axe fall axe fall seventh studio album released american band converge released october released later year vinyl record second commercially successful date peaking number billboard album produced guitarist previously produced converge fail heroes features artwork created lead singer axe fall collaborative album features large number guest musicians including members cave met widespread critical acclaim referred band accessible album date compared converge widely lauded writing recording converge began writing axe fall november living half mile boston living couple hours away brooklyn converge easily practice weeks time songs originated guitar bass riff newton members equal input writing process member proposing different songs wrote songs axe fall scrapped slower rest songs fit energy album following short tour march pulling teeth rise fall converge entered studio begin recording short tour band debuted new songs live footage seen online album self produced converge guitar player located massachusetts produced produced converge albums including fail heroes produced number independent metal hardcore bands including board house live storm degree engineering prior time effort converge worked firm years money received package fund create home studio experiences knowledge engineering carry recording work regards technical precision producer stated gets inspiring watch work recording process band updated fans twitter progress studio guest collaboration creating axe fall converge tried challenge creatively artists stated new converge album wants create new listening experience continued concept pushing forward repeating lead singer stated appreciate past albums forward movement challenging musically expressing emotionally stated felt main artistic difference axe fall previous albums large number guest musicians included record axe fall features members cave guest musicians existing relationship band members converge prior recording band admired way converge previously thought idea creating collaborative album guest artists number years band felt time execute stated working number different artists difficult band finished product extremely focused album writing officially begin november work songs began years earlier converge collaborated cave recorded songs material recording sessions dubbed verge sessions released project later dissolved instrumental parts cave contributed original recordings converge took parts contributed project create foundation cruel bloom world producing board house gave rough mix world contribute talents according embellished created new melodic structure song come later added drum track world song heroes originated verge sessions release converge contributed sessions released form release promotion august months prior release converge opening track dark horse available streaming free download found soundtrack horror movie song noted tracks lacking guest musicians met positive reaction reviewers title track axe fall available free download september entire album available streaming week official release date converge myspace page axe fall released october digital formats vinyl edition album released independent record label shortly release version internet leak october digitally advance copy leaked internet linked advance copy given staff member music news reviews website converge posted number twitter messages leak read special thanks hand metal leaking album posted shortly directed twitter account stating fun source album leak rarely discovered publicly announced converge method dealing album leaking referred street justice avoided costly lawsuit inflicted damages means viral negative publicity staff issued formal apology stating leak completely incident website inception went artwork artwork cover liner note booklet designed created graduated booklet features different piece artwork song album tried create images emotion song contrast literal imagery avoiding axe literally falling song axe fall experimented technique single image repeated frame copies distressed slightly different seen cover art single image woman profile broken repetition copies showed woman teeth cheek stated cover art wanted felt timeless sort embodied emotional record explosive powerful felt poetic soft time look violent beautiful time axe fall music video music video directed album title track released october short video duration shows man woman machine television gives birth mechanical creature disturbing clips video features stop motion animation influenced horror films referred terrifying seizure inducing gross sources filmed spain intent making film cycle cycle study idea new creation pleasure art progression murray inspired influenced artists inch nails films orange hardware making music video november axe fall video debuted heavy metal music program touring converge tour support tour late sponsored adult swim alongside high fire converge held opening slot axe fall released mid way tour converge headlining tour support album took place starting april acts week tour featured thursday converge began european leg world tour july tour band released limited edition inch vinyl single called shield recorded european legs musical style theme converge took music progressive direction noted drummer listening progressive rock years tried complement sound guitar went getting straightforward raw punk aggression named hardcore project started leaves free weird progressive converge considers band previous albums fail heroes trilogy regards sound hoped push musical boundaries tracks album noted range atmospheric believes album loud vicious possible feeling minutes metallic hardcore difficult listen converge softer tracks slow jams damages world listener places unlike previous converge releases songs axe fall central consistent lyrical theme record song meant standalone song life album heroes said uses lyrics converge vent things healthy way person walks lot negative energy opening track written passing close friend died trying succeed reception critical reception axe fall met widespread critical acclaim metacritic aggregate review website scored album generally favorable based reviews citing wider range music styles axe fall reviewers found album converge accessible album date album features songs like noisy track worms feed rats feast synth track world solos addition hardcore tracks like cutter commented album wide range sounds stating strikes perfect balance dry hardcore blunt trauma tracks bleed mark post metal embrace converge experimental press noted album flowed stating track prior skip tracks aggression frustration beauty brutality album demands taken lee pitchfork media referred converge generation black flag compared second studio album war lee noted converge combined slower abstract like mixed equal parts lightning war reviewers compared axe fall converge highly praised album axe fall received little negative criticism sputnikmusic previously given heroes gave album score citing large number guest musicians stated converge ideas enlisted group musicians associated band fill points record asked replace band decent portion new record far talented interesting musicians criticized album longer slower track world compared converge similar previously released tracks heroes grim heart black rose claimed song builds cuts seemingly started drowned sound found axe fall closing tracks felt better album finishing track jason alternative press criticized lyrics overall sound sounding familiar alien aspects converge took road traveled majority charts sales axe fall debuted number billboard copies sold converge highest charting album time chart high surpassed love leave converge album appear albums ranks albums released bands charted higher billboard november album sold units appeared canada weekly chart airplay data canadian campus radio stations peaked number album chart number metal punk chart accolades axe fall critical acclaim led album listed critic best lists internationally denotes publication list particular order rank numerically track listing lyrics written music composed converge noted personnel axe fall personnel listed liner notes chart performance
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