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Converge - Axe to Fall

Review by Noel Gardner

While not quite as revelatory as 2001’s Jane Doe – the band’s staunchest fans wouldn’t believe such a claim anyway – Axe To Fall makes good with an appetite for reinvention.»

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groundbreaking hardcore-metal band converge release their long anticipated new studio album, 'axe to fall' via epitaph (vinyl on deathwish). considered one of the most intense, important, and influential metal / hardcore bands ever, converge continue their uncompromising evolution, experimenting and manipulating the fiercest form of music with the most aggressive album of the year, 'axe to fall'. fitting like a puzzle piece in their all but flawless catalog, 'axe to fall' is an undeniable progression in the band's canon of cacophonous sound, dexterous skill and ingenious art, as thirteen of the most viciously powerful songs converge has ever written reign down on listeners in a surge of sonic fury. true to their meticulous diy style, guitarist kurt ballou helmed production duties once again from his infamous godcity studios in salem, ma.
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