Editing Bitterness the Star (section)

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{{Infobox album|
| name         = Bitterness the Star
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[36 Crazyfists]]
| cover        = BitternessTheStar.jpg
| border       = yes
| alt          = 
| released     = April 4, 2002<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r580537/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Bitterness the Star''|author=Jason D. Taylor|publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref>
| recorded     = May 1–June 17, 2001
| venue        = 
| studio       = Millbrook Studios ([[Millbrook, New York]])<br />Red Clay Studios ([[Suffern, New York]])
| genre        = [[Nu metal]]<ref>{{cite web|author = Deviant|title= Review: 36 Crazyfists — Bitterness the Star|website= Sputnikmusic |date= 29 December 2009 |access-date= 3 July 2022 |url= https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/34195/36-Crazyfists-Bitterness-the-Star/}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sharpe-Young |first1=Garry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIIf03bGyAAC |title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal |location=New Plymouth, New Zealand |publisher=Zonda Books Limited |date=1 November 2005 |isbn=978-0958268400 |access-date=10 July 2022 }}</ref>
| length       = 46:35
| label        = [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
| producer     = [[Eddie Wohl]], [[Rob Caggiano]], Steve Regina
| prev_title   = Demo '99
| prev_year    = 1999
| next_title   = [[A Snow Capped Romance]]
| next_year    = 2004
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r580537/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Bitterness the Star''|author=Jason D. Taylor|publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[PopMatters]]
| rev2Score = Favorable<ref>{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Jason |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/36crazyfists-bitterness |title=36 Crazyfists: Bitterness the Star < PopMatters |publisher=Popmatters.com |date= |accessdate=January 16, 2012 |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017095344/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/36crazyfists-bitterness }}</ref>
}}

'''''Bitterness the Star''''' is the debut major label album by American [[metalcore]] band [[36 Crazyfists]].<ref name="Exclaim!">{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/36_crazyfists-bitterness_star|date=June 1, 2002|title=Bitterness the Star review|publisher=Exclaim!|author=Amber Authier|accessdate=July 20, 2019}}</ref> 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".{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}