Converge – Jane Doe
It just goes to show that there's nothing new under the sun. After raving about how brilliant and original Dillinger Escape Plan are for the past eighteen months or so I've finally clicked on to Converge, the band Dillinger stole all their best ideas from.
Jane Doe is an intense barrage of almost non stop thrashy hardcore, with some of the elements of arrhythmia and disharmony that appealed to me so much in Dillinger's music. If you like one of these bands you're likely to enjoy the other, as they are pretty much of a fit genrewise. There are differences though, Converge is notably more intense and impassioned (the vocalist's sustained screaming is fucking impressive) while Dillinger have better production and a broader emotional palette, as well as being perhaps just a little bit more insane, so it's hard to say which one I enjoy more.
It's a no-brainer as to which one you bring up in a music snobbery conversation though, Converge were doing it first, so of course they must be better.
2 comments:
NO! not converge, their the band all the hardcore kids are into and never shut up about :(
next youll be telling me you've gone straight edge and have three x's tattooed across your forehead.
Well the hardcore kids are right not to shut up about them because they're awesome.
Still I don't think I'll be going xx!StraightEdge!xx anytime soon...
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