek and MRC Riddims.

dälek is an American experimental hip hop group formed in Newark, New Jersey in 1998. The group is composed of MC dälek, Mike Manteca.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Bring on Mixed Reviews	(4.75/5)^[3]
Decibel	(9/10)^[4]
Decoy Music	^[5]
Hearwax	(9.2/10)^[6]
LambGoat	(8/10)^[7]
Scene Point Blank	(8/10)^[8]

Track listing

"Epiphany" – 7:20
"Swarm" – 3:37
"Broken From Inside" – 9:50
"Transmit" – 1:52
"All Creatures Damned and Divine (Inducing Motion Sickness)" – 8:43
"One Among Vermin" – 7:57
"Receive" – 2:55
"Bustuari" – 5:54
"Proliferate" – 2:25
"Martyring" – 7:53
"The End of All Things" – 4:00

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Personnel

Starkweather^[10]

Todd Forkin – guitar
Rennie Resmini – vocals
Harry Rosa – drums, percussion
Vince Rosa – bass guitar

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

The bass guitar is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and typically four to six strings or courses.

Artwork and design^[10]

Mikio Murakami – artwork

Additional musicians^[10]

Bill Molchanow – lead guitars
Forbes Graham (Kayo Dot) – trumpet, euphonium
Oktopus (Dälek) – soundscapes
Elizabeth Jacobs (Sophia Perennis) – soundscapes

Kayo Dot is an American avant-garde music group. Formed in 2003 by Toby Driver after the break-up of maudlin of the Well, they released their debut album Choirs of the Eye on John Zorn's Tzadik Records that same year. Since then, Kayo Dot's lineup has drastically changed over the years. Toby Driver is the only founding member of the band still remaining, save for frequent lyrical contributions from former motW member Jason Byron. Up until 2011, the lineup was constantly shifting, and Kayo Dot's sound consistently changed over the years, featuring a wide variety of instrumentation including guitar, drums, bass, violin, saxophone, vibraphone, synthesizers, clarinets and flutes. Underground metal audiences warmly received the group upon its early existence, with the 2003 album Choirs of the Eye and the 2006 album Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue both becoming underground hits in the progressive metal scene.

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

The euphonium is a medium sized, conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word εὔφωνος euphōnos, meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced". The euphonium is a valved instrument. Nearly all current models have piston valves, though some models with rotary valves do exist.

Production and recording^[10]

Alan Douches – mastering
Alap Momin – recording, engineer, mixing

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References

↑ Sciarretto, Amy (May 14, 2010). "Starkweather, 'This Sheltering Night' -- New Album". Noisecreep . AOL Music . Retrieved August 28, 2010.
↑ Gergesha, Nick (July 5, 2010). "Transmissions: The Starkweather Interview". Hearwax. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
↑ Terry, James (May 25, 2010). "Review: This Sheltering Night". Bring on Mixed Reviews. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
↑ Lee, Cosmo (July 2010). "Energetic disassembly". Decibel . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Red Flag Media Inc. (69). ISSN 1557-2137 . Retrieved August 29, 2010.
↑ Murphy, Matt (July 15, 2010). "Review: This Sheltering Night". Decoy Music. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
↑ Gergesha, Nick (May 4, 2010). "Review: This Sheltering Night". Hearwax. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
↑ Boland, Casey (June 20, 2010). "Review: This Sheltering Night". LambGoat. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
↑ Morgan, Bob (July 13, 2010). "Review: This Sheltering Night". Scene Point Blank. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
↑ "This Sheltering Night – Overview". Allmusic . Retrieved August 28, 2010.
1 2 3 4 "This Sheltering Night – Credits". Allmusic . Retrieved August 29, 2010.

External links

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[1] Sciarretto, Amy (May 14, 2010). "Starkweather, 'This Sheltering Night' -- New Album". Noisecreep . AOL Music . Retrieved August 28, 2010.

[HW-interview-2] Gergesha, Nick (July 5, 2010). "Transmissions: The Starkweather Interview". Hearwax. Retrieved August 28, 2010.

[3] Terry, James (May 25, 2010). "Review: This Sheltering Night". Bring on Mixed Reviews. Retrieved August 28, 2010.

[4] Lee, Cosmo (July 2010). "Energetic disassembly". Decibel . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Red Flag Media Inc. (69). ISSN 1557-2137 . Retrieved August 29, 2010.

[5] Murphy, Matt (July 15, 2010). "Review: This Sheltering Night". Decoy Music. Retrieved August 28, 2010.

[6] Gergesha, Nick (May 4, 2010). "Review: This Sheltering Night". Hearwax. Retrieved August 28, 2010.

[7] Boland, Casey (June 20, 2010). "Review: This Sheltering Night". LambGoat. Retrieved August 28, 2010.

[8] Morgan, Bob (July 13, 2010). "Review: This Sheltering Night". Scene Point Blank. Retrieved August 28, 2010.

[9] "This Sheltering Night – Overview". Allmusic . Retrieved August 28, 2010.

[allmusic_credits-10] 1 2 3 4 "This Sheltering Night – Credits". Allmusic . Retrieved August 29, 2010.