Converge

No Heroes

This is another quality record from Converge, but unfortunately, it's less absorbing than other releases, and the tracklist is really messy. However, there are some great standouts, like the less mathcore influenced songs (for example, Grim Heart / Black Rose) which brings variety to the record instead of just plain metalcore/mathcore songs all over the place.

On their sixth album, the four-piece Converge turn up the intensity to new heights on No Heroes. If your heart is still functioning regularly by the end of the fourth track, you must feel nothing.

No strangers to hardcore music, the album begins at perhaps the quickest pace Converge have ever been at. The beats and guitars are absolutely ripping forward, leaving you as a pile of oatmeal in no time at all.

Following the opening four tracks, the pace begins to slow down and allow you to ... read more

METALCORE // PAST // CONVERGE VII

Blink and you'll miss it, the first 5 tracks on No Heroes last a combined time of under 7 minutes, which is a level of immediacy only previously seen on The Poacher Diaries, and that wasn't even solely their music. While you're still processing one song, you fail to realise that you've just missed another two, especially when you realise that a large portion of the population can probably hold their breath for longer than the entirety of Hellbound. In fact, ... read more

Hey, I love this album, just the hardcore influence, idk I would write a giant review but I’m too lazy, massively underrated, have it on cd :D, so it’s really the only converge album I can bump out loud. So it grew on me, hope your doing great 😊