No matter how much I listen to other music, I will always come back to Converge. No band has impacted me as much as this band. Thank you Jake, Kurt, Nate, and Ben
Yong Shrimp It's funny. There is a wide spectrum of fans in age. THAT speaks volumes....especially for how unique and crushing they are. This isn't Zepplin or Sabbath or Pink Floyd, to where it's easy to pick up and be absorbed by it. Converge is a FANS band. They remind me a lot of Neurosis. A band that takes a minute to click. You may not like them at first...but something keeps you coming back and when that SOMETHING hits you, it's history. You are hooked.
same! these men have crafted a unique vintage that many love and I can never explain what converge is and will always be the band that opened my eyes and many others to all music. new and old. THAW!
This is strange that this album makes me happy, relaxed, when it is perceived as "violent" metal by people who dont know this band! This album is so cool!
+Dhieen its not strange that makes you happy normally people think metal is not relaxing but most metal when you like to ear is relaxing because you like the music
I remember I had never heard of converge, but i had heard great things about them so i bought this album on vinyl. I accidentally listened to whole thing on 33 rpm and I was like, woah this is some detailed doom metal. Then I tried listening to it later on Spotify and I was like WTF THIS IS WAY BETTER. Ahhhhh those were days
Hilarious. I got the vinyl today. Was just playing it for the first time (at 33rpm) reading these comments. I thought it sounded different haha. Would have noticed normally but a joint and this Florida heat is frying my brain ;)
How are people hating on this, if any of you are musicians can you not hear the crazy skill and talent that is put into these songs. They are definitely not easy to play and very creative
This is the first time this "hardcore"/emo style of vocals has really worked for me. Converge can take just about any formula and make it amazing, that's what makes them so incredible.
This album fucking rocks!!! That first track is a killer, the emotion you get off that is impressive, like first light/last light, you get that impending doom feeling... I love it!!!
I know you wrote this nearly a decade ago, but this is one of the only comments where the whole multimedia thing is mentioned. I wish more bands would do this, its like a modern version of staring at a vinyl slip while you listen. The art alone gas brought me back here dozens of times.
I've loved this band for years but this is my first time listening to them in about 6 years. Something I picked up on right away this time (which is part of what makes this band SO awesome) is that this music is produced like a real band, like how bands in the 70s did it. Most music from this time is overproduced as hell (with drums that sound like a computer is playing them), where these guys sound like they're playing with a real drummer.
Years ago I commented on another video how it was sad for me when meaning was lost when I couldn't follow Bannon's voice. I'm not sure if my hearing perception has changed or if it's just his singing - probably both - but I am happy to notice that he's become way clearer without losing the edge; near perfection. All these years he's managed to keep his chords, to improve, and still not soften. What a beast! I should say, the other performances on this album are also stupendous.
I love the way Converge goes straight to brainstorming badass songs with a lot of freedom of imagination. The is how a truly free band should be able to make music.
Anyone comparing Converge to BMTH needs to fucking stop. The musicians in this band are some of the best in metal today. Ben Koller,Kurt Ballou,Nate Newton,Jacob Bannon. Hell, even Stephen Brodsky was in Converge. The amount of talent is astounding. This band's music is leagues better than BMTH's generic trash.
start/end Yeah dude,I was scrolling through the comments of this video and found some people drawing comparisons,prompting me to write this small rant.
I feel you dude I've told people the same thing tell I'm blue in my face, but I have found keeping that knowledge to your self is a lot more rewarding when you hear or see stuff like self proclaimed music listening prodigies that think they know everything about what makes music good but then turn around and say fawk the Beatles they suck, and then wants a tattoo of Elvis beating the Beatles asses (witch I'm praying this person gets) at witch time I will finally open my mouth and be like "hay you do know Elvis never wrote his own music wright.". Or my personal favorite people who say they love metal music and think black Sabbath is a 80s hair band or think that they suck. I guess I get a kick out of arrogant people that will fight you tooth and nail to prove how right they are and don't realize how wrong and stupid and inaccurate they really are. but yeah fawk anyone trying to compare converge to anything. I honestly can't think of anything close its either converge or a band trying desperately to sound like converge but while falling flat on their faces and being pissed on by poodle's that's it.
+kevin berg I mean, botch was somewhat similar (while still remaining with an awesome unique style of their own) in the 90s. So yeah, converge isn't the only band that sounds like this style, but granted no one else has the exact sound they possess. But yeah, Botch is a really good band..you should check em out if you like this.
It's impossible to describe what I feel when I hear Converge. An explosion of feelings, no doubt, from crying to screaming, to laughing. Thank you Converge!!! love from Portugal
converge has more emotional and sonic depth and complexity than the majority of punk/ hardcore bands, and that takes time to get used to. once you can make sense of the music itself and then imerse yourself emotionally into it, you find the true beauty of Converge
Since i really started to listening and loving to music. Converge grabbed my attention. I grabbed up You Fail Me when i was 14. I bought almost every thing since. Through out their career, they have evolved and matured with age. They never stop surprising me. This album is amazing just like the one before and so on.
i quit listening to music sometime around 2008. i listened to converge actively from maybe ehh 2001-2008, and now in 2017 i'm listening to this for the first time. posting this for me, so i'll remember it someday if i ever stop listening to music again.
holy shit this is amazing. I might like this more than jane doe but i only just started listening to this band. Found Botch first so i'll think they'll always have the more impact-ful place in my heart even though this band is arguably more "legendary"
The fact that they put Fall of Troy in the same category as Converge is insane. Converge is just in a league of its own. True fans understand. Bands that have ave paved the way? YUP! Thats Converge.
Man, this band is something... since Jane Doe, they have acheived a godlike status. They are definitely one of the most important hardcore bands ever. The new shit is epic!
i love what jacob's doin with the vocals. people will probably hate on it criticizing them for getting soft or changing for popular appeal but i think true converge fans that are still with the band up to this point will get it, and love it
forgive my possible ignorance, but this sounds like Fugazi crossed with Don Caballero crossed with Mastodon. I think they were in fact a huge influence on Mastodon.
This album has its mark on society, and I know while there is so much crap out there that is so untrue and so fake that sells millions of albums, there is still one thing that holds true. The message and the purity and the passion and the effort put into this album is so heartfelt that only a small percentage of society will accept it. This is beautiful chaos, this is a blitzkrieg of sound, this makes me want to put jumper cables on my tits and blast my stereo~!
damn it. i'm not into metal core much, but when you get me hooked from beginning to end like that and you remind me of several other artists that make me faithful to the art of expression through sound, you are doing something right. absolutely a great album. =)
Well put my brother. You seem to possess intelligence far superior to most. You must go and smugly celebrate the informing of others about the creative growth emerging from within yourself. GO! Post haste!
I just dont like how the vocals are so drowned out, oh well still have massive amounts of respect for these guys. The cacophony of their music is unlike anyone else
this and everything thing before it is a product of hard work, attention to detail, and musician who write song that challenge them musically as to get better at there instruments. never has this band wrote a song for money its all done with and for passion.
Have you ever seen a band play for over an hour with the singer running back and forth across the stage, eventually soaking his denim jacket in sweat? literally drenched.. sickest performance ever. LONG LIVE CONVERGE!
They are posers... don't ever waste a single minute on them... I use anyone of there videos to sum up what the real difference is between real and fake as fuck... Motley Crew hair cuts, tattooed strippers in one video.. this scene has never used women as such useless things.. and they stole there sound from Converge.. peace from Southern California and 20 plus years fan...
+ૐマントラ I listen to Tool, Converge, ISIS, Sigur Ros, Norwegian Black metal, Sunnoo, Deafheaven, Johnny cash, Soundgarden, Daft Punk, etc...I do not see the problem, good music is good music!
Years ago my friend turned me on to Converge and at first I didn't like them. Then somebody in the aol emo chat had a screen name that read "IHATECONVERGE" and I had to go back and understand why. They've been my favorite band ever since.
I don't see why people are complaining, it sounds good to me I mean, shit, music is what you make it, not what other people want it to be. If you want music to sound a certain way, make it yourself.
Hi Scoot, Oscar... I am so happy with all of the consumers of this band as well as the true men at work here. Within this Converge framework we witness a band that consistently creates album after album with that riff-laden sugary-sweet sonic chaos which makes us all flip, as our ears come alive: tri-tempo frenzy fills within a 4/4 tempo, start-stop glee, Justin pouring out is heart 24/7... It changes everything when you realize the person you are talking to knows about this gem of a band... then the discussion/pit/etc... is truly on. Going to check out Code Orange now - thanks brothers!
greaterJAY Amen. Hope you like Code Orange, deathwish (jacob's label) signed them, they are one of my favourite acts, I'd recommend you to try their ep cycles, their first albuum, love is lost and their latest one I am king.
Cannibal Corpse, Akercocke, The Faceless, Behemoth, Job for a Cowboy, Red Chord, Deafheaven (many people will kill me for saying Deafheaven but whatever) and Meshuggah just to name a few. (Depending on if you mean equally heavy/heavier or equally crazy/crazier).
hoffimm very nice hoffimm - you preach to the choir when CC, Behemoth, Red Chord and Meshuggah are sharing comment space... you obviously are musical snob brethren and have obtained the high level intelligence capacity to seek the best of the best... well done!
I had no idea this band sounds like this now. Haven't heard them since when forever comes crashing. I like this. Almost sorry for assuming that all metalcore bands that survived from the early 2000s era suck now. Maybe this is the only one?
I listened to Jane Doe and couldn't get into it. That album was why I stopped listening to them in the first place. I remember hearing it when it came out and thinking another metalcore band softening up. I'm glad their new stuff is way more interesting though.
Putting Jane Doe and "softening up" in the same sentence is not something that would have occurred to me! Maybe you'll enjoy Axe to Fall and You Fail Me more :)
people saying that CONVERGE sounds like Bring Me The Horizons dont know ANYTHING about converge..... they where ther WAY before BMTH.... and Bring Me The Horizon fucking sucks btw....
***** Their last two albums, especially Sempiternal, were solid. I also like stuff like Converge, Isis, The Ocean, Dillinger Escape Plan, etc. People who say they're just a band for little girls probably haven't listened to their recent musical output.
ARKAEA33 Sempiternal and There is a Hell were pretty great albums, admittedly. But I have a real hard time with Bring Me because of their fanbase as well.
Zach Leger I've always held the position that you should ignore fans and judge on quality alone. There are plenty of things that idiots like that are actually good and there's no reason to write them off just because they also happen to appeal to morons. That's why I have no trouble saying Mean Girls is a funny movie.
I don't know how they do it, but Converge has stayed musically and ethically intact and relevant in the hardcore community since day one. How many bands can you really say that about?
Lol right? I can not get over this kid! I imagine him coming back to this same video in a couple of years and saying "you are all so right, and i was so wrong, im sorry"
Converge are one of the most respected and influential metal bands of the last 20 years, they have an extremely loyal following and their albums frequently feature in "albums of the year" in magazines and websites all over the world. I'm sure they can handle you not liking them.
People like you honestly make me proud to say that Converge is one of my favorite bands. There is NO set definition to music. If you think there is, which obviously you do, i feel nothing but bad for you
It's worth pointing out, if no-one has already, that this is the collector's edition version of the album with the bonus tracks (including On My Shield). Standard CD is only 38mins :)
Previous Converge albums made you feel like you got hit by a truck. This makes you feel like you got hit by a high speed train. Loving every minute of it.
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No matter how much I listen to other music, I will always come back to Converge. No band has impacted me as much as this band. Thank you Jake, Kurt, Nate, and Ben
True dat
Yong Shrimp It's funny. There is a wide spectrum of fans in age. THAT speaks volumes....especially for how unique and crushing they are. This isn't Zepplin or Sabbath or Pink Floyd, to where it's easy to pick up and be absorbed by it. Converge is a FANS band. They remind me a lot of Neurosis. A band that takes a minute to click. You may not like them at first...but something keeps you coming back and when that SOMETHING hits you, it's history. You are hooked.
You know what I think it is honestly... The fact that they innovated so much. Love this fuckimg band.
same! these men have crafted a unique vintage that many love and I can never explain what converge is and will always be the band that opened my eyes and many others to all music. new and old. THAW!
TheXeioken I wholeheartedly agree with all the above positive comments.
Although I am a Japanese, the music which this band makes is very favorite.
From music of Japan, Converge is the highest.
Don't sleep on MONO
it makes you actually feel alive
In your country have Envy. Such a great band.
You have PALM. They played with Converge and are awesome.
@@peterisnotdead1 a better version of this
This is strange that this album makes me happy, relaxed, when it is perceived as "violent" metal by people who dont know this band! This album is so cool!
+Dhieen yeah. Nice photo btw, spiral out.
Valter Pereirinha I love both Tool and Converge
Dhieen actually tool is my fav band :)
+Dhieen its not strange that makes you happy normally people think metal is not relaxing but most metal when you like to ear is relaxing because you like the music
Very true Joker. It makes me happy as well Dhieen. Not strange at all friend.
This album has the perfect mix of intensity and beauty.
I remember I had never heard of converge, but i had heard great things about them so i bought this album on vinyl. I accidentally listened to whole thing on 33 rpm and I was like, woah this is some detailed doom metal. Then I tried listening to it later on Spotify and I was like WTF THIS IS WAY BETTER. Ahhhhh those were days
+Curtis Young Cool story, bro. Seriously, this is the first time I say that with sincerity.
+Curtis Young The full album is at 45rpm???? Ive heard of that for singles but never a whole album!
Self ENtitled by NOFX is a 45 album...
Hilarious. I got the vinyl today. Was just playing it for the first time (at 33rpm) reading these comments. I thought it sounded different haha. Would have noticed normally but a joint and this Florida heat is frying my brain ;)
Hahahaha
These men are so gifted with creativity. The material they create for us to listen to and study.is so darn enjoyable. Thanks brothers!
Has a piece of art ever been so beautifully constructed that you just wanna cry from experiencing it?
Because I'm feeling that right now.
+Zach Leger you know what else is beautifully constructed and makes me cry from experiencing it?
my mom
This album is basically as good as it gets. It is easily the best album to come out since the last Converge album.
Converge is classic. Forever the exception, not the rule.
Pure utter chaos at its finest the metal sludge with the punk aesthetic is there signature alone
How are people hating on this, if any of you are musicians can you not hear the crazy skill and talent that is put into these songs. They are definitely not easy to play and very creative
Who cares how hard the songs are to play? They're expressing interesting ideas, that's why it's worth listening to.
Very creative but not hard to play
Everytime I come back to listen to the album I have to start from the beginning, can't skip a track. Album of the year!
Holy lord. How can anything be this good
I love Converge so much, and this album only reassures my love for them.
Unlike most other bands these days: singer has emotion in his voice (Aimless Arrow, Jane Doe...)
This is the first time this "hardcore"/emo style of vocals has really worked for me. Converge can take just about any formula and make it amazing, that's what makes them so incredible.
This album fucking rocks!!! That first track is a killer, the emotion you get off that is impressive, like first light/last light, you get that impending doom feeling... I love it!!!
converge is one of the true hardcore bands that cant make a bad album
Wow I could stare at this video with the art all day.
I know you wrote this nearly a decade ago, but this is one of the only comments where the whole multimedia thing is mentioned. I wish more bands would do this, its like a modern version of staring at a vinyl slip while you listen. The art alone gas brought me back here dozens of times.
@@MoxFulder92 I agree. It’s a really nice look that more bands should try!
I've loved this band for years but this is my first time listening to them in about 6 years. Something I picked up on right away this time (which is part of what makes this band SO awesome) is that this music is produced like a real band, like how bands in the 70s did it. Most music from this time is overproduced as hell (with drums that sound like a computer is playing them), where these guys sound like they're playing with a real drummer.
Years ago I commented on another video how it was sad for me when meaning was lost when I couldn't follow Bannon's voice. I'm not sure if my hearing perception has changed or if it's just his singing - probably both - but I am happy to notice that he's become way clearer without losing the edge; near perfection. All these years he's managed to keep his chords, to improve, and still not soften. What a beast!
I should say, the other performances on this album are also stupendous.
Salem, Mass was my first trip abroad. Converge + Witches = pretty cool place
Fucking hell, I should've given this album a listen sooner.
Unfortunately not everyone listening knows how much heart that all of the members of converge put into their music.
Thank you Jacob, Ben, Nate, Kurt.
Needledrop brought me to this band.
Loving it so far.
Great post-hardcore vocals. Sounds like if Guy Picciotto sang metal : D
If u like old school skramz or emo you need to check their album petitioning the empty sky
omg i posted almost the same thing!
I love the way Converge goes straight to brainstorming badass songs with a lot of freedom of imagination. The is how a truly free band should be able to make music.
Anyone comparing Converge to BMTH needs to fucking stop. The musicians in this band are some of the best in metal today. Ben Koller,Kurt Ballou,Nate Newton,Jacob Bannon. Hell, even Stephen Brodsky was in Converge. The amount of talent is astounding. This band's music is leagues better than BMTH's generic trash.
did people actually try to compare Converge to BMTH? lmfao
start/end Yeah dude,I was scrolling through the comments of this video and found some people drawing comparisons,prompting me to write this small rant.
Mr.Beast Rebel of the Hellscape They're like nothing alike...Granted, I love both of them to bits, but still.
I feel you dude I've told people the same thing tell I'm blue in my face, but I have found keeping that knowledge to your self is a lot more rewarding when you hear or see stuff like self proclaimed music listening prodigies that think they know everything about what makes music good but then turn around and say fawk the Beatles they suck, and then wants a tattoo of Elvis beating the Beatles asses (witch I'm praying this person gets) at witch time I will finally open my mouth and be like "hay you do know Elvis never wrote his own music wright.". Or my personal favorite people who say they love metal music and think black Sabbath is a 80s hair band or think that they suck. I guess I get a kick out of arrogant people that will fight you tooth and nail to prove how right they are and don't realize how wrong and stupid and inaccurate they really are. but yeah fawk anyone trying to compare converge to anything. I honestly can't think of anything close its either converge or a band trying desperately to sound like converge but while falling flat on their faces and being pissed on by poodle's that's it.
+kevin berg I mean, botch was somewhat similar (while still remaining with an awesome unique style of their own) in the 90s. So yeah, converge isn't the only band that sounds like this style, but granted no one else has the exact sound they possess. But yeah, Botch is a really good band..you should check em out if you like this.
It's impossible to describe what I feel when I hear Converge.
An explosion of feelings, no doubt, from crying to screaming, to laughing. Thank you Converge!!! love from Portugal
It's just his vocal style, something that I think gives Converge a more distinct sound than a lot of other bands
His vocals in the first song really sound like Guy Picciotto during his Rites Of Spring days.
my man !
that's like the best compliment anyone could give to any singer.i'm sure bannon would be touched by that.
he sounds like converge lmao
Yeah dude! I thought that the first time I heard "Last Light."
That's that true emo core connection sucka
At the gates and Converge were fucking amazing to watch back to back
One of the best albums ever!
That title track..
It is probably the most emotionally charged song I've ever heard.
converge has more emotional and sonic depth and complexity than the majority of punk/ hardcore bands, and that takes time to get used to. once you can make sense of the music itself and then imerse yourself emotionally into it, you find the true beauty of Converge
Every song is a masterpiece. But Sadness Comes Home is like woah mama
thats the best song on this album
Amazing album.
Amazing band.
I wish i found this album sooner, such a great band
could not agree more! physical music buyers should be rewarded, not to be treated as a secondary level customer!
Awesomely amazing and cathartic . Easily their best shit since JD and YFM. \m/ Aimless Arrow is fucking amazing.
Since i really started to listening and loving to music. Converge grabbed my attention. I grabbed up You Fail Me when i was 14. I bought almost every thing since. Through out their career, they have evolved and matured with age. They never stop surprising me. This album is amazing just like the one before and so on.
You Fail Me is still my favourite, probably always will be
i quit listening to music sometime around 2008. i listened to converge actively from maybe ehh 2001-2008, and now in 2017 i'm listening to this for the first time.
posting this for me, so i'll remember it someday if i ever stop listening to music again.
holy shit this is amazing. I might like this more than jane doe but i only just started listening to this band. Found Botch first so i'll think they'll always have the more impact-ful place in my heart even though this band is arguably more "legendary"
converge is a band that you HAVE to see live! their energy is unlike any other!
All We Love We Leave Behind is a feel trip
About his dog!
The fact that they put Fall of Troy in the same category as Converge is insane. Converge is just in a league of its own. True fans understand. Bands that have ave paved the way? YUP! Thats Converge.
I'm not a big fan of the genre, but this album is simply awesome!
Man, this band is something... since Jane Doe, they have acheived a godlike status. They are definitely one of the most important hardcore bands ever. The new shit is epic!
Any fans of Norma Jean that also listen to Converge?
Carneficial Right here
two of my favorites.
hell yes
EcoTerror wrongdoers is fucking good.
EcoTerror oh yes!
i love what jacob's doin with the vocals. people will probably hate on it criticizing them for getting soft or changing for popular appeal but i think true converge fans that are still with the band up to this point will get it, and love it
Perfect soundtrack for cleaning the commode.
forgive my possible ignorance, but this sounds like Fugazi crossed with Don Caballero crossed with Mastodon. I think they were in fact a huge influence on Mastodon.
1:55 - 2:04 FUCKING HELL THAT SHIT FUCKING ROCKS
eight minutes into the album and i'm floored. evidence that they've changed sooooo much in twenty years, and stayed exactly the same at the same time.
Trespasses crushes. so fun to play on drums.
Jakob Wachter So is Tender Abuse.
If you'd listen to the whole album or even just past the first song, you wouldn't be calling Converge mathcore.
I totally agree, man.
This album has its mark on society, and I know while there is so much crap out there that is so untrue and so fake that sells millions of albums, there is still one thing that holds true. The message and the purity and the passion and the effort put into this album is so heartfelt that only a small percentage of society will accept it. This is beautiful chaos, this is a blitzkrieg of sound, this makes me want to put jumper cables on my tits and blast my stereo~!
Like a fine wine...converge just gets better with age.
damn it. i'm not into metal core much, but when you get me hooked from beginning to end like that and you remind me of several other artists that make me faithful to the art of expression through sound, you are doing something right.
absolutely a great album. =)
this gave me a sense of at the drive-in, which i love, brings back memories
Well put my brother. You seem to possess intelligence far superior to most. You must go and smugly celebrate the informing of others about the creative growth emerging from within yourself. GO! Post haste!
nah, i'd rather try and help bring other's mind's to my level =)
Well then Daniel... allow me to "level" up!
@@greaterJAY this might be the single most insufferable comment I've ever read???
I cant wait to see these guys this Saturday in Rochester.... CAN'T WAIT
They never let me down live.... Amazing
Can't wait for new stuff. They never disappoint.
I just dont like how the vocals are so drowned out, oh well still have massive amounts of respect for these guys. The cacophony of their music is unlike anyone else
this and everything thing before it is a product of hard work, attention to detail, and musician who write song that challenge them musically as to get better at there instruments. never has this band wrote a song for money its all done with and for passion.
Dude it's freaking everyones favorite. how could it not be? Although I say best converge song ever has got to be the saddest day.
18:29 slams so fucking hard.
Have you ever seen a band play for over an hour with the singer running back and forth across the stage, eventually soaking his denim jacket in sweat? literally drenched.. sickest performance ever. LONG LIVE CONVERGE!
In my day, people compared Converge to Botch. Who the fuck is BMTH?
They are posers... don't ever waste a single minute on them... I use anyone of there videos to sum up what the real difference is between real and fake as fuck... Motley Crew hair cuts, tattooed strippers in one video.. this scene has never used women as such useless things.. and they stole there sound from Converge.. peace from Southern California and 20 plus years fan...
Can't believe it's been a decade since this dropped
A record who put an entire album on youtube? strange
***** I dont know ! tool and converge are far from doing the same music... strange ! but i know that some tool fans love meshuggah ! ( i do)
+Dhieen i dont think converge would have it any other way, music is meant to be shared
+Johnny Crow Yeah art should be free! there will be more and more art and more creativity this way
+ૐマントラ I listen to Tool, Converge, ISIS, Sigur Ros, Norwegian Black metal, Sunnoo, Deafheaven, Johnny cash, Soundgarden, Daft Punk, etc...I do not see the problem, good music is good music!
+Dhieen Sub Pop and Rhymesayers upload full albums too, I like when labels do that
Years ago my friend turned me on to Converge and at first I didn't like them. Then somebody in the aol emo chat had a screen name that read "IHATECONVERGE" and I had to go back and understand why. They've been my favorite band ever since.
Just sitting here laughing at hate comments while listening to this. Yes.
I don't see why people are complaining, it sounds good to me
I mean, shit, music is what you make it, not what other people want it to be. If you want music to sound a certain way, make it yourself.
Converge will strip the fucking paint off your walls! If there's a heavier band out there at the moment, I haven't heard them. Simply fucking awesome!
I think the new Code Orange record has a pretty strong case
Hi Scoot, Oscar... I am so happy with all of the consumers of this band as well as the true men at work here. Within this Converge framework we witness a band that consistently creates album after album with that riff-laden sugary-sweet sonic chaos which makes us all flip, as our ears come alive: tri-tempo frenzy fills within a 4/4 tempo, start-stop glee, Justin pouring out is heart 24/7... It changes everything when you realize the person you are talking to knows about this gem of a band... then the discussion/pit/etc... is truly on. Going to check out Code Orange now - thanks brothers!
greaterJAY Amen. Hope you like Code Orange, deathwish (jacob's label) signed them, they are one of my favourite acts, I'd recommend you to try their ep cycles, their first albuum, love is lost and their latest one I am king.
Cannibal Corpse, Akercocke, The Faceless, Behemoth, Job for a Cowboy, Red Chord, Deafheaven (many people will kill me for saying Deafheaven but whatever) and Meshuggah just to name a few. (Depending on if you mean equally heavy/heavier or equally crazy/crazier).
hoffimm
very nice hoffimm - you preach to the choir when CC, Behemoth, Red Chord and Meshuggah are sharing comment space... you obviously are musical snob brethren and have obtained the high level intelligence capacity to seek the best of the best... well done!
this is such an unexpected treat to have this album to listen to tonight
I had no idea this band sounds like this now. Haven't heard them since when forever comes crashing. I like this. Almost sorry for assuming that all metalcore bands that survived from the early 2000s era suck now. Maybe this is the only one?
I think you might have missed some of their best work and no, you are not mistaken, they all suck except for Converge of course!
You need to listen to Axe To Fall, You Fail Me and Jane Doe ASAP buddy.
I listened to Jane Doe and couldn't get into it. That album was why I stopped listening to them in the first place. I remember hearing it when it came out and thinking another metalcore band softening up. I'm glad their new stuff is way more interesting though.
Putting Jane Doe and "softening up" in the same sentence is not something that would have occurred to me! Maybe you'll enjoy Axe to Fall and You Fail Me more :)
@@Marsmallos yeah, exactly. Jane Doe is their most extreme and less soft record they ever did, lol.
This is one of the only albums I've listened to in a long time that has kept me interested each song and made me press replay all day long!
the only tattoo i ever felt compelled to get was the jane doe artwork...11 years later, i haven't put anything else on my skin.
Converge has yet again raised the bar for bands everywhere.
"This microphone turns sound into electricity... Can you hear me now ? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW ?"
One of my favorites from them. This band is so consistent.
people saying that CONVERGE sounds like Bring Me The Horizons dont know ANYTHING about converge..... they where ther WAY before BMTH.... and Bring Me The Horizon fucking sucks btw....
I like both BMTH and Converge, and for the record, I got into Converge first
How does it suck that I got into the better band first?
***** Their last two albums, especially Sempiternal, were solid. I also like stuff like Converge, Isis, The Ocean, Dillinger Escape Plan, etc. People who say they're just a band for little girls probably haven't listened to their recent musical output.
ARKAEA33 Sempiternal and There is a Hell were pretty great albums, admittedly. But I have a real hard time with Bring Me because of their fanbase as well.
Zach Leger I've always held the position that you should ignore fans and judge on quality alone. There are plenty of things that idiots like that are actually good and there's no reason to write them off just because they also happen to appeal to morons. That's why I have no trouble saying Mean Girls is a funny movie.
When I have kids, they are going to listen to amazing music! Streaming into the womb!!!!!
Anyone else love Glacial Pace?
Yes!
yes especially the final ending
I don't know how they do it, but Converge has stayed musically and ethically intact and relevant in the hardcore community since day one. How many bands can you really say that about?
Holy Fuck, not even to the end of the first song yet and I'M READY TO STAND UP AND SMASH SOME SHIT!!!
New favourite band.
Just came across this band today on Radio 1. They are UNREAL! Well chuffed with this discovery.
I fucking love aimless arrow!
Lol right? I can not get over this kid! I imagine him coming back to this same video in a couple of years and saying "you are all so right, and i was so wrong, im sorry"
chaotic catastrophic apocalyptic core
Quotation from one rewiev of AWLWLB: „Converge's newest LP is Hardcore without rules but with heart“. That's what music should be about
Please don't read the comments
+Jack Morrison i like your picture
GFY
Converge are one of the most respected and influential metal bands of the last 20 years, they have an extremely loyal following and their albums frequently feature in "albums of the year" in magazines and websites all over the world.
I'm sure they can handle you not liking them.
Is there any other similar songs like Aimless Arrow?
On this album? Not really. But check out Last Light off their album You Fail Me.
Try some Dillinger Escape Plan bro!
Dark Horse.
People like you honestly make me proud to say that Converge is one of my favorite bands. There is NO set definition to music. If you think there is, which obviously you do, i feel nothing but bad for you
It's magical
Like making a body disappear
Converge is literally a perfect example of how a band should progress.
this fucking kills
It's worth pointing out, if no-one has already, that this is the collector's edition version of the album with the bonus tracks (including On My Shield). Standard CD is only 38mins :)
Looking back I really see the Lil B influence in this
Previous Converge albums made you feel like you got hit by a truck. This makes you feel like you got hit by a high speed train. Loving every minute of it.