| Converge Ranked |
| 1 |  | Converge
Jane Doe
10/10, possibly the best metalcore album ever. Brings in so many dimensions of both metal and hardcore to make a cohesive blend of both, that bands had only attempted prior, and have only tweaked the formula to since. |
| 2 |  | Converge
All We Love We Leave Behind
Excellent album that is the perfect marriage of the diversity and strong songwriting of late-career Converge with the depressive atmosphere of You Fail Me. Only one or two songs seem subpar compared to the rest and the album has excellent replay value. 9/10. |
| 3 |  | Agoraphobic Nosebleed/Converge
The Poacher Diaries
The perfect bridge between Petitioning/WFCC and Jane Doe, and introduces the ideas that would be career defining for the band. It still has the amateurish charm the early records had with the ambition and song craft that the later albums would thrive on. 9/10. P.S.- Fuck that redux version, the samples are a big part of what makes this EP so special. |
| 4 |  | Converge
Petitioning the Empty Sky
The apex of Converge's early "Hardcore kids playing leftover Slayer riffs" sound. That quote sums up the sound better than I ever could, and all I can do is guarantee that it's pretty damn good. 9/10. |
| 5 |  | Converge
You Fail Me Redux
There's a handful of songs here that don't measure up to the rest of the album, but the entire rest of the album is stone cold Converge classics, in fact, I'd say this has their most classic sounds per record outside of Jane Doe. If tracks 10-12 were left as b-sides this would be a strong contender for their best album. That opening run of 9 songs is completely unstoppable. The redux greatly improves the production (though Wolves at My Door is the weakest song on the album) and is my preferred way of listening. 8/10. |
| 6 |  | Converge
Axe to Fall
The birth of the modern Converge song with a stronger focus on individual songwriting over album cohesiveness. It has a number of career best tracks but has a handful of subpar tracks. Maybe the best produced Converge album too. 8/10. |
| 7 |  | Converge
The Dusk in Us
Another late career Converge album. A number of great tracks (Reptilian and Under Duress are my favorite sludgy Converge tracks), but a lot of weaker tracks too. Taking out the weak tracks and replacing them with a couple songs off Beautiful Ruin could push this to be on par with Axe to Fall. 7/10. |
| 8 |  | Converge
No Heroes
The first half of this is the most insane hardcore the band ever recorded. Untouchable through the title track. After that, with the exception of the closer, it's what I imagine Converge sounds like for people who don't like Converge. Jacob's vocals are annoying and many of the lyrics are terrible, the instrumentals are meandering and unmemorable, and it never regains the energy that the front half had. I listen to this as a near-perfect EP and almost never revisit the second half, besides To the Lions. 6/10. |
| 9 |  | Converge
When Forever Comes Crashing
There are a lot of songs with great moments in them, but each of them also contain irritating moments or are too long. Conduit is really the only song I love as a whole here. I think the album's best moments would make for a great live medley during shows. 6/10. |
| 10 |  | Converge
Bloodmoon: I
A mishmash of different bands' styles that exemplifies each's weakness and few, if any of their strengths. This would've been a lot stronger as a split album with shared guest appearances, rather than trying to show off each musician on every song. It's simply too long and scattershot. 3/10. |
| 11 |  | Converge
Halo in a Haystack
Worth a listen once to understand the evolution of the band but there's little if anything here to enjoy otherwise. 2/10. |
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