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YOU FAIL ME IS AWESOME. A TOTAL GROWER.

― ddb (ddb), Wednesday, 27 June 2001 02:56 (11 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

I'm listening to Jane Doe by Converge, and I can barely handle how epic it is. This is the first thing I've heard by them. What else is good?

― otto, Friday, 20 February 2004 01:01 (9 years ago) Permalink

that's their best

petitioning the empty sky ep kinda cool but nowhere near as 'deep' and worldly as Jane Doe

singles collection has its moments but I just sold it so i can't really say it's a 'keeper'

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 20 February 2004 01:04 (9 years ago) Permalink

Jane Doe is so beautiful it makes me want to cry.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 20 February 2004 01:05 (9 years ago) Permalink

But do you?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 20 February 2004 01:06 (9 years ago) Permalink

No, that album is so brutal any tears being shed are vaporized by the fire of its unholy fury. It's that good.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 20 February 2004 01:40 (9 years ago) Permalink

yeah, what he said.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 20 February 2004 01:53 (9 years ago) Permalink

it really is devastatingly beautiful to me though. maybe i'm just an old softy.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 20 February 2004 01:53 (9 years ago) Permalink

"The Saddest Day" from Petitioning the Empty Sky is a good warm-up to Jane Doe. Otherwise wring your hands together and weep at the DVD, or set your house afire and walk in slow stilted steps towards wherever they're playing next. They are an unrivaled live band.

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Friday, 20 February 2004 02:01 (9 years ago) Permalink

That's very very true.

Saw them at Middlesex colleg close to ten years ago (and i'm sure they've gotten even better since then) and it was one of the best hc shows I've ever seen

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 20 February 2004 03:03 (9 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

I'm listening to Jane Doe by Converge, and I can barely handle how epic it is.

OTM

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 16 July 2005 03:06 (7 years ago) Permalink

OTM

― Jon, remind me again why you haven't drowned in your own vomit (ex machina), Saturday, 16 July 2005 04:11 (7 years ago) Permalink

OTM

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 16 July 2005 09:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

I only have You Fail Me - what do people think of that?

― dog latin (dog latin), Saturday, 16 July 2005 10:25 (7 years ago) Permalink

You Fail Me is OK but Jane Doe is incredible.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 16 July 2005 10:27 (7 years ago) Permalink

I'll have to check it out.

― dog latin (dog latin), Saturday, 16 July 2005 10:32 (7 years ago) Permalink

Anyone here like Coalesce? They make good bedfellows to Converge.

― mzui (mzui), Saturday, 16 July 2005 10:43 (7 years ago) Permalink

that coalesce album 0:12 revolution in just listening's pretty good.

― latebloomer: lazy r people (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 July 2005 13:44 (7 years ago) Permalink

did coalesce pick their name from looking up "converge" in the thesaurus?

― Ô¿Ô (eman), Saturday, 16 July 2005 14:03 (7 years ago) Permalink

Coalesce's Zeppelin covers are ok!

― OLD SPICE® CHEMTRAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ex machina), Saturday, 16 July 2005 14:05 (7 years ago) Permalink

yeah i always thought it was funny, that coalesce/converge name thing.

― latebloomer: lazy r people (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 July 2005 14:08 (7 years ago) Permalink

Jane Doe is up there with the best of its style. In fact, the only 'metalcore' album I like more is Botch's We Are the Romans. The epic feel is def. the key to both, I think (tho WAtR takes this even further than JD w/the unaccompanied Gregorian chanting on the last track). So yeah, OTM.

Thing is, nothing else they've done comes close, even if most of it is pretty solid When Forever Comes Crashing-on. The split with Agoraphobic Nosebleed is maybe the best of the rest, even if it did put me off on ANB for years.

― Alan N (Alan N), Saturday, 16 July 2005 14:28 (7 years ago) Permalink

that hidden electronic track on We are the Romans is teh awesome

― latebloomer: lazy r people (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 July 2005 14:29 (7 years ago) Permalink

Eh.

― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Saturday, 16 July 2005 19:45 (7 years ago) Permalink

I've been on a converge binge since reading this thread and they are definitely one of my favourite bands of the 00's. 'When Forever Comes Crashing' is great but 'Jane Doe' just tramples over everything.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Monday, 18 July 2005 16:38 (7 years ago) Permalink

Agreed. I didn't like it much at all when I first heard it, but after a few dozen listens it became amazing. Jane Doe, on the other hand, was great the first time I heard it and didn't get any better. So I guess You Fail Me, though not the better album, was more personally rewarding.

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 00:30 (7 years ago) Permalink

It really IS a total grower. I was so excited to hear it when it came out and then i never played it. But lately it just sounds completely cool. i really wasn't expecting anything as good as jane doe. i figured that was a lot to ask for. but it's good on its own. and as i said on another thread, one of the few recent albums i can think of that i wish was longer!

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 01:27 (7 years ago) Permalink

fyi for the canadian contingent on ilx::

Converge, Terror, Cursed, Mare Canadian Tour
Dates are in for this great tour:

9/24: Vancouver, BC @ Seylynn Hall
9/26: Banff, AB @ Wildbills
9/27: Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Theatre
9/28: Calgary, AB @ Macewan Ballroom
9/29: Regina, SK @ The Exchange
9/30: Winnipeg, MB @ Collective Cabaret
10/1: Thunder Bay, ON @ Warp 9
10/3: London, ON @ Call The Office
10/4: Hamilton, ON @ The Underground
10/5: Toronto, ON @ Opera House
10/6: Ottawa, ON @ Babylon
10/7: Quebec City @ Anti- Hall
10/8: Montreal, QC @ Club Soda

― drone/a/saur (william), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 01:54 (7 years ago) Permalink

Oh fuck i'm gonna be there for that!!!

Who'da thought leaving England was a good idea.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:23 (7 years ago) Permalink

Both Jane Doe and You Fail me are great.

Someone said Coalesce cover Led Zepellin, well so do Converge!
They dropped in a sneaky cover of the ambient bit from whole lotta love the twice I've seen them, near the end of their set.

― mei (mei), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:32 (7 years ago) Permalink

― mei (mei), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

He's some kind of freaky gecko thing, totally hollowed out after a show, sweat and skin.

― mei (mei), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:34 (7 years ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

http://s1.putfile.com/videos/a3-24219563123.wmv

Watch the whole thing. The end = audience/band BRAWL. fucked up and amazing.

― Special Agent Dale Koopa (orion), Monday, 31 October 2005 18:02 (7 years ago) Permalink

11 months pass...

'conduit' from when forever comes crashing is amazing

'THIS TIME IT'S WAR!"

so much aggression and brutality, hard to fathom that its subject matter addresses a failed relationship/heartless girl/unrequited love.

but yeah, jane doe is phenomenal. the s/t closing track is like a big, lumbering, ugly-yet-oh-so-beautiful monument to a broken heart. never fails to enthrall me.

'last light' from you fail me is also mesemerising. builds up to the climax of all climaxes and then suddenly withdraws its energy.

there is no disputing mr. bannon is for real. never heard a vocalist so closely replicate the wounded anguish of a wild animal.

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 13:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

i still haven't heard the new album. i need to go buy it.

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 13:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

i haven't heard a note either.

october 24. guess i'll pick it up on the day, unless it appears in the shop earlier

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 13:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

i've been really getting into converge lately.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 14:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

sweet. there's a lot to love

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 14:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

New album is fantastic. You can pre-order the vinyl over at http://www.deathwishinc.com/estore.php

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 14:12 (6 years ago) Permalink

how does this compare to "You Fail Me"? that's the only Converge album I own, and frankly I'm not a huge fan.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 14:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

I was listening to Petitioning The Empty Sky the other day. That's not bad, but Jane Doe is still the best one I've heard. Haven't got the new one yet.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 14:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

Much much better, Mickey. It's up there with Jane Doe for me.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 14:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

i'm very excited by the positive buzz you're giving this, brigadier :)

i really like 'you fail me', but it's a pretty rough affair at times. some of the songs could do with a bit of padding or fleshing out as they seem to lack a cohesive, fully-realised song structure. that's all part of the record's charm and rugged appeal, ultimately, but it makes it harder to familiarise oneself with the songs' changes and developments.

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 14:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

so what's the official word on the most recent one? i haven't purchased it, but i did see converge play a few weeks ago and the new tracks were sounding ripe.

― Charlie Howard, Sunday, 6 May 2007 16:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

it's awesome. competely awesome. buy it already.

― scott seward, Sunday, 6 May 2007 20:20 (6 years ago) Permalink

seconded. it's blisteringly great.

― grimly fiendish, Sunday, 6 May 2007 20:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

Thirded.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Sunday, 6 May 2007 20:41 (6 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, pretty good. Picked it up cheap a few weeks back.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 6 May 2007 21:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

Bought it the week of release, have it in my iPod, but haven't listened to it in awhile. They're just one of those bands I only get in a mood for rarely, and then they own my world for a week or so. Next week could be that week!

― unperson, Sunday, 6 May 2007 21:25 (6 years ago) Permalink

No Heroes is such a great ALBUM album. every song is just better than the last until by the end i almost can't take it anymore. such a good album experience. what a great band. I felt the same way about the last Harvey Milk album. It just builds and builds and builds...jesus, so beautiful.

― scott seward, Sunday, 6 May 2007 21:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

It just builds and builds and builds...jesus, so beautiful.

This is exactly how I feel about the Bergraven album on Hydra Head. The guy is taking one-man black metal someplace really special. Check it out if you haven't.

― unperson, Sunday, 6 May 2007 22:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

ok, the praise has me sold

time i finally got my hands on a copy

― Charlie Howard, Monday, 7 May 2007 04:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

10 months pass...

...and i can report that i totally love 'no heroes'

and i agree with scott about the pacing of the album. so much strong material towards the end.
also, the first 5 tracks go by in the blink of the eye - still obviously devastating. but then the title track totally kicks your ass left, right and centre. it's one of those classic converge tracks with hook all over it.

'trophy scars' recalls 'last light', which was my favourite track from 'you fail me'. totally anthemic and 100% heart.

― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 15:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

listening to jane doe's majestic title track right now.

"lost in you like saturday nights
searching the streets with bedroom eyes
waiting to be saved"

heavy

― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 15:54 (5 years ago) Permalink

i love jane doe to death.

for some reason i can't really get into their other albums much. not sure why that is.

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 16:22 (5 years ago) Permalink

Jane Doe and No Heroes are totally awesome.

― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 16:37 (5 years ago) Permalink

Search all.

― brightscreamer, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 00:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

'search all' is exactly right in the long term

― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 04:47 (5 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

new album

― （　´_ゝ˙） (Dr. Phil), Monday, 5 October 2009 19:21 (3 years ago) Permalink

― （　´_ゝ˙） (Dr. Phil), Monday, 5 October 2009 19:22 (3 years ago) Permalink

@convergecult: BTW: Special thanks to SHAUN HAND at Metal Sucks for leaking our album... #musicmonday #converge #axetofall PLEASE RETWEET

@convergecult: RT: @metalsucks @Convergecult We are HORRIFIED investigating right now. If Shaun is really responsible, he will be dealt with swiftly.

― （　´_ゝ˙） (Dr. Phil), Monday, 5 October 2009 19:29 (3 years ago) Permalink

loooooool

― kell surprise (country matters), Monday, 5 October 2009 19:32 (3 years ago) Permalink

"PLEASE RETWEET"

― （　´_ゝ˙） (Dr. Phil), Monday, 5 October 2009 19:52 (3 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

lots of chatter abt this on rolling metal but just chiming in to say that the first four tracks are fuckin awesome and the opener is the only thing that can keep up with the jitters my new medication gives me lol

― Nanobots: HOOSTEEND (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 31 October 2009 00:12 (3 years ago) Permalink

Saw them tonight. They were great. They led into "Dark Horse" (opening cut from Axe To Fall) with a drum solo, during which the bassist yelled at some insufficiently appreciative dude in the pit "Give it up! You can't do that shit!"

― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Saturday, 31 October 2009 02:44 (3 years ago) Permalink

new album is awesome. loving kurt ballou's more foregrounded lead parts, and the guest appearances...

― like moses, the townfolk like the red sea (stevie), Saturday, 31 October 2009 10:23 (3 years ago) Permalink

new album is indeed incredible.

― m the g, Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:02 (3 years ago) Permalink

7 months pass...

"Wretched World"

\m/ O_O \m/

― ksh, Sunday, 13 June 2010 17:23 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

At 03:20 into this I don't what to do. What happens there is just, fuck.

― Mule, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

don't *know what to do..

― Mule, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

in to what

― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

curious?

― charlie h, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 01:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

what

― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 03:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

just saying i'm curious about what song Mule is talking about.

― charlie h, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 03:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

me too.

― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 03:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

Damn, I can't believe I forgot to mention the song! Sorry guys. It was Jane Doe, and it's almost too good.

― Mule, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 11:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

new album is a stupid excellent monster

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 October 2012 03:06 (7 months ago) Permalink

fuuuck

― j., Thursday, 11 October 2012 00:34 (7 months ago) Permalink

i heard some record the other day that i thought was really awesome but now i forgot what it was after hearing this

― j., Thursday, 11 October 2012 05:46 (7 months ago) Permalink

better on every new listen. absolutely brutal guitar playing on "sadness comes home". the man is a beast.

― charlie h, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 07:48 (7 months ago) Permalink

and when i say brutal, i mean brutal with deft hand, pinpoint control and finesse. that guitar line from start to finish, solo included, is the stuff of genius.

― charlie h, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 07:52 (7 months ago) Permalink

4 weeks pass...

once a week or so i figure out one of the lyrics and the record gets heavier

― j., Thursday, 22 November 2012 05:17 (6 months ago) Permalink

^^ that's quite an abstract post, but i think i know exactly what you mean :)

― charlie h, Friday, 23 November 2012 14:54 (6 months ago) Permalink

yeah, i'm just saying, they're surprisingly comprehensible, considering that they're unintelligible howling

― j., Friday, 23 November 2012 16:31 (6 months ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

― skeet-skeet-gate (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 06:15 (3 months ago) Permalink

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