All We Love We Leave Behind Image
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Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critics What's this?

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Universal acclaim- based on 30 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the eigth studio release from the Boston metalcore band led by Kurt Ballou.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Oct 29, 2012
    100
    All We Love We Leave Behind will sit alongside the very best. [6 Oct 2012, p.53]
  2. As daring as it is confident and poignant in its execution, this album captures both the Converge we know and love and a Converge we're not quite accustomed to--leaving us with an album arguably as striking and challenging as anything the band has done before.
  3. Nov 21, 2012
    80
    Thrilling stuff. [Dec 2012, p.109]
  4. By trading nonsensical time signatures and atonal bursts for fluidity and stadium rock, they've subtracted from their former wretchedness.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Converge at its best! As always an aggressive fast raw energy with a touch of melody + a couple of mid-tempo songs. Very refreshing. The band stays one of the most respectful in the scene. Expand
  2. Converge are not to everyone's taste, but of course those who love their chaos with a sprinkling of melody and a face churning blast of terror that would go unnoticed at the gates of hell are in for a treat with this new album. Just listen, no time for anything else. Expand

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