At almost an hour long – and you definitely feel that length – it has moments of their classic, violently sporadic instrumental tendencies, but such parts are spread thin. 31 years in, still doing cool new shit, ya love to see it.īloodmoon: I is a big fucking record. Strings and pianos stalk shadows, synths push up the cool soil, and having two other very esteemed vocalists push the mood along helps make it one of their most ambitious releases. It’s the most produced Converge album, no contest. Fans of Wolfe’s phenomenal 2017 album, Hiss Spun, will feel at home, as will open minded Converge lovers who dig their longer formats, who understand that this band can’t keep re-writing Jane Doe math-savagery until they kick the bucket. More specifically, this is spooky, symphonic, stoner-adjacent post-metal-doom-core. Okay, but what’s the sound of this super group’s collaborative LP? Simultaneously it shares DNA of all parties involved yet can sound very little like either artist. (Six degrees of metalcore separation: Ben Koller drums in Mutoid Man and bassist Nate Newton plays guitar in Old Man Gloom. Then there’s the legend himself, Stephen Brodsky, former Converge bassist – hear him on 1998’s “ When Forever Comes Crashing ”– current Old Man Gloom bassist, and leading man for both Cave In and Mutoid Man. ) We have the ever-talented Chelsea Wolfe bringing her ghostly vocal presence, including her longtime collaborator and producer, Ben Chisholm, adding keys, synths and symphonic bells and whistles throughout. So who’s in this Blood Brain Trust? All four members of Converge for one, striking at a lengthier, denser post-metal sound, further exploring similar ideas heard on their last couple of records. What started out as a special live performance in 2016, reimaging Converge songs, has now become an intense recorded experience. (“Schrödinger’s Converge.”) If anything, it’s closer to Jacob Bannon’s other band, Wear Your Wounds, with influences ranging from Baroness, Pink Floyd, Neurosis, and some moments that even sound like Ghost, except good.īloodmoon: I is like someone invaded my membrane and pulled out my most dreamt about musical collaborations. But then again, in many ways, it also is very much an album by them. As it’s not really a Converge record, not the kind of mathcore or metalcore you think of when you plug their name into a search engine. Ben Chisolm // producer/songwriter/arrangementĪs much as I love the mystical journey of Bloodmoon: I, having the Converge label stamped upon it does feel kinda deceptive.
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