| Bitterness the Star | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | 36 Crazyfists |
| Cover: | BitternessTheStar.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | April 4, 2002[1] |
| Recorded: | May 1–June 17, 2001 |
| Studio: | Millbrook Studios (Millbrook, New York) Red Clay Studios (Suffern, New York) |
| Genre: | Nu metal,[2] [3] alternative metal, thrash metal |
| Length: | 46:35 |
| Label: | Roadrunner |
| Producer: | Eddie Wohl, Rob Caggiano, Steve Regina |
| Prev Title: | Demo '99 |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | A Snow Capped Romance |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
Bitterness the Star is the debut major label album by American metalcore band 36 Crazyfists.[4] It was released on April 4, 2002 through Roadrunner Records, and was produced by Eddie Wohl. "Slit Wrist Theory" was released as a single and is often censored to "Wrist Theory" on music channels to eliminate the self-harm reference. This is the only 36 Crazyfists album to bear a Parental Advisory sticker.
Singer Brock Lindow has stated that this release is his favorite 36 Crazyfists studio album. In an interview with the music magazine Kerrang! in 2007, he declared, "Bitterness will always remain my favourite album, no matter what".
The majority of the songs were written in 1997–98, immediately after the release of the band's independent demo In the Skin.[5] In April 2001, 36 Crazyfists entered Millbrook Studios in Milbrook, New York with Eddie Wohl, Rob Caggiano and Steve Regina, all of Scrap 60 Productions.[6] Recording commenced on May 1, 2001. On June 1, 2001, Skinlab vocalist Steev Esquivel flew up to Millbrook to record a guest appearance on "Bury Me Where I Fall".[7] [8] Three days later, the band left Millbrook and travelled to Red Clay Studios in Suffern, New York. The band finished recording on June 17, 2001.