Comments on: THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT: CONVERGE’S AXE TO FALL http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/ Your source for heavy metal news, gossip, MP3s, and assorted idiocy. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:49:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-333541 Matt Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:56:48 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-333541 I know about 500 people who'd kill you where you stand for calling Converge a "small to mid level band". Converge are one of the few bands to stand two decades, and are some of the few elder statesmen of hardcore. Granted, they may not have the exposure that Deathklok does, but the bulk of their (Converge's) fans are as rabid as the fans in Metalocalypse. I know about 500 people who’d kill you where you stand for calling Converge a “small to mid level band”. Converge are one of the few bands to stand two decades, and are some of the few elder statesmen of hardcore. Granted, they may not have the exposure that Deathklok does, but the bulk of their (Converge’s) fans are as rabid as the fans in Metalocalypse.

]]> By: B-dizzle http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-332987 B-dizzle Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:48:37 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-332987 Go listen to the new song Cutter and come back and tell me there's no groove Go listen to the new song Cutter and come back and tell me there’s no groove

]]> By: Dillon http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-332885 Dillon Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:30:26 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-332885 As much as Ive always loved to get my nuts kicked in by Converge, this album didnt really hit me to that effect. Im sure one day soon it will and ill probably jam it for a couple weeks. But I gave it a few spins and im still just not getting into it. Maybe ive heard enough of Converge's anthemic hardcore holocaust. Or maybe their new stuff just isnt doin it for me. Either way, they still kill shit but Axe To Fall is sounding kinda weak. As much as Ive always loved to get my nuts kicked in by Converge, this album didnt really hit me to that effect. Im sure one day soon it will and ill probably jam it for a couple weeks. But I gave it a few spins and im still just not getting into it. Maybe ive heard enough of Converge’s anthemic hardcore holocaust. Or maybe their new stuff just isnt doin it for me. Either way, they still kill shit but Axe To Fall is sounding kinda weak.

]]> By: Truant http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-332879 Truant Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:55:26 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-332879 Yeah, you're right, converge are terrible. Despite the fact that you know, just about every album they've put out is considered a classic. But no, you're right, they lack any groove or variety. You alone are correct, and everyone else in the metal community is wrong. Get the fuck over yourself. Yeah, you’re right, converge are terrible. Despite the fact that you know, just about every album they’ve put out is considered a classic.

But no, you’re right, they lack any groove or variety. You alone are correct, and everyone else in the metal community is wrong.

Get the fuck over yourself.

]]> By: RICHARD DAWKINS http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-332730 RICHARD DAWKINS Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:38:17 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-332730 YOU CERTAINLY ARE CLEVER. HERE, HAVE A PhD. YOU CERTAINLY ARE CLEVER.

HERE, HAVE A PhD.

]]> By: Did you just piss on my xbox? http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-331244 Did you just piss on my xbox? Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:50:14 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-331244 HA HA

]]> By: The Ghost of D. Boon http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-330278 The Ghost of D. Boon Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:58:08 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-330278 Agreed. I gave Jane Doe a try a few months ago and I just couldn't get through it. This I can't stop listening to, and it makes me want to listen to more. Agreed. I gave Jane Doe a try a few months ago and I just couldn’t get through it. This I can’t stop listening to, and it makes me want to listen to more.

]]> By: The Ghost of D. Boon http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-330277 The Ghost of D. Boon Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:57:06 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-330277 That's pretty cool. That's probably the smartest thing a small-to-mid-level band playing support on one of those big metal package tours could do, besides blowing the fans away with their live performance. That’s pretty cool. That’s probably the smartest thing a small-to-mid-level band playing support on one of those big metal package tours could do, besides blowing the fans away with their live performance.

]]> By: The Ghost of D. Boon http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-330274 The Ghost of D. Boon Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:47:27 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-330274 Yes. My first impression of this record was how much "swagger" the riffs had. It feels an awful lot like the Southern sludge, stoner and power groove bands, played at 78rpm Yes.

My first impression of this record was how much “swagger” the riffs had. It feels an awful lot like the Southern sludge, stoner and power groove bands, played at 78rpm

]]> By: Marc http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-328976 Marc Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:28:22 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-328976 "there is no groove. and if you call going four min + straight without changing direction..." COMPLETE BULLSHIT. “there is no groove. and if you call going four min + straight without changing direction…”

COMPLETE BULLSHIT.

]]> By: mrak http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-328914 mrak Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:40:23 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-328914 converge can be very inaccessible to new ears. you have to give it a chance. there is a reason they've been around this long. open your ears and mind. converge can be very inaccessible to new ears. you have to give it a chance. there is a reason they’ve been around this long. open your ears and mind.

]]> By: Did you just piss on my xbox? http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-328833 Did you just piss on my xbox? Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:28:56 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-328833 lol. some fans can be so pissy. how dare you not like this band arrrrrrghhhh. there is no groove. and if you call going four min + straight without changing direction , and awful screaming than dosnet change one time through out the whole song structure, than this band is full of it. the head line for this thread is the same but difrrent.... i checked on youtube and listend to 5 songs. just so i wasnt going by their new video. and yeah. its all the same. zzzzzzz..... lol.

some fans can be so pissy. how dare you not like this band arrrrrrghhhh.

there is no groove. and if you call going four min + straight without changing direction , and awful screaming than dosnet change one time through out the whole song structure, than this band is full of it.

the head line for this thread is the same but difrrent….

i checked on youtube and listend to 5 songs. just so i wasnt going by their new video. and yeah. its all the same. zzzzzzz…..

]]> By: Reaper Man http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-328749 Reaper Man Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:58:22 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-328749 Personally this album blew my mind straight away, and only continues to do so even more with every listen. Fighting it out with Crack The Skye for album of the year. Jane Doe > Axe To Fall > No Heroes > When Forever Comes Crashing > Caring And Killing > Petitioning The Empty Sky > You Fail Me Personally this album blew my mind straight away, and only continues to do so even more with every listen. Fighting it out with Crack The Skye for album of the year.

Jane Doe > Axe To Fall > No Heroes > When Forever Comes Crashing > Caring And Killing > Petitioning The Empty Sky > You Fail Me

]]> By: Marc http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-328738 Marc Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:21:31 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-328738 its not unlike someone who doesn't "get" Obituary after going their whole lives thinking Motley Crue was the heaviest thing in existence. it takes time to appreciate. no different with Converge. a understanding of hardcore music could help. start with Black Flag. ready for the next step? try some Cro-Mags. wanna hear where Converge borrowed their sound from? get some Rorschach. gone too far? maybe this isn't your thing. its not unlike someone who doesn’t “get” Obituary after going their whole lives thinking Motley Crue was the heaviest thing in existence. it takes time to appreciate. no different with Converge. a understanding of hardcore music could help. start with Black Flag. ready for the next step? try some Cro-Mags. wanna hear where Converge borrowed their sound from? get some Rorschach. gone too far? maybe this isn’t your thing.

]]> By: I, Monarch http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-328734 I, Monarch Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:58:30 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-328734 You're a fucking idiot if you think they "lack structure". Maybe it's just too complex for your simple mind to understand. You do understand that extreme metal contains complex structures do you not? I take it you're not a fan of complex death metal either? You’re a fucking idiot if you think they “lack structure”. Maybe it’s just too complex for your simple mind to understand. You do understand that extreme metal contains complex structures do you not? I take it you’re not a fan of complex death metal either?

]]> By: Matty K http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-328731 Matty K Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:52:49 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-328731 To have someone on this website saying "just noise to me" is absolutely hilarious. This is a metal site isn't it? I mean, that might just be the most eye rolling comment you could make here. To have someone on this website saying “just noise to me” is absolutely hilarious. This is a metal site isn’t it? I mean, that might just be the most eye rolling comment you could make here.

]]> By: shiv http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-328724 shiv Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:23:18 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-328724 That's because Dethklok fans are idiots That’s because Dethklok fans are idiots

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="714617966">Jacob Wanous</fb:name> http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-328693 Jacob Wanous Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:42:47 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-328693 I can't get into this band at all. Maybe it's the vocals, maybe it's the complete lack of structure, but I simply can't get into it. I was at the Mastodon/Dethklok show in Mpls, MN on Friday, and Converge opened for them. Personally, I thought they put on a terrible show. Their instruments were so distorted that I couldn't even tell if they were in tune, and the lead singer was basically just barking into the microphone. The crowd boo'd them as they left the stage, and while I waited in line to go to the bathroom between sets, all everyone was talking about was how terrible of a performance it was. There were some people up front that were apparently digging it, but the majority definitely wasn't. To each their own I guess. There must be something there that I just don't see. I can’t get into this band at all. Maybe it’s the vocals, maybe it’s the complete lack of structure, but I simply can’t get into it.

I was at the Mastodon/Dethklok show in Mpls, MN on Friday, and Converge opened for them. Personally, I thought they put on a terrible show. Their instruments were so distorted that I couldn’t even tell if they were in tune, and the lead singer was basically just barking into the microphone. The crowd boo’d them as they left the stage, and while I waited in line to go to the bathroom between sets, all everyone was talking about was how terrible of a performance it was. There were some people up front that were apparently digging it, but the majority definitely wasn’t.

To each their own I guess. There must be something there that I just don’t see.

]]> By: Fong Chung http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-328604 Fong Chung Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:38:28 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-328604 BUY this record when it comes out. Trust me it's amazing, and I got my preorder copy this past Saturday. Definetly looking at an album of the year nomination here. BUY this record when it comes out. Trust me it’s amazing, and I got my preorder copy this past Saturday. Definetly looking at an album of the year nomination here.

]]> By: teaches_of_peaches http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/19/the-same-but-different-converges-axe-to-fall/#comment-328584 teaches_of_peaches Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:03:05 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=22051#comment-328584 I agree. Their previous albums were growers for me, while this one instantly won me over. I agree. Their previous albums were growers for me, while this one instantly won me over.

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