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  • HELLO METALFEST. WE ARE CONVERGE. FUCK YOU.

  • He really cant pull off the vocals live....

  • @hojima That's just his way of doing vocals live. They've been a band for 20 years, I highly doubt he's just never been able to do it or never gotten better.

  • I rlly respect them for making music and overall for being musicians BUT I couldn't hear this and enjoy it.

  • DEAR I'LL STAYY GOOOLD.

    The amount of hate Converge gets from little kids raised on Attack Attack, etc. is kind of alarming. You kids do know Converge are one of the most respected bands in punk and hardcore? And for good reason. If it wasn't for these guys, none of your favourite bands would exist. Deal with it.

  • SQUAWK SQUAAAWWWKKK

  • Classic Converge

  • I have heard converge for what seems like my whole life. I have always considered them the dropouts of all the early-to mid- 90s underground scene from the Merrimack Valley. the MVHC if you will. Now dont get me wrong i know a lot of people that LOVE onverge, i am not in fact one of them. Converge always struck me as a band that really, truly, hates music. listen to what they do to it. anyway, i know tyhe drill, call me old, lame , whateves. i like hardcore, punk,metalcore , but come on!

  • @motorbikeTim1 Converge definitely isn't for everyone. But I sincerely doubt they "hate music". They reject melody, and embrace dissonance. Lots of jazz, even classical composers have been known to completely throw melody away in favour of creating something harsh, something that truly personifies anger. I think that's why Converge are popular, and it's one of the reasons I like them. I've never heard something so brutal, so filled with raw emotion. Nobody does cacophony like Converge.

  • @davethehostage Well said, man!

  • @motorbikeTim1

    seriously?

  • @motorbikeTim1 while they are pretty dissonant most of the time they do have a fair share of "conventional" melodic passages in their songs as well. Just check out the title track from this album, "Jane Doe".

  • I have heard converge for what seems like my whole life. I have always considered them the dropouts of all the early-to mid- 90s underground scene from the Merrimack Valley. the MVHC if you will. Noe dont get me wrong i know a lot of people that LOVE onverge, i am not in fact one of them. Converge always struck me as a band that really, truly, hates music. listen to what they do to it. anyway, i know tyhe drill, call me old, lame , whateves. i like hardcore, punk,metalcore , but come on!

  • @motorbikeTim1 Converge aren't from the valley. They're from Salem.

  • Dude i haven't seen them live but by watching this video i already know that they are the best band to see live.

  • 14 dislikes... It seems like some Tokio Hotel-fans saw this and made a mess in their diapers.

  • what is converge again? i was told methcore

  • @REDFOLKEYES genre=undefined

  • @REDFOLKEYES they have lots of influences but they are rooted in Hardcore.

  • I like everything, but specially the guitar player! I think he´s a good player. There´s something about the guitar that makes this music really powerful and heavy, but at the same time melodic and very energetic.

  • such an amazing band, but do the vocals sound a bit...off, in this recording?

  • So fucking tight....

  • If you class this as metalcore (which you shouldn't) This is what it should sound like

  • This is battle music!!!!!!!!!!!

  • going to see them again tonight in Antwerp, I hope they open with Concubine! Converge kills it everytime! If you don't like it you're just wrong! nuff said!

  • Jacob Bannon has to be one of the best front men I've ever seen. He knows how to get an audience excited and how to put on a good show, as do the rest of Converge do as well. I saw them about a week ago in Brighton UK and they opened up with Concubine and I seriously thought the whole venue was about to explode! Deffinitly one of the best shows I've ever witnessed.

  • @basskid24 Gaza were better.

  • @basskid24 You're just making me more jealous that I still haven't seen them :(

  • Kurt's guitar at 0:20, mmmmf....

  • converge would totally be up there with all time best live bands if he actually said the lyrics opposed to grunts 

  • @FuckSka I think screaming fits the instrumentals and intensity better, but to each his own.

  • this is fucking rad

  • i think this and the Fault and Fracture video have great sound. It sounds so messy and chaotic... just the way it should should sound.

  • I wish I could get almost 100,000 views just for making random noise.

    The fact that these guys are still around alarms me, especially since every time I've seen them they've been booed at.

    They'd probably save a lot of money and dignity if they quit now. :s

  • @AndyAgony you're so shit man

  • @SteveHalGarnerTV Hokay. Just my opinion. At least I checked 'em out on here to see if they were better seeing them at a lower volume before saying they suck. :)

  • @AndyAgony If you think that's just random noise, you weren't listening very closely (admittedly, the audio on this isn't great, but I'd highly recommend finding the studio version of the song). This is an impressive performance of an incredibly technical, precise, difficult song.

  • @thejoamiq Just listened to the studio quality. Their guitars and drums are okay, but I just can't get over the fact that the singer seems to need to breath in every two words, and even pushing that much air out can't get a great sounding scream. :s

    I'd probably like them with another singer, but that's just me I guess.

  • @AndyAgony That's fair I guess - it's a matter of taste. In his defense, the two words-breath thing is pretty specific to this song, but his vocals are still certainly something one can not like.

  • @AndyAgony Replace Bannon? You've clearly a tainted view. Open your ears, man... If you know anything about punk music, Converge is quite prolific.

  • Oh yeah saw these guys in Wellington New Zealand on Saturday, it was fucking AWESOME!

  • I saw them last night and tomorow night they are playing at my MATES HOUSE!!! How sick is that!!

  • get a brain people ffs

  • I would sell a limb to see Converge live, but here his vocals sound a bit weak? Is that the case normally or is it just this show/recording? on record Jacob is awesome!

  • It's never gonna sound like how it does on record dude.

    And that's the beauty of live shows.

  • Got alot of boos at the Dethklok show. Worst vocals I've ever heard.

  • Yeah because those faggots that were there for mastadon and dethklok wouldn't know talent if it smacked them in the face. I almost got beat up by some kids at the Dethklok show in Detroit because I was getting into Coverge.

  • @WhatxCounts Maybe they are better suited for a different show and not one with Mastodon, High on Fire, and Dethklok. They came on after high on fire and the booing was epic I've never seen a band be so hated on, in one place, by so many people. I personally don't like them but this crowd fucking hated them.

  • é uma desgracera mermo

  • best show of my life = Converge @ the Shelter, Detroit, MI, fall 2003.

  • dude, I wish I would've been there

  • I can honestly say if you don't like converge at all you either don't like metal or you are a complete moron.

  • Dear, I'll stay gold just to keep these pasts at bay

    To keep the loneliest of nights from claiming you

    and to keep these longest of days from waking you

    For I felt the greatest of winters coming

    and I saw you as seasons shifting from blue to grey

    That's where the coldest of these days await me

    and distance lays her heavy head beside me

    There I'll stay gold, forever gold

  • man... i saw them opening up for mastodon and dethklok in november, i only saw the last two or three songs...including concubine. these guys are so raw and brutal, but i wish i was as into them then as i am now. converge ftw.

  • dur dur, durrrr!!! dur dur, durrrr!!! durrr! ugh....  dur dur dur dur!!!

  • i have no idea what he's saying. its sound like "stop it...rawr"

  • the first part, he is saying "I'll stay gold"

  • If ya don't like it, dont fucking watch it. okay? Keep your childish comments to your goddamn self. Stupid fucks. Converge FTW

  • Wow cuffing the mic? what do you know, us from boston have been listening to jacobs rediculously awsome voice for years, trust me hes good.

  • he's amazing. converge is like godly!

  • @EvilZero111

    Don't get me wrong, I love Dethklok and Metalocalypse. But, Dethklok's stuff isn't all that impressive. Let's also not forget the long line of metal bands who've been influenced heavily by Converge's sound. They're fucking pioneers. They (along with Coalesce and Botch) have been playing a highly mimicked sound before it had become so widely known and recognized. It's cool if you don't like them, but at least pay respect where it's due.

    Sorry for the rant...

  • im not sure if you know this. But Dethklok is not real. It is a cartoon. The music was made mostly by Brenden Small and while is still fucking awesome, is not really meant to be taken that seriously, you douche. i can understand cannibal corpse even before corpsegrinder. When i first heard this, all i heard was BUTT FUCK, BUTT. over and over again. in my opinion (key words there) but i think that converge was liked by people who liked him as a person. then stupid little kids joined the bandwagon

  • I know Dethklok isn't a real band. The point I was getting across was that although I love Brendan Small's work in "Dethklok", it's not that great and not that impressive. No need to get your panties in a knot and call me a douche. I know they're a comedy/joke band. This is a fictitious band who's conerstone song is a coffee jingle.

    My point is you snubbed Converge claiming that they are undeserving to be anywhere near Brenden Small. This is simply not true.

    Don't insult, it's douchey.

  • I honestly don't give a shit. At least Dethklok is fucking audible. But you know, i have my opinions of butt fu- i mean converge, and so do you. so there's no point in arguing or whatever the fuck. neither of us is going to convince the other of anything.

  • Well put.

  • HORRIBLE VOCS!!!!????

    are you fucking kidding me?

    your a idiot.

  • Your statement is biased, and it should be.

    However, you can't tell someone that his vocals are good when they're nothing like recording.

    If you're going to say "well no band is like thaaaat"

    then listen to a cd of any tool song, and then follow it up with a live preformance of the same song.

    The best part of this video is just the We're Converge, fuck you.

  • i dont understand your point about vocals not being the same as on the recording. it doesn't say anything about the quality of the vocals.

    this guy's vocals are all about passion and getting emotion across. i personally love his vocals but yeah theyre not for everyone

  • You contradicted yourself.

  • no i didn't...

  • "your a idiot"

    dude please...never call someone an idiot again

  • he does have a great hardcore voice but it dosn't show here i think he's cuffing the mic to much

  • His scream was fine when I saw them live. I will say it's kind of annoying if you don't know the lyrics, though.

  • bannon has one of the most unique voices in hardcore.

  • well i dont it

  • no shit, no one has heard you do vocals in a hardcore band.

  • mommy has

  • shas shef fwahhh

  • @Shaggoth4 HAHAHAHA

  • It just has that Boston feel. love it.

  • I'll give them this much they put on a hell of a live show when i seen them in sanfrancisco at Slims but cant get into the lead singer. Lead guitarist/backup vocals had it better in my opinion

  • *faints*

    =]

  • FUCK. i'm loving bannon here...so vicious

  • That drummer is an animal.

  • "HELLO METAL FEST, WE'RE CONVERGE! FUCK YOU!" classic!

  • fucking metal scene, they get what they deserve.

    fuck all "scenes" tbh.

  • @rh117 ..not classic.. just CONVERGE..

  • LOL at the START. great band wicked awesome song rapes

  • converge is so good. fuck!

  • the best and most ferocious hardcore sond EVER written

  • absolutely the most ferocious

  • i can't wait for the new record!

  • "we're converge- FUCK YOU!" hahaha <3

    i love you guys too much.

  • fuck yeah. converge rules

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  • so many people love shitty goregrind with all kinds of weird crap vocals; Converge are definatly one of the best bands around, and the vocals are part of it. People who don't like Converge just don't understand them.

  • I meant to thumbs up this. IM SEEING THEM FRIDAY AYYAYAYGDOSDGUADGOAOGUDA

  • This performance is really good in an odd way. There is a really negative vibe but it enhances the abbrasiveness of the song.

  • I agree about the negative vibe... I don't get it. I've never even seen Jake be "negative" during a Converge show... but who knows. I'm glad you noticed it too.

  • Converge has had gripes with the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival.

  • i fucking love converge. jacob bannon, so talented.

  • dude, it sounds like he's puking his balls out.

  • ..and we like it that way =D

  • in all honesty, i dont think they're that good live.

  • In all honesty, awesome.

  • i love converge :] i remember my friend showed me this cd (jane doe) 4 years ago. i liked them ever since.. and people have nothing else better to do with their lives.. thats why they take the time to talk crap about the things they dislike.. its only cuz they are pathetic losers.

  • if you're into the so called "commercial hardcore" or "mainstream hardcore" or "fake emo bullshit" (to make it worse), then what's the sense of clicking this video only to complain about what you see? if you are not into this kind of music then you can just bounce, fuck away and leave us "REAL PEOPLE" in peace 'cause We're just enjoying these shits 'til all of you came in to ruin everything. if you're looking for sympathy, you're just lurking around the wrong place

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  • Preach that shit. Converge is one of the most real bands out there. All the emo fags don't realize that all of those shitty bands they listen to are all influenced by Converge. But scene fagots can't relate to real music I guess and would rather support the mainstream shit labels that claim to be "indie", but are really subsidiaries of major labels, like Vagrant, Fueled By Raman, Victory, blablabalbal. Underoath can eat my shit.

  • yes. just yes.

  • everyone bitching about Jakes Voice don't get it, Converge is not to be a fucking Macho-Hardcore Band like Hatebreed and shit, Converge is all about passion, blood, sweat and tears and that's why you can actually love this band, Empathy.

    CONVERGE OR FUCK OFF!

  • The best seagull vocalist ever!

  • Your  blowjobs feel like a seagull pecking at my dick.

  • Obviously Converge isn't for everyone. But all the haters are really missing out, Jane Doe is a phenomenal album, the songs 'Phoenix in Flight' and 'Jane Doe' could even be described as beautiful, especially the vocals. Anyone complaining about how he doesn't sing properly can go watch X-factor.

  • Converge is working on a new album!!!

  • whoa j ban has hair. this is old

  • old? cant you here the song? carring and killing is old..

  • to people complaining about wanting singing in the song... you try to figure out a good melody to go with this relentless attack of sound that converge puts out lol.. its not so easy... even tho bannon does do it on occasion.. making him all the more awesome.

  • Really cool band though. Love the entrance "Hello metalfest, we're converge, Fuck You!"

    It was a lot better sound at hovefestivalen this past summer.

  • Extremely crappy sound!

  • lol "we're converge; FUCK YOU!"

  • Love them or hate them, Converge has a singularity of vision. Not to mention they're raw and technical without being ridiculous (and Kurt is a genius).

  • i just like bands that can sing, i like good melody to songs as well, i can deal with the hardcore stuff, but like i said, they have to be able to sing if i want to continue to listen to them, like the band A Day To Remember. they can do some good singing like the song Monument, but then u listen to Heartless and thats songs fuckin rad!

  • I like bands that hit strait to your face and Converge is definitly one of the best for that.

    ADTR is just slut-pop, they can sing but above all they suck.

    You need to train your hears over and over before apreciate that band. But if you just "can deal" with hxc, just continu to listen to slut-pop...

  • Lol random playing 'N' Singing?

  • anyone who says these guys suck is a moron. Probably the best drummer and guitarists of any metal/hardcore band period. Their timing is fucking genius. And as for Bannon's vocals and artwork that he does on their cd's and dozens of other artist's cd's, he is fucking unbelievable. So FUCK YOU if you can't appreciate this music, go listen to your shitty hip hop or simple rock songs. I'm going to kill people to this music in March at ICC!!

  • There's so much anger and aggression in their music. Raw is probably one of the best words I can use to describe it. A consequence of that with the vocals, however, is that the lyrics are completely moot. You can't even vaguely discern what they are. This is a shame because, reading them on their website, the lyrics are interesting and thought provoking.

  • jajjaa you tell that music

  • i come to this video inpaticular cause his voice is funny to listen to, it sounds like a duck dying, or something fuckin wierd like that, i dunno, its just not normal. i want to go to their show just to go up the the band and shake their hand and tell um how crappy they are, SERIOUSLY, they have shitty vocals, the ONLY good thing is the drummer, why do good drummers have to be in such shitty bands.

  • its original, the whole band is, no one sounds like converge

  • then why do you come this video? god damn, comments like these piss me the fuck off

  • C'mon, Kill yourself you fuckin' abortion!

  • four year strong? now that's funny. since four year strong sounds just like all time low with just a little harder guitar sound and some screaming. you talk shit about converge but you basically listen to a bunch of god damned boy bands.

  • I'm planning to see these guys next month in Philly. I've never seen them before but is this video a good representation for Bannon's live vocals? I love these guys and while Bannon's studio vocals aren't my favourite I still think the work very well for this kind of music. He sounds pretty shitty in this video though which is a shame since everyone else sounds amazing.

  • Music is killer. Having a hard time with the vox though.

  • Awesome band and awesome musicians.

    I don't understand why some people come here saying "they suck!", i just don't. If you know how to play one instrument like guitar or drums, you can see that these guy's know what they're doing. And his voice, people...remember it's one more instrument and it matches in perfection with the music.

    You don't like them? it's ok...but don't say they suck, 'cause you're making a fool out of yourself!

  • converge is one of the best bands on the scene. don't understand the douchebags that writes this kinda shit about them. what's their preferences & why do they even watch converge videos if they hate 'em so much? dra åt pepparn, säger jag till er!

  • good song , good band <3 converge.

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  • god damn this is what has happened to a scene that used to be fucking awesome... douche bags like all of you!!

  • I think you do not know what you are talking about.

    You may not even be an artist, maybe not even a musician.

    Don't judge art for what it is.

    This is art.

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  • Well, I bet you haven't listened to free jazz, because that is even more of a mess.

  • I think it's to complex to you, becouse Converge fucking pwns.

  • if you don't like their music why did you search them up?

  • True.

  • hardcore is such a broad genre. if you look at this compared to hardcore pioneers like minor threat and bad brains and so on, they sound nothing alike. although, converge is definetly more true than most of the bands that abuse the genre. IT'S NOT A SCENE, IT'S A FUCKING CULTURE!!

  • yeah i dunno, i like hardcore, but in order for me to like a band, they have to prove they can sing well, not just scream and make wierd noises

  • Listen to "Lonewolves".

    He sings the whole song.

  • i unno he used to scream really high before, the drumemr is fucking tight, the whole band seems to have something going on but i dont quite know what..almost everything is inaudible...sounds agressuive though

  • this is a perfect display of power and anyone who disagrees should be tortured to death while thier family is forced to watch

  • easy satan haha

  • man, jane doe is my favorite album of all muthafuckin time

  • WERE CONVERGE FUCK YOU

  • Ok i like metal and sum hardcore but this straight up CRAP and annoying,i cant believe ppl listen to this

  • exactly, you can't even hear the lyrics, worst crap i've ever seen

  • hahahaThats so lame..Its called HARDCORE!!Why would you expect to "hear" lyrics. Music is an expression not always advertised for the commercial "ear" GET OVER IT and go listen to Underoath or some shit...

  • hahah shit you...you dont know good hardcore unless you know CONVERGE!!!FUCKING LEGENDSS!!

  • converge is one of the most insane bands to see live

  • hey guy who said 'hey converge.. FUCK YOU!'...FUCK YOU!

  • raw

  • 'Coke is it'?!

  • Armchair Youtube music critics are truly pathetic faggots.

  • 1:05

    one of _the_ moments in the history of music

  • Man those sound engineers suck

    Converge RULES!