Creature (Within the Ruins album)

Creature is the debut studio album by American metalcore band Within the Ruins. It was released on February 17, 2009, through Victory Records. It is their only studio album to feature Jon Grande on vocals. Additionally, it is their only studio album to feature Kyle Marcoux on guitar, and also Madison Roseberry on bass. The album features a distinctly different sound than the established sound the band would reveal on their sophomore release Invade.

The album saw the creation of the band's first music video, recorded for the song "Extinguish Them" and published to the band's YouTube channel on October 2, 2011.

Background and recording
Creature was recorded between November 10, 2008 and January 2, 2009, at Zing Recording Studios in Within the Ruins' hometown of Westfield, Massachusetts. Zing had previously produced highly acclaimed metalcore albums by renowned metal bands such as Unearth's The Oncoming Storm, August Burns Red's debut Thrill Seeker, several Killswitch Engage albums, and Shadows Fall's Somber Eyes to the Sky. The band would return to Zing to engineer the vocals on their 2017 release Halfway Human.

Critical reception
Creature was ranked 53rd by Metal Injection readers in the blog's end-of-year "Best Albums of 2009" poll.

Personnel

 * Within the Ruins
 * Jon Grande – vocals
 * Joe Cocchi – guitars, production
 * Kyle Marcoux – guitars
 * Madison Roseberry – bass
 * Kevin McGuill – drums


 * Additional personnel
 * Eric Arena – production, engineering, mixing
 * Jim Fogarty – engineering, piano
 * Jay Deluca and Maria Rice – engineering
 * Jeff Lipton – remastering
 * Godmachine – design, artwork
 * Doublej – layout
 * Jeremy Saffer – photography