Starkweather | |
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| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Candlelight, Deathwish, Inc. |
| Members | Rennie Resmini Todd Forkin Harry Rosa Vincent Rosa Sean Jacobs Bill Molchanow |
| Past members | Michelle Eddison Sean Roberts Jim Winters Liam Wilson |
Starkweather is an American heavy 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.[1] 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.[2][3]
The name Starkweather is taken from Charles Starkweather, a late-1950s spree killer.[4]
- ^ Hale, Trevor (December 3, 2008). "Just Like Coming Home: Starkweather finally make their way to Utah". Salt Lake City Weekly. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ Croatan review @ Allmusic "Mastodon, The Red Chord, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Killswitch Engage, Losa, The Black Dahlia Murder, Coalesce, Strapping Young Lad ... but it is important to know that Starkweather have been around longer than any of the abovementioned bands and have influenced some of them (either directly or indirectly)"
- ^ Biography @ The Gauntlet "they have been cited as influence to many of today's top selling metal/hardcore bands"
- ^ "Rennie Resmini interview". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2008-01-04.