All We Love We Leave Behind

Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
Critic Score
Based on 20 reviews
2012 Ratings: #9 / 1118
User Score
Based on 610 ratings
2012 Rank: #18
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Kerrang!

All We Love We Leave Behind will sit alongside the very best.

100
AllMusic
What Converge has always done masterfully is to fuse the cyclonic, mosh-pit chaos of punk with the unrelenting precision of thrash, and blistering, cuts like "Vicious Muse," "Shame in the Way," and "Sparrow's Fall" deliver that mission statement in bloody, two minute bursts that further cements the group's reputation as the Webster's definition of American hardcore.
90
Tiny Mix Tapes

All We Love We Leave Behind entices kinetic release in every possible way, irrational and otherwise, allowing unchecked ventilation as means for escape through a medium that has never sounded so engaging.

90
Metal Hammer

The beautiful thing about Converge is their ability to transform everything they embark upon into something that screams their own name. That’s the sign of true artistry and All We Love… is the stunning result.

90
No Ripcord

AWLWLB is the sound of a legendary band coming to full terms with who they are, giving them the power to take everything that’s made them distinct and pushing those qualities as far as they can go in one unified statement.

90
Consequence of Sound

With the release of All We Love We Leave Behind, Converge has once again displayed its uncanny ability to create an album as skull-cleaving as it is beautiful.

90
Sputnikmusic
Converge has become synonymous with consistency, and the band's latest effort proves that after seven albums they still have what it takes to put their listeners through hell in the best kind of way.
86
Pitchfork

AWLWLB is an example of building on and mastering the music you loved when you were younger-- something that became more than music, ultimately-- so that it has a chance to grow old with you without becoming any less vital.

85
Prefix
This is pure, unadulterated energy, seething catharsis taken out on throats, fingers, fretboards and drum heads by a band going on 22 years, and showing no signs of weakness or irrelevancy.
83
A.V. Club

While All We Love lacks cohesion in spots, it solidifies Converge’s position as one of hardcore’s most progressive yet soulful stalwarts.

80
Spectrum Culture
A rare feat for a band that’s been around for 20-plus years—and a reminder that a youthful punk’s energy and integrity can still be maintained as one reaches middle age and beyond.
80
The Needle Drop

With more than twenty years under its belt, Massachusetts hardcore act Converge is still going strong on its latest album, All We Love We Leave Behind.

80
Alternative Press
Ballou has captured the genuine sound of its four members together in a room, less of a monster in your closet and more of a brilliant basement show.
80
The Skinny

Quite how they continue to wring such invention from a genre so vulnerable to musical regurgitation is rather startling.

80
SPIN

That Converge can dabble in so many styles and still inherently come out sounding like themselves is what makes All We Love work.

80
PopMatters

In its totality, this release manages to defy comparison to past albums by keeping this band’s relentless passion for their art burning bright for all to see right up until the very end.

80
Drowned in Sound

All We Love We Leave Behind retains the fire of Jane Doe and harnesses everything they’ve learned since, combining to create something unrelenting, brutal, and never short of magnificent.

60
NME

Though dependably abrasive, anthems of doomed youth just aren’t as brilliantly nihilistic when they sound like they’ve got AC/DC’s Angus Young on guitar. 

RemisReviews
88

These fuckers really know how to go in huh

Finally doing my second Converge project! It's been a while since I did Jane Doe, which is one of the greatest Metal albums of all time, so it was about time I checked out another one. All We Love We Leave Behind dropped 10 years after the iconic Jane Doe album, and I was really curious how they sound has evolved since then, with this project. I'd be happy with more of the same, but also if they tried something different here, so I went in with an ... read more

lot094
100

So I just wanted to share a story about a record that completely changed my listening experience.
So I was just scrolling through YouTube and a video made by the youtuber Deep Cuts just popped in my recommended. At that time I was just starting my "music journey" so I was pretty interested about what he put in his top 10 placements. While skipping and skipping every album he mentioned one album cover caught my eyes. It had a black cover featuring the period of the moons' orbit. I ... read more

MickyT
80

After being disappointed by 'Jane Doe', I was recommended to check out some of Converge's later stuff if I was looking to get into them (which I was), specifically their 2012 record 'All We Love We Leave Behind' and I wasn't disappointed with this one that's for sure. Where 'Jane Doe' lacked in dynamics 'All We Love We Leave Behind' thrives as the sound of the album is way more diverse and way more interesting with its sometimes sludgier approach to song structures while at the same being as ... read more

emily2707
95

Edit: 82 --> 95
Alright, so, this totally just clicked. Everything on here is so incredibly structured, and I think this is the closest in quality they've come to Jane Doe so far. I don't really have much else to say other than that I completely get this now and I highly recommend it

Favourite track: All We Love We Leave Behind
Least favourite track: Precipice (I don't care that it's an interlude)

krinkles
98

another fucking banger from converge, they are allergic to missing. i have to say though, YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT THE DELUXE VERSION. there is a track called runaway in it and it is one of the best things this band has ever done seriously

93

Album que me iniciou no metalcore.

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Added on: August 28, 2012