great, revolutionary band. new album "Axe To Fall" out October 20.
here's the artwork. standard Jacob Bannon fare - pretty cool looking.
(http://www.lambgoat.com/graphics/news/converge_axe_to_fall.jpg)
taken from Lambgoat.com:
The effort was recorded by guitarist Kurt Ballou at this Godcity studios in Salem, MA and features guest appearances from a host of notables, including Steve Brodsky (Cave In), Adam McGrath (Cave In), J.R. Connors (Cave In, Doomriders), Uffe Cederlund (Disfear, ex-Entombed), John Pettibone (The Vows, Himsa), Steve Von Till (Neurosis), and Mookie Singerman (Genghis Tron).
Meanwhile, the track listing is as follows:
01. Dark Horse
02. Reap What You Sow
03. Axe To Fall
04. Effigy
05. Worms Will Feed
06. Wishing Well
07. Damages
08. Losing Battle
09. Dead Beat
10. Cutter
11. Slave Driver
12. Cruel Bloom
13. Wretched World
compiled a quick discography, most aren't my ups
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pwoLsvzCP2Q/SeB7IhnP8vI/AAAAAAAAABE/UFthtXQ-1sQ/s320/No+Heroes.jpg)
Album: No Heroes
Year: 2006
DL: http://www.mediafire.com/?kt2jdsq1nvf
Tracklist:
1. Heartache
2. Hellbound
3. Sacrifice
4. Vengeance
5. Weight of the World
6. No Heroes
7. Plagues
8. Grim Heart / Black Rose
9. Orphaned
10. Lonewolves
11. Versus
12. Trophy Scars
13. Bare My Teeth
14. To the Lions
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Album: You Fail Me
Year: 2004
DL: http://www.mediafire.com/?vziqban80zo
Tracklist:
1. First Light
2. Last Light
3. Black Cloud
4. Drop Out
5. Hope Street
6. Heartless
7. You Fail Me
8. In Her Shadow
9. Eagles Become Vultures
10. Death King
11. In Her Blood
12. Hanging Moon
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Album: Unloved and Weeded Out
Year: 2002
DL: http://www.mediafire.com/?n2dj1ddmo0g
Tracklist:
1. Downpour
2. Flowers and Razorwire
3. Tremor
4. Home Song
5. For You
6. Jacob's Ladder
7. Undo
8. Towing Jehovah (Demo)
9. The High Cost of Playing God (Demo)
10. When Forever Comes Crashing (Demo)
11. The Year of The Swine (Demo)
12. Letterbomb (Demo)
13. Locust Reign (Live)
14. This Is Mine (Live)
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Album: Jane Doe
Year: 2001
DL: http://www.mediafire.com/?zr2w6y8lmax
Tracklist:
1. Concubine
2. Fault and Fracture
3. Distance and Meaning
4. Hell to Pay
5. Homewrecker
6. The Broken Vow
7. Bitter and then Some
8. Heaven in her Arms
9. Phoenix in Flight
10. Phoenix in Flames
11. Thaw
12. Jane Doe
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Album: When Forever Comes Crashing (Remastered)
Year: 2005
DL: http://www.mediafire.com/?8n6y0jziiez
Tracklist:
1. My Unsaid Everything
2. The High Cost of Playing God
3. In Harms Way
4. Conduit
5. The Lowest Common Denominator
6. Towing Jehova
7. When Forever Comes Crashing
8. Ten Cents
9. Year of the Swine
10. Letterbomb
11. Love as Arson
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Album: Petitioning The Empty Sky (Remastered)
Year: 2005
DL: http://rapidshare.com/files/143676148/cnv-ptes.rar.html
Tracklist:
1. The Saddest Day
2. Forsaken
3. Albatross
4. Dead
5. Shingles
6. Buried but Breathing
7. Farewell Note to This City
8. Color Me Blood Red
9. For You (live)
10. Antithesis (live)
11. Homesong
12. Love As Arson (Alternate Version)
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Album: Caring and Killing
Year: 1996
DL: http://www.mediafire.com/?m2mr0llgnmx
Tracklist:
01. Shallow Breathing/I Abstain
02. Two Day Romance
03. Fact Leaves its Ghost
04. Becoming a Stranger
05. Antithesis
06. Dead
07. Tied to my Neck
08. Divinity
09. Blind
10. Sky
11. Down
12. Zodiac
13. Yesterday
14. Savior Salvation
15. But Life goes on
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Album: Halo In A Haystack
Year: 1994
DL: http://www.mediafire.com/?lqcliqkva5j
Tracklist:
1. Shallow Breathing
2. I Abstain
3. Two Day Romance
4. Becoming a Stranger
5. Divinity
6. Fact Leaves Its Ghost
7. Antithesis
8. Down
9. Exhale
10. Undo
All I have to say is the guest appearances sound so awesome. It's an ingenious concept and I look forward to hearing it.
I've never been able to get into the "barking" vocals. It annoys the shit out of me. The music itself is great though.
I crave the new album badly ! I can't wait. Can't wait to play the vinyl for the first time.
cant wait for the new shit. and so many interesting guests...
the vocals are one of the best parts. NO ONE sounds like Bannon.
Definitely, ben. This will be an interesting album. It is normal to see the occasional guest on a hardcore/metal album, but to bring in entire bands, and enough guests to fill up the album? It could revolutionary, or it could be awkward. But I'm leaning toward the former just because of fucking Genghis Tron.
Converge will always have a place in my top few favorite, most influential bands of all time.
And I agree with Ben, Bannon is awesome because of his vocal approach. Have you ever tried to match the vocals with the lyrics on Jane Doe? You can't. I love it.
Damn, just listened to their new song Dark Horse. Sounds totally different from their other stuff...especially vocally. Kickass song, I must say.
EDIT: Anyone got "Dark Horse" as mp3? Wow, this song is so good.
He uses those vocals a lot in You Fail Me and sometimes in No Heroes. You should re-listen to those albums, they seriously are wonderful.
I think I might do that then.
Dark Horse is almost as good as Fault And Fracture and Eagles Become Vultures. almost.
maybe you can rip it yourself from youtube somehow?
[youtube=425,350]SYj7uMWJ3ro[/youtube]
anyways, yes, it sounds great. 8)
Very few can make such killer riffs like kurt. He never seizes to amaze me.
Dark Horse is perfect. Can't wait to hear the album in its entirety.
Dark Horse mp3.
http://rs527.rapidshare.com/files/269120433/ergeeeenew.rar
This song is seriously blowing my mind.
Quote from: penguin in the desert on Aug 19, 2009, 06:28 PM
Dark Horse mp3.
http://rs527.rapidshare.com/files/269120433/ergeeeenew.rar
This song is seriously blowing my mind.
The instrumental side is beyond perfection, but I hope Bannon gets some more high pitched screams in the mix on the rest of the albums. And I'm kinda afraid that the whole collaboration idea could break the album. But, we'll just have to wait and see. It worked wonders on Grim Heart/Black Rose with Jonah, though
Thanks for the link.
yeeeeah theis! way to take initiative! thanks buddy
pure volume has a super high quality version. I've had it on repeat for two days straight.
Dark Horse 320kbps
http://cdn.stereogum.com/mp3/Converge%20-%20Dark%20Horse.mp3 (right click, save as)
Great band tough I've never seen them live yet :'(
Thanks for the link to the new song, it sounds killer.
Quote from: Deft11_17ones on Aug 31, 2009, 04:54 PM
Great band tough I've never seen them live yet :'(
Thanks for the link to the new song, it sounds killer.
Only seen 'em twice, but it's the best concerts I've ever seen ! The energy generated at their shows could light up NY for a year.
Another new song has been posted here http://spin.com/articles/download-awesome-metal-converge
Download and Enjoy ;)
Axe to Fall
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/ead20faxm
are you sure this is legit? because this album is so fucking good IT JUST CANT BE REAL!
ok, seriously, i love this album and i think it may become my top converge album very soon.
seems like they have thrown alot of riffage into the mix - more than usual - and it makes up for a crazy addictive sound.
from the beginning to the end there is not a single bad or boring part. track 12 sounds like neurosis and track 13 sounds like genghis tron. what more can you ask for?
to make it short: my album of the year
someone needs to up this in mediafire. deposit files is garbage.
hotfile has served me well
http://hotfile.com/dl/14132296/1314b46/c_-_a_t_f_2009_alltimegreatesthits.blogspot.com.rar.html
and HOLY SHIT! after 3 tracks, I'm in love with this.
Can't wait to listen to the new converge.
Just wow. Great cd. the 2 slower tracks at the end of the album might even be my favorite songs.
Absolutely insane album. I'm almost feeling out of breath just by listening to it.
Like being thrown into the eye of the storm.
omg it really is mindblowing.
Axe to Fall is, I won't say a letdown, but it's definately a weak effort, imho. I would love to have heard a new Converge album without any dodgy collaborations and horrible guitar solos. They could've done so much better on their own. Maybe explored a new sound.
With that said, I've only heard the album 5 times, so I hope it'll grow on me.
I think the solos are the best thing about this album.
Quote from: penguin in the desert on Oct 06, 2009, 11:52 AM
I think the solos are the best thing about this album.
Solos are a waste of album space. It doesn't add anything to the songs, it's just unnessesary playtime. Just horrible. Death to solos.
Quote from: Paint Your Lips on Oct 06, 2009, 02:27 PM
Quote from: penguin in the desert on Oct 06, 2009, 11:52 AM
I think the solos are the best thing about this album.
Solos are a waste of album space. It doesn't add anything to the songs, it's just unnessesary playtime. Just horrible. Death to solos.
i guess you're not a big mastodon fan, huh
Wow, I never actually encountered anyone who hated solos. Weird.
What about classic bands like Zeppelin, Floyd, The Who? Do you hate their solos as well?
Quote from: Alvar on Oct 06, 2009, 02:29 PM
Quote from: Paint Your Lips on Oct 06, 2009, 02:27 PM
Quote from: penguin in the desert on Oct 06, 2009, 11:52 AM
I think the solos are the best thing about this album.
Solos are a waste of album space. It doesn't add anything to the songs, it's just unnessesary playtime. Just horrible. Death to solos.
i guess you're not a big mastodon fan, huh
You guessed it.
And Theis, I can't listen to any of those bands. I get so bored.
album could only be decribed in superlatives. so damn good
Quote from: Paint Your Lips on Oct 06, 2009, 03:34 PM
Quote from: Alvar on Oct 06, 2009, 02:29 PM
Quote from: Paint Your Lips on Oct 06, 2009, 02:27 PM
Quote from: penguin in the desert on Oct 06, 2009, 11:52 AM
I think the solos are the best thing about this album.
Solos are a waste of album space. It doesn't add anything to the songs, it's just unnessesary playtime. Just horrible. Death to solos.
i guess you're not a big mastodon fan, huh
And Theis, I can't listen to any of those bands. I get so bored.
Nuts :)
Btw, are you going to the Dredg concert on Loppen November 9?
Quote from: penguin in the desert on Oct 06, 2009, 04:03 PM
Nuts :)
Btw, are you going to the Dredg concert on Loppen November 9?
It's all subjective. :-)
Uhm, maybe. I am, however going to see Kitty Wu at Loppen on November 12th!
Mastodon and Converge are to tour the UK together before the end of the year. Dates TBC
Quote from: Paint Your Lips on Oct 06, 2009, 03:34 PM
Quote from: Alvar on Oct 06, 2009, 02:29 PM
Quote from: Paint Your Lips on Oct 06, 2009, 02:27 PM
Quote from: penguin in the desert on Oct 06, 2009, 11:52 AM
I think the solos are the best thing about this album.
Solos are a waste of album space. It doesn't add anything to the songs, it's just unnessesary playtime. Just horrible. Death to solos.
i guess you're not a big mastodon fan, huh
You guessed it.
And Theis, I can't listen to any of those bands. I get so bored.
that's a shame. what about Between the Buried and Me? some bands' solos absolutely make them great in my opinion.
Quote from: defsteve on Oct 06, 2009, 11:06 PM
Mastodon and Converge are to tour the UK together before the end of the year. Dates TBC
seeing them with Dethklok on Oct 17. cannot wait!
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Oct 07, 2009, 12:40 AM
that's a shame. what about Between the Buried and Me? some bands' solos absolutely make them great in my opinion.
I enjoy Colors a lot. Thank god they didn't drown that album in solos as they did with Alaska. Solos doesn't add emotion, feeling, energy, not a goddamn thing, it's just a poor excuse for a guitar player to have fun.
And Converge is a selfproclaimed punk rock band, why on earth would they include solos, that's got nothing to do with punk ! They'll never top Jane Doe if they don't push themselves.
Quote from: Paint Your Lips on Oct 07, 2009, 10:54 AM
And Converge is a selfproclaimed punk rock band, why on earth would they include solos, that's got nothing to do with punk ! They'll never top Jane Doe if they don't push themselves.
they DID push themselves, you just dont like the direction its going ;)
in some interview kurt stated that they recently were influenced alot by progressive metal, and that they wanted to implement this on the new record.
i can understand that the "energy" of their earlier punkish records doesnt come across this way, i think thats what you`re missing.
axe to fall is like their "easy listening" album :D
Spot on, Alvar. I miss the fury and the chaos. Progressive metal my ass. :-)
First 4 tracks are killer. The rest is forgettable. Should have stuck with that energy.
If anything, the album is a throwback to the Converge of the 1990s. Pretty cool record, but I definitely prefer the last three albums because each one is so brutal. You guys will probably laugh at me, but my second favorite track is Cruel Bloom. fuckin Neurosis, yeaaaaaa
I also prefer the new Doomriders to this, but that album is exceptional and it's not because Axe to Fall is inadequate.
Quote from: ben on Oct 07, 2009, 07:31 PM
If anything, the album is a throwback to the Converge of the 1990s. Pretty cool record, but I definitely prefer the last three albums because each one is so brutal. You guys will probably laugh at me, but my second favorite track is Cruel Bloom. fuckin Neurosis, yeaaaaaa
I also prefer the new Doomriders to this, but that album is exceptional and it's not because Axe to Fall is inadequate.
Phoenix in Flight > Cruel Bloom. Even the slower songs were better in the "old days". Way more feeling to it, you can really sense his broken heart and anger / sadness.
[youtube=425,350]i7Udij-qb1s[/youtube]
love this
Quote from: Paint Your Lips on Oct 07, 2009, 10:54 AM
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Oct 07, 2009, 12:40 AM
that's a shame. what about Between the Buried and Me? some bands' solos absolutely make them great in my opinion.
I enjoy Colors a lot. Thank god they didn't drown that album in solos as they did with Alaska. Solos doesn't add emotion, feeling, energy, not a goddamn thing, it's just a poor excuse for a guitar player to have fun.
And Converge is a selfproclaimed punk rock band, why on earth would they include solos, that's got nothing to do with punk ! They'll never top Jane Doe if they don't push themselves.
Because being punk means you can do whatever the fuck you want, and that includes doing solos.
I haven't found anything to complain about on Axe to Fall. I'm liking it all. Maybe my opinion will change after more listens, maybe not.
Great new CD I've been listening to it since it came out
I LOVE their last album. Sure, it sounds easier to listen to compared to their previous work, but I don't see that as a bad thing at all, and I still really enjoy what I'm hearing....
Just began recording for their upcoming eighth studio album 'All We Love We Leave Behind'
Listening to No Heroes for the first time in a while, good shit.
best shit ever
Quote from: Eros TBA on Feb 03, 2012, 04:24 AM
Just began recording for their upcoming eighth studio album 'All We Love We Leave Behind'
was so excited when i heard about this :D and they never disappoint
New song.
Converge - "Aimless Arrow" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrcY9I-BbjM#ws)
That tour with Touché Amoré, A Storm Of Light and The Secret is gonna be crazy good.
Honestly I can't remember a concert I've been to which had a better line-up. Fuck me
Whoa didn't know about that tour lineup. I love The Secret. But yeah bitchin' tour, bitchin' new song. Can't wait for this to drop.
Quote from: black coffee on Aug 28, 2012, 06:38 PM
That tour with Touché Amoré, A Storm Of Light and The Secret is gonna be crazy good.
Honestly I can't remember a concert I've been to which had a better line-up. Fuck me
I'd prefer the US line-up with Kvelertak, Torche and Nails.
I don't really know any of the bands on the EU line-up...but yeah, I'll probably go to the show.
I think I'm gonna go. Kvelerak and Torche along with Converge is a killer combo. But I'm kinda jealous of you guys. The Secret never come to the US. I would love to see them live.
I remember in the past I always admired you Americans for the great tours and line-ups you were getting.
Whenever I checked theprp and saw yet another sweet North America tour I was like "bring this to us and I'm happy". And they obviously never did.
However, that US tour is great, too, but there is no way I would change it for what we're getting here. Not this time ;)
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind [2012] (320kbps)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vzkMgcxjQro/UGqEY-szubI/AAAAAAAABu0/oy11196avqQ/s400/cover.jpg)
http://depositfiles.com/files/onh4im49a (http://depositfiles.com/files/onh4im49a)
wtf when did this drop
cover <3
shit be ace! Never disappointed
This record is nice, a real masterpiece. And I didn't even like or understood converge until Axe to fall.
"Coral Blue" is bliss. And even the bonus tracks on this album are stellar.
new album is brillant
I be mad, uni classes all day on the day they come to ohio this tour. gay.
Trespasses dominates my aural cavities.
Rungs in a Ladder: Jacob Bannon of Converge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeLgGw5BGqA#ws)
Great mini-doc about Bannon.
Anyone going to see them during this tour ?
http://youtu.be/TAnl-dAlH0c (http://youtu.be/TAnl-dAlH0c)
In the video's description you can read: "After these short runs, Converge will be concentrating on writing music. Thanks people."
Well I can't, but new music. THAT is some fantastic news. Been awhile since I indulged in listening to some Converge.
new converge is always welcomed 8)
They never disappoint!
looked up this band the other day and stumbled on Wretched World. I know it's not a new one but that song is heavy...pretty deep too
Quote from: only pieces remain on Apr 10, 2016, 06:19 AM
new converge is always welcomed 8)
Hell yeah. Been waiting quite a while for some.
This concert was one of the best and one of my best experience in music (live).
So much talent, they can be so brutal and then so fucking atmospheric.
Go watch it on youtube
"The Dusk In Us" is immense.
This album kind of crept up on me, I was vaguely aware they were recording awhile back, but just forgot about it.
But having listened to The Dusk In Us, I should be ashamed. Converge is just one of those rare bands that just cannot put out a bad, or even mediocre album.
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Nov 06, 2017, 06:56 PM
This album kind of crept up on me
Me too. Totally forgot about it. Sounds great! These guys have a rare ability to give me riff-induced goosebumps.
Ben Koller, though..
He never ceases to amaze me.
Hmm. Nothing impressive musically, cant understand the fuss over them. converge has pretty average lyrics
, I just think a lot of their lyrics are written like an angsty 13 year old kid's journal,
"And I surrender to it all
Between you and me, I surrender to you
Forgive me for the sadness
And the bringing of you down
I just needed a lover and I needed a friend
And there you were
Running from forever like all the rest
Three simple words bled me dry
Three simple word bled us dry, bled us dry
I love you"
Kind of reminds me of an a high school kids poetry collection ...
^
What a surprise. You have the same IP address as Red Pill and People are Peple...and The Prodigy.
Fuck off.
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Nov 06, 2017, 06:56 PM
But having listened to The Dusk In Us, I should be ashamed. Converge is just one of those rare bands that just cannot put out a bad, or even mediocre album.
Yep. Them, Deftones, Every Time I Die, Tool (although it's been ages)... you just know, worst case scenario, it's still going to be good.
I fucking love this record. It might even be top five of the year.
'Trigger' is one of my favorites at the moment. That bass line.
Quote from: Uptown on Nov 08, 2017, 05:26 PM
Hmm. Nothing impressive musically, cant understand the fuss over them. converge has pretty average lyrics
, I just think a lot of their lyrics are written like an angsty 13 year old kid's journal,
"And I surrender to it all
Between you and me, I surrender to you
Forgive me for the sadness
And the bringing of you down
I just needed a lover and I needed a friend
And there you were
Running from forever like all the rest
Three simple words bled me dry
Three simple word bled us dry, bled us dry
I love you"
Kind of reminds me of an a high school kids poetry collection ...
Quote from: Vesanic on Jul 29, 2017, 06:51 PM
Quote from: Índigo flow on Jul 17, 2017, 10:17 PM
Once again, only one Gore song! Hahah
Once again, you're banned! And you will be again! Hahah
Enjoyed this one more than their last release, not that there was anything wrong with it either.