This Sheltering Night is a studio album released by American rock band Starkweather

Starkweather (band)

Starkweather is a metal band from Philadelphia, United States that formed in 1989. Starkweather helped pioneer the hardcore/heavy metal crossover sound that would later be known as "metalcore"...

. The album was released on May 25, 2010 through Deathwish Inc.

Deathwish Inc.

Deathwish, Inc. is a independent record label founded by Jacob Bannon and Tre McCarthy. The label was originally used to release early albums by Bannon's own band Converge starting in late 1991. It wasn't until late 1999 that McCarthy and Bannon discussed turning Deathwish into a full-fledged label...

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The album is the result of several recording sessions, beginning with some unreleased songs from Starkweather's recording sessions from 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 terminate their contract with their former label Candlelight Records

Candlelight Records

Candlelight Records is an independent record label based in Europe 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 death metal, having bands such as Emperor,...

 before they could switch to Deathwish.

Track listing

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

Personnel

Starkweather

• Todd Forkin – guitar
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• Bill Molchanow – guitars
• Rennie Resmini – vocals
• Harry Rosa – drum kit
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• Vince Rosa – bass guitar
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Artwork and design

• Mikio Murakami – artwork

Additional musicians

• Forbes Graham – trumpet
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  , euphonium
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• Elizabeth Jacobs – soundscape
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• Oktapus (Dälek
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  ) – soundscape
• Sophia Perennis – soundscape

Production and recording

• Alan Douches – mastering
• Alap Momim – engineer, mixing
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