Review:

on 2007-07-22 SolitaryMan Said:

After setting their anchors down in the local hardcore scene with previous LP "Petitioning The Empty Sky", the future looked relatively (considering the dark subject matter here) bright for Converge. While their style of punk and thrash-infused hardcore wasn't exactly original, they certainly set out to define their own unique brand of it here. The pace of the album really never lets up, thrashing this way and that, discordant and malicious riffing being the focal point next to vocalist Jacob Bannon's throat-piercing recitings of various pieces of macabre and emotionally unrestricted poetry. The album retains a feel of art-rock complexity and depth while making no qualms about their highest order of business; shitting all over your speakers. In a good way. There's always been more to Converge than their hardcore aesthetic, and I think "When Forever Comes Crashing" is one of several fine (but nowhere near the finest) example of that additional depth of character and emotion that inevitably makes the band a breed apart not only in their local scene, but in the world of hardcore in general.
Rating: 7/10