CROATOAN

Croatoan is the third album by the band Starkweather, one of the pioneering bands of Metalcore, after their hiatus since 1997 with Into The Wire, my first contact with this band was with the EP ''Nightmare Memory'' from 2013 and absolutely loved it. incredibly heavy and diverse sound, and after listening to the entire album, I say without hesitation without a shadow of a doubt, Croatoan is one of the best things in the genre, one thing I like about it Starkweather and what remains here is how insanely heavy the songs are, but they hardly end up being cheesy, which ends up happening a lot in bands that want to be as extreme as possible, the mix is ​​strident and with a lot of identity, the riffs are memorable from Todd Forkin, and Harry Rosa drum are simply mind-blowing, and the songs are not only heavy and catchy, but also feature diversity and very progressive aspects, Silken Garotte has a very tribal session, Taming Leeches With Fire and the constant change of riffs together with a cool Liam Wilson versatile bass and so on. The way these elements fit together and how powerful the composition is is unique.

and what can we say about this album without mentioning Rennie Resmini vocals? I love them, not because they are beautiful, in fact, it's exactly the opposite, it's raw, strange and Rennie sings with a lot of pain and despair even In the softer sessions, Rennie is the one who gives Starkweather more of an identity and it's difficult to think of a job by the band without him, they are vocals above all, organic and unique and that fit perfectly into the painful atmosphere that the band wants to convey, however, Croatoan doesn't completely work, sometimes it falls into falling into the trap of cheesy for wanting to have a heavy sound, Taming Leeches With Fire is fantastic, but the part where Rennie repeats the name of the song, it doesn't sound very good compared to half of it.

Silken Garotte sometimes sounds pretentious and, in general, it is a material that has moments that are not do justice to the highest points, but in no way end up detracting from the experience and still sound cool, but overall, Croatoan is incredible, a must have for anyone who likes extreme metal, extreme prog metal, metalcore and experimental music, Starkweather's cruel universe is not for everyone, but for those willing to give By chance, you might come across one of the densest and heaviest albums to ever emerge from Metalcore. scene.

9/10

(Note: I recommend that moderators change incorrect information that is -The bassist on this album is Liam Wilson, not Vince Rosa -The order of the songs is wrong)

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