Bloodmoon: I
by Converge
  • Record Label: Epitaph
  • Release Date: Nov 19, 2021
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 22
  3. Negative: 3 out of 22
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  1. arostislavna
    Dec 8, 2021
    5
    Considering they played Roadburn 2016 as a collaborative group called Blood Moon, this album is rather banal, insipid and boring. The opening of Blood Moon grates the ears and then becomes a great song after the first 30 seconds, Viscera of Men is probably the best song on the album and the most "Converge", then I just tune out every other song. For the 5 times I've played it, NOTHING elseConsidering they played Roadburn 2016 as a collaborative group called Blood Moon, this album is rather banal, insipid and boring. The opening of Blood Moon grates the ears and then becomes a great song after the first 30 seconds, Viscera of Men is probably the best song on the album and the most "Converge", then I just tune out every other song. For the 5 times I've played it, NOTHING else is memorable and that is truly a disappointment because Converge and Chelsea Wolfe (& Mrs. Piss) are wonderful artists on their own.… Expand

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#9 Best Album of 2021

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Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Pitchfork
    Nov 19, 2021
    53
    Thrills are few and far between amid this hour-long morass. Bloodmoon suffers from two problems that seem as though they should preclude one another: It is thin on fresh ideas and unexpected twists. Its hard rock-meets-hardcore permutations are familiar to anyone who has ever heard, say, Evanescence and Breaking Benjamin.
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  2. Sputnikmusic
    Nov 19, 2021
    100
    Blood Moon I is also the heaviest and most impressive expression of Chelsea Wolfe and Ben Chrisholm's music, powered by the incombustible force of Converge and the everlasting spirit of Cave In, and resulting in one of the most impressive collaborations of this kind. Blood Moon I is, truly, an essential album for 2021.
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  3. Beats Per Minute
    Nov 19, 2021
    67
    There is certainly potential here, but this first Bloodmoon record definitely feels like a testing ground. There is an uncertainty in tone, and a clashing of sensibilities that is thrilling at times, awkward at others.
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