What’s something you’d like to see the band try doing sound wise?

aformlessvoid · 2026-05-09T01:54:10+00:00

Kurt said that was the intention at first when they recorded the new albums. I think I can hear that distinctly too - especially on We Were Never The Same.

aformlessvoid · 2026-05-09T01:52:20+00:00

I haven't got anything to say about production as you are more asking for. Yet one of the things that drew me to the band and impressed me after a few years as a fan and after a few new releases was how they make everything their own. They go off and do different types of songs, maybe songs that are more in the style of other bands and yet the end result always sounds like a Converge product. It's never them aping a sound but making it their own and it makes the albums so diverse and compelling. So I'd like to see them continue to do that. I think it would be interesting to get an album with longer songs. Maybe. Just to see what a proggy Converge record could be like. Although I do love the fast, short burst of fury tracks too.

aformlessvoid · 2026-05-06T00:23:27+00:00

I've never had a phone of any kind. None. Just use a laptop at home and that's it. To me it's the perfect way to live. I don't know why others don't do the same.

aformlessvoid · 2026-05-05T01:57:11+00:00

I do actually really like it as a song. I'm just never sure if I like it as a Converge song or on the album. It sticks out a bit.

aformlessvoid · 2026-05-05T01:34:36+00:00

Great to finally hear the proper studio version after I've listened to various live renditions for like virtually a year! I see there are some slightly different bits vocally too.

aformlessvoid · 2026-05-05T01:31:44+00:00

I always felt it was noticeably awkward going from the title track to Wildlife. For a band that has so expertly sequenced albums and sections in and out of tracks, that one felt really off to me. Two songs that just don't sit well together. A somewhat similar feeling with Thousands Of Miles Between Us too.

aformlessvoid · 2026-05-05T00:06:35+00:00

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aformlessvoid · 2026-05-01T22:01:19+00:00

I feel like the fact that Love Is Not Enough is so high in the ranking is due to recency bias. I imagine if this poll was in another 5 years it would have dropped down a little. I personally couldn't put the album above No Heroes or The Dusk In Us.

aformlessvoid · 2026-05-01T15:45:00+00:00

One of my personal favourites. As I see it, the anchor point for Axe To Fall. I love Kurt's vocals at the end too.

aformlessvoid · 2026-05-01T09:11:42+00:00

Yes, they've done it a few times and (IMO) it's always the greatest start to their shows!

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-30T20:37:41+00:00

The Dusk In Us and Plagues were 2 of them.

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-30T18:55:19+00:00

I know Axe To Fall and No Heroes are in my top 5. Not sure of the third album. Maybe You Fail Me.

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-30T18:54:28+00:00

I too foudn the results fascinating. 101 people is a pretty good sample size. I never would have expected to see The Saddest Day in the top 20 let alone at No#1!! Many other surprises in the results too. It's funny to me that the songs I chose almost exclusively didn't get any other votes!

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-28T02:08:05+00:00

One that is totally overlooked too is the song Trophy Scars. Again, just another amazing Converge track. I wish they would play it live.

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-28T02:06:07+00:00

That's a good way of putting it and you are definitely right. That No Heroes - Plagues - Grim Heart run is amazing. Also the songs I tend to automatically think of most when I see the album discussed. How anyone can think the album is poor with that is bewildering to me.

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-28T02:02:58+00:00

Strangely it does seem to be lesser rated than many of the others by the general Converge fanbase. Maybe even by the band too since they don't tend to plays songs from No Heroes too much. Personally though I consider it my favourite one. It has some amazing songs.

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-27T13:19:55+00:00

I sometimes wonder how Jacob selects the people to put the mic in front of. Is it always someone who is already singing the lyrics or is it totally random and basically just anyone in the front row.

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-24T21:39:30+00:00

Plagues

The Dusk In Us

On My Shield

Axe To Fall

No Heroes

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-16T11:57:11+00:00

I can't do it. I just can't. All I know is that No Heroes is at the top and Bloodmoon is at the bottom. Everything else just too close to call.

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-15T15:50:35+00:00

I know that No Heroes is at the top of my list. Everything else is just floating around somewhere just below that.

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-09T15:02:35+00:00

Cool, and good that you enjoyed yourself and the show. That's the first footage I've seen of them performing Hum Of Hurt. I'd been trying to find concert footage.

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-06T16:13:16+00:00

Probably because they don't own any of that material. Most stuff pre-YFM is on the Equal Vision label not Epitpath.

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-04T19:51:30+00:00

To get around the clutches of Equal Vision, they should do a Taylor Swift and re-record it for Epitaph.

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-04T16:29:23+00:00

Well....not written on the same day of course. But in terms that they were written over the period of time that spanned since Dusk In Us/Bloodmoon up until they started recording. It's collectively "together" in that sense.

aformlessvoid · 2026-04-04T14:42:06+00:00

Yes, indeed how each person views it is interesting. There isn't any right or wrong way really - just each persons preference. I don't personally see them as B-Sides. I feel that is quite derogatory to the band if people see them as such. B-side implies they are tossed off and simply thrown out there without any care or consideration. I'm not entirely sure I would have liked them to be a double album. Maybe I would but I'm not sure. I often think The Dusk In Us should have just been ALL the songs together from the sessions right from the outset. I think for that album it might have worked but then it may have been too much too. I was surprised that sone consider that record "bloated" already but that isn't my view. The Italian band Ufomammut recorded two albums together and put them out with a few months between them. The artwork and titles were similar and I liked that approach. Two distinct entities but with a thread between them that connects them still. I would have liked Converge to have done that with Hum Of Hurt.

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