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The genre hair-splitting that went on in the punk underground of the early 2000s was enough to make even the most dedicated musical trainspotter's head spin: emo, screamo, post-hardcore, metalcore, mathcore, etc. With nearly two decades of playing under their belts by the release of NO HEROES, the boys in Salem, Massachusetts's Converge were free to call their music whatever they liked. The basic musical hallmarks of Converge's style are all over the 2006 album--from the scorched-earth vocals to the breakneck precision musicianship and unrelentingly powerful grooves. And the band's sense of righteous fury is made that much more potent by the album's dramatic scope and vision.Spin (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[B]rilliant, blazing, and brutal in equal measure."
Uncut (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Trophy Stars' achieves an excellent feat of gradual, building tension..."
Alternative Press (p.194) - "From the twisted, off-time opening squeal of 'Heartache,' Converge play like sadists forcing their gear through table saws."
CMJ (p.5) - "[T]hey flirt with open-throated, Murder City Devils-influenced rock as much as their signature blastbeat assaults."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.46) - "[T]he overall vibe remains noisy, oppressive, claustrophobic and totally welcome."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.57) - "[A] sound that is stripped down yet retains the dizzying complexity that underpins all of their output." No Heroes Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   My first Converge CD, it wasn't my last
Today is February 2nd. A year ago today I went to see Mastodon, but a band called Converge just so happened to be playing with them. They've been my favorite band since then, and this was the CD I bought at the show. I instantly loved the vibe this record gives off. It's like, watching a really intense arguement turn into a balls out fight to the death. It's a very intense listen. Instrumentation wise, everything is very professional sounding and sounds thought out too, compared to most noisy metallic hardcore bands, that just play a bunch of diminshed chords. Kurt Ballou has a very nice guitar sound, and Nate Newton has a really dirty sounding distorted-to-hell bass. The drums really add another level to the music, and a very fresh breath of air to the standard double bass and blast beat affair.
Now we get to what definetally seperates Converge from the pack, Jacob Bannon's vocals. Their a bit much at first, but they really grew on me, and I couldn't imagine any one else doing vocals. There really aren't any downsides to this CD. If you like the Chariot, old school Norma Jean, and Fear Before the March of Flames, check this out.
Submitted by dylan_plays_bass138 (Nashville, Tennessee)
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 The wait was worth it
Its argued which album was better, everyone has their preference. I myself got into Converge around "you fail me", but, I did check/get the entire back disco so hmph to you.
The first four tracks meld together due to the frantic chaos that is Converge and short track time. Track eight was the standout for me. Nine plus minutes and a bewitching guest vocals.
Great album for a first time Converge friend, will get the normal accusations and frustrations from previous Converge fan-base, but it will grow on you.
Submitted by apuhthee (chicago burbs, IL, USA) 
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Welcome To The Club
It doesn't matter if you have heard their first vinyl releases (that made it on petitioning the empty sky, btw) or if you're a CONVIRGIN. They reinvent themselves by every album. This album I would say is not as much as a reinvention as Jane Doe or Y.F.M. was but it's their most solid and fluid to date without making it sound like a rehash.
But beware metalheads its not a true metal man's metal but it's abbrasive and emotional and down right demonic.
Their strongest points are the ability to be noisy and a tight band all at the same time.
Submitted by humantrafficker (New Bedford, MA, USA)
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No Heroes is the perfect example of how the roots of converge have grown. YFM had its haunting rise and now NH will open the gates of doom. Jacob's vocals are mixed better this time, so production wise - much better.
for those that have heard the reminiscent "Wolves at my door" if it left you wanting more, then No Heroes is your key. From start to finish the album grips you like a bull fight.
Howling convulsions, Rifts that send pulses of doe, drumroll intensity! fish hooks of blood! blood! bleeding hearts! its converge! this apetite is a great feast for weak minds and barbaric wounds.
Submitted by sideproject (New Zealand)
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The Imagined Village is being hyped as "the most ambitious re-invention of the English folk tradition since Fairport Convention's Liege & Lief." Those are bold words indeed, and it would take a lot to live up to them, especially since Fairport didn't deliberately set out to re-invent the tradition -- they simply adapted folk songs to their style. This album draws on a number of talents -- Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, Paul Weller, Afro Celt Sound System leader Simon Emmerson and Sheila Chandra, and a number of others. But the point about traditions is that they evolve. Sometimes there are sudden leaps, but you can't sit down and say "I'm going to reinvent this type of music." It's all well and good to try and define the new, multicultural England, but adding sitars and dhol drums to "Cold Hailey Rainy Night" isn't the way to do it, nor beats to "John Barleycorn" (and having Weller perform a verse isn't radical -- after all, Traffic did a sublime version in 1970). "Tam Lyn" retold as dub poetry by Benjamin Zephaniah might sound interesting, but it's really not a reinvention -- the bridge between worlds so important in the original has no magic here. The closest it comes to success are with the ceilidh tracks at the end, Billy Bragg's modernization of "Hard Times of Old England," and the duet between Sheila Chandra and Chris Wood on "Welcome Sailor," which is effective because of its simplicity. And that's' the key -- throwing in beats isn't really necessary. Often a less is more approach would be more effective (certainly on "Cold Hailey Rainy Night" where the voice alone carry ample power with any instruments and programming). Perhaps the tradition doesn't need to be remodeled into a one size fits all shape, and that being English can be celebrated by diversity, ...
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