Converge - Jane Doe ALBUM REVIEW

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    Converge's Jane Doe, for the exceptional extremity and diversity of its tracklist, has more than earned its status as one of metalcore's most hallowed releases.
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    CONVERGE - JANE DOE / 2001 / EQUAL VISION, DEATHWISH INC. / METALCORE, MATHCORE
    CLASSIC/10
    Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?

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  • @UnfortunateFace
    @UnfortunateFace 4 роки тому +1046

    The most intense live performance Ive ever seen was a converge show in las vegas around 2002. The venue they were supposed to play at apparently oversold tickets and were told there were too many people to have the show there. So the venue switched to the huntridgetheater, which was this super run down old 1940s movie theater, that mostly punk bands played at. But when everyone got there apparently no one had a key to open the actual theater. So there are about 400 angry kids crammed into this tiny hallway leading to where the actual theater was and the band decides to just set up there and play the set in this narrow, crowded hallway. The show starts and immediately everything starts to get really violent (as hardcore shows tend to be) with essentially the hallway becoming one giant mosh pit. Being an old theater, there was a huge glass chandelier hanging from the ceiling, really close to the band, which people began grabbing and swinging from. Pieces of glass start breaking off and people pick up pieces and start chucking them everywhere. At the band, the crowd and the 2 poor security guards there. Its literally just raining down glass and I start noticing blood smearing on the walls. A dude in the pit is literally gushing blood from his head, but still going fucking nuts at the same time, flinging blood on everyone and everything. This whole time this madness is happening, the band is unrelenting and in the middle of a song, the singer takes the mic, whips it directly into the chandelier, causing all the lights to turn off, rips it back out and immediately as he does, he screams and all the lights turn back on. It was literally the most cinematic thing Ive ever seen happen at a show and it was so perfect it couldnt have possibly been planned. I left the show, covered in sweat and blood, with two teeth i found randomly on the ground. The next day, the hallway (which now looked like it was in a nuclear bomb) was featured on the front page of the newspaper, with a headline "huntridge theater indefinitely closed". Im pretty sure its been closed to shows ever since.

    • @saintsrefuge
      @saintsrefuge 4 роки тому +134

      this is insane lol sounds like something from a movie, don't know if I could've handled that

    • @johnnyscifi
      @johnnyscifi 4 роки тому +53

      Fuck...

    • @BunchesBundles77
      @BunchesBundles77 4 роки тому +94

      That sounds devastantingly, disgustingly beautiful. This story better be backed up at some point, it sounds too brutally awesome to be true.

    • @MigueUgartechea
      @MigueUgartechea 4 роки тому +19

      Holy fucking shit this sounds too perfect

    • @The_JustJoshing
      @The_JustJoshing 4 роки тому +10

      If this is true, goddamn

  • @HandsOfCinderblock
    @HandsOfCinderblock 4 роки тому +828

    Concubine is one of the most savage openers of all time.

    • @smurf88
      @smurf88 4 роки тому +6

      It sounds really cool live.

    • @DarkIronDwarf
      @DarkIronDwarf 4 роки тому +17

      They always have great album openers, you can tell they put thought into the track list. Awesome band.

    • @HandsOfCinderblock
      @HandsOfCinderblock 4 роки тому +9

      J. Gremmer Agreed. Aimless Arrow is another great one.

    • @brandon8045
      @brandon8045 4 роки тому +45

      Every time the guitars stop for a moment and that snare kicks in just before Jacob Bannon starts screaming his guts out I can’t help but think “haha, I’m in danger”

    • @joeyclemenza7339
      @joeyclemenza7339 4 роки тому +18

      i love this anectdote..... my wife, before we got married and just as we started dating... i told her, "you really wouldn't like my favorite band." she was like, "try me!!!" i warned her and warned her.... and then i just felt like, fuck it... i'm gonna play her concubine. she legit looked at me as though I was a serial killer. lol!!! to this day she still doesn't understand my love and obsession for this album.

  • @zer0758
    @zer0758 4 роки тому +1177

    The review we didn’t know we needed

    • @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield
      @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield 4 роки тому +42

      The review that was totally needed

    • @XiLeGaming360
      @XiLeGaming360 4 роки тому +28

      I’ve been wondering for years when we’d finally get this classic review lmao

    • @makepeacewithdirt
      @makepeacewithdirt 4 роки тому +4

      @@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield Idk that it was rly needed, just cuz this album's status is so legendary. But it is for sure appreciated.

    • @666slateran666
      @666slateran666 4 роки тому +2

      The review that we already had when this thing came out lol

    • @bigblackhawk7176
      @bigblackhawk7176 4 роки тому +4

      The review we know we didn't need

  • @HendersonHinchfinch
    @HendersonHinchfinch 4 роки тому +1190

    This album was actually received very negatively by most critics at the time. You can dig up some of the original reviews. It’s pretty funny.

    • @hypermagicrainbow2786
      @hypermagicrainbow2786 4 роки тому +278

      Punk rock In the wrong hands so was Pinkerton, deloused in the comatorium and souvlaki. Critics are assholes sometimes

    • @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield
      @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield 4 роки тому +61

      @@hypermagicrainbow2786 yeah, melon is an asshole

    • @MyoticTesseract
      @MyoticTesseract 4 роки тому +67

      @@hypermagicrainbow2786 I can barely imagine an album like De-loused being panned by critics. I want to read the reviews, I have to know.

    • @charlisebar-shai2613
      @charlisebar-shai2613 4 роки тому +8

      Critics be wildin

    • @SkySplitterInk
      @SkySplitterInk 4 роки тому +2

      @@hypermagicrainbow2786 Wow... yeah. Totally true.

  • @facemelter2277
    @facemelter2277 4 роки тому +1519

    Now we need a Calculating Infinity review

    • @dclarkmusic
      @dclarkmusic 4 роки тому +18

      FACE MELTER yeet

    • @nicolasrivera5111
      @nicolasrivera5111 4 роки тому +55

      This or Ire Works

    • @smackheadsgyro
      @smackheadsgyro 4 роки тому +51

      i kinda prefer miss machine. and possibly some of their other albums. bur i guess CA is their 'classic'

    • @spencerjkent
      @spencerjkent 4 роки тому +27

      I think that after all these years, I still come back to one of us is the killer the most. CI and MM are their classics, but I consider OOUITK their magnum opus

    • @shubtakesdubs5395
      @shubtakesdubs5395 4 роки тому +30

      @@spencerjkent whenever Prancer comes on I want to jump straight into a mosh pit lmao

  • @koejoza
    @koejoza 4 роки тому +382

    "This thing is basically the soundtrack to hearing damage"
    Have Jane Doe'd, can confirm.

    • @alphalax7747
      @alphalax7747 11 місяців тому +1

      For me, that was Exmilitary

  • @sirpeetthelittle
    @sirpeetthelittle 4 роки тому +429

    c’mon we’re getting so close to a Deathconciousness review

    • @itsmethemusicman4704
      @itsmethemusicman4704 4 роки тому +11

      he doesnt think its a classic :(

    • @sirpeetthelittle
      @sirpeetthelittle 4 роки тому +13

      Thomas Brand he’s probably gonna have to soon no matter what

    • @oli7359
      @oli7359 4 роки тому +38

      xultsu That reads like a threat

    • @alexbutler9343
      @alexbutler9343 4 роки тому +15

      God that album is so overrated

    • @rustygunzgamez
      @rustygunzgamez 4 роки тому +14

      Lizard Mandible it’s not

  • @nathanaelstout
    @nathanaelstout 4 роки тому +662

    I don't think there's a converge album that isn't classic at this point

    • @MrHotmilo
      @MrHotmilo 4 роки тому +58

      My personal faves are You Fail Me and Axe To Fall, but they haven't released anything below an 8/10 imo

    • @nathanaelstout
      @nathanaelstout 4 роки тому +12

      @@MrHotmilo mine are you fail me (I prefer the redux version) and the dusk in us

    • @lucass430
      @lucass430 4 роки тому +2

      Come to think about it.... yeah, you're right

    • @jakobsanchez738
      @jakobsanchez738 4 роки тому +3

      He's said in his review of their most recent album that he loves them all

    • @shubtakesdubs5395
      @shubtakesdubs5395 4 роки тому +58

      honestly they have one of the most consistent discographys in music, especially for a band that's been releasing music since 1993 and is still going lol.

  • @thattypicalslimy8548
    @thattypicalslimy8548 4 роки тому +192

    10/10 one of the best albums of all time imo.

  • @immersed.in.darkness
    @immersed.in.darkness 4 роки тому +414

    Absolutely crushing masterpiece

  • @substratic11213
    @substratic11213 4 роки тому +44

    I saw Converge back in 2012 at a gig in Portland, me and my friend had on some of those stupid horse head masks you see everywhere and were headbanging violently in front row. In between songs Jacob Bannon looked at us and said "You fuckers are gonna make me crack up in the middle of a song" 😂 he asked for one of the masks, we threw it on the stage and he gave it to the drummer who then proceeded to play the next few songs with the horse mask on.
    I also stagedived at that show. It was a good time.

  • @DerangedManiac12
    @DerangedManiac12 4 роки тому +238

    There's a video on YT of a band at a wedding playing Concubine and everyone throwing down and y'all need to watch it.

    • @michaelrieman5297
      @michaelrieman5297 4 роки тому +16

      calypsis thank you lol. That was fantastic

    • @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield
      @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield 4 роки тому +23

      Why does it just make sense that it's an Asian wedding?

    • @CH-ml4rz
      @CH-ml4rz 4 роки тому

      Thirty Year Old Mulberry Field does it tho? 😂

    • @maudlinofthehead
      @maudlinofthehead 4 роки тому

      Link?

    • @XcrestxfallenX
      @XcrestxfallenX 4 роки тому +11

      Speaking of Asians influenced by hardcore, Check out the Japanese band Heaven in her Arms.... Yes, named after the Converge song. They are amazing!!!

  • @forgiveness999
    @forgiveness999 4 роки тому +86

    As your wearing a Napalm Death shirt I would’ve expected this review to go for 4 seconds. Disappointed again Melon

    • @mattshaw5179
      @mattshaw5179 4 роки тому +7

      That seems too long!

    • @MalMotorDedo
      @MalMotorDedo 4 роки тому +5

      4 seconds is too much bro, cut the filler out of the review please 🙄

    • @jbryan985
      @jbryan985 3 роки тому

      We suffer, but why?

  • @skylerfoxwell5107
    @skylerfoxwell5107 4 роки тому +614

    Melon got in his feels bc people called him a pop apologist and had to flex his punk cred.
    THANK YOU ANYWAY FOR THIS ONE MELON ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @SkySplitterInk
      @SkySplitterInk 4 роки тому +27

      I believe him though, also pop rules.

    • @birdbrain4445
      @birdbrain4445 4 роки тому +10

      Dude's even wearing a Napalm Death shirt, lol

    • @spitmacabre
      @spitmacabre 4 роки тому

      True

    • @tgillespie40
      @tgillespie40 4 роки тому +15

      I don’t think he’s worried about this

    • @666slateran666
      @666slateran666 4 роки тому +10

      "Punk" when is metalcore punk lol. This shit was blasted by hardcore guys in wife beaters back in the day! Dont get me wrong love the music but this band attracts the outcasts even in the metal/punk community's lol. How many time do I need to see a dude in gauges and a Jane Doe tanktop. Now Eyehategod is a prime example of metal and punk with clear hardcore roots. This is more dillinger escape plan which to me is far from punk.

  • @BOAYang
    @BOAYang 4 роки тому +195

    *Classics review for the Charlie Brown Christmas special.*

    • @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield
      @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield 4 роки тому +27

      You might be memeing but Vince Guaraldi's works for Peanuts are fantastic and full of character and charm.

    • @shayposting
      @shayposting 4 роки тому +9

      Linus and Lucy is a banger tbh.

    • @ErkaaJ
      @ErkaaJ 4 роки тому +4

      Thirty Year Old Mulberry Field I'd argue it's one of the best Christmas albums, Christmas time is here is still a sentimental bop

  • @Lzontar
    @Lzontar 4 роки тому +370

    We need a The Dillinger Escape plan worst to best

    • @WhyNotMN
      @WhyNotMN 4 роки тому +6

      Miss Machine>Ire Works>One of us is the Killer>Dissociation>Calculating Infinity>Option Paralysis

    • @laserrlife
      @laserrlife 4 роки тому +7

      1. Calculating Infinity
      2. Miss Machine
      3. Ire Works
      4. Irony is a Dead Scene EP
      5. One of Us is the Killer
      6. Under the Running Board EP
      7. Dissociation
      8. Option Paralysis

    • @marcjohn9404
      @marcjohn9404 4 роки тому +1

      Swans.

    • @zackeryyy
      @zackeryyy 4 роки тому +5

      #1 Ire works

    • @RanDieBam
      @RanDieBam 4 роки тому +22

      The problem is: All of their albums are great.

  • @jgp6574
    @jgp6574 4 роки тому +265

    anything other than 10/10 is wrong about this album. probably one of the best and most important albums in the genre

    • @yungboy4216
      @yungboy4216 4 роки тому +37

      I'm going to give it a 9.5/10 just to be an epic troll 😎

    • @jgp6574
      @jgp6574 4 роки тому +12

      @@yungboy4216 you just made an enemy for life

    • @jowens197
      @jowens197 4 роки тому +1

      I saw pitchfork gave it a 7.7 🤷‍♂️

    • @rikatan
      @rikatan 4 роки тому +14

      I gave it a 7.8, but my system is very reluctant to give extreme ratings, so this actually places it in my top 100 of all time.

    • @moggystreams8891
      @moggystreams8891 4 роки тому +7

      It's so bad. Just some people screaming into a microphone. Nothing good

  • @matthewmitchell7323
    @matthewmitchell7323 4 роки тому +54

    This album lowkey revolutionized heavy music production. Made big mids guitar tone and massive stereo bus compression much more common.

    • @swissidol8403
      @swissidol8403 Рік тому +14

      This is the best produced metal album I’ve ever heard. The guitars and drums are so visceral that it makes me wanna break everything in my room.

  • @lj_maestro3391
    @lj_maestro3391 4 роки тому +149

    For me personally, this is one of the absolute best albums I've ever heard. Not only because of the tight, pummeling performances from everyone in the band, but also for how emotionally draining it can be. From a musical standpoint, it starts up incredibly fast and aggressive, then towards the middle there's a little variation to their regular onslaught, then the end flows to an impactful finale. And on a lyrical level, it's revealed that this album is pretty conceptual, as the lyrics describe the many mixed negative emotions that come with awful breakups, lovelessness, longing for your former partner, and the depression that comes with knowing that not only was the end of a relationship a product of your shortcomings, but also the harsh reality that the time and emotional outpouring you gave to the one you love was all for not. I don't know about any of you that are reading this, but the messaging that Jacob Bannon portrayed on this album really hit home for me. I've experienced really awful relationships and breakups all the same, so to see all those same emotions displayed in such ferocity on this album most definitely stirred a visceral reaction from me. I cannot recommend this record to anyone who's a fan of metal or hardcore enough. Phenomenal record that I will buy a copy of for whatever musical medium I'm currently using no matter what.

    • @davydorynbaev
      @davydorynbaev 4 роки тому

      Jacob Arndt very underrated comment.

    • @shannonfriedrich7000
      @shannonfriedrich7000 4 роки тому

      Well elaborated 🙏🏻

    • @endmysuffering2925
      @endmysuffering2925 Рік тому

      Real as hell with the profile pic AND the take

    • @endmysuffering2925
      @endmysuffering2925 Рік тому

      @@greaving Nah, I have never experienced heartbreak before, but this album still has clicked with me. The lyrical themes are just an addition onto the already extreme power of the record. Jane Doe is possible to listen to without even caring about the lyrics, and that may be why Anthony didn’t even bother to mention them, because it’s still a great experience without them. In a way, the music does most of the talking for Bannon. You don’t need to read the lyrics to understand the pain he’s gone through, you can hear it in his screams and that’s all you need to understand Jane Doe tbh.

  • @Greniuscool
    @Greniuscool 4 роки тому +185

    I'm really glad he appreciated Thaw. Most underrated song on the album

    • @braindrillcp8935
      @braindrillcp8935 4 роки тому +11

      Yeah

    • @johnnyscifi
      @johnnyscifi 2 роки тому +5

      That's my favourite Converge song. Especially it, and jane doe(song). Back to back

    • @zeroscorpio3692
      @zeroscorpio3692 Рік тому +8

      the fucking long ass screech across the most horror-movie styled guitars abt like a minute into the song is one of the most memorable converge moments for me

    • @daymaker3294
      @daymaker3294 Рік тому +2

      im not the biggest fan of convergeso i don't know what is underrated or overrated by fans but always thought that's the 2nd best song on the album right after t/t

    • @lit__jc2668
      @lit__jc2668 7 місяців тому

      Yeah, I agree

  • @sikic996
    @sikic996 4 роки тому +100

    No talk about the lyrics and themes of it though? The context behind the album is what elevated it from excellent to masterpiece for me.
    IIIIIII WAAAAAANT OOOOUUUUUT

    • @janedoe9426
      @janedoe9426 4 роки тому +19

      Exactly! The lyrics are as equally good as the music, also, nice seeing a yugoslav name in the comments section haha

    • @VioletAOP416
      @VioletAOP416 4 роки тому +36

      I just don’t know what he’s saying

    • @M4RCi92
      @M4RCi92 4 роки тому +7

      ​@@VioletAOP416 Well, you gotta read the lyrics, they really are very good, they fit the music perfectly. You won't be able to make it out what exactly Jacob is screaming though, even if you're reading along to the music, it's just so unintelligible. But that's what makes Jane Doe, Jane Doe.

    • @VioletAOP416
      @VioletAOP416 4 роки тому +26

      M4RCi92 I kinda consider the written lyrics as accompanying poetry because they don’t seem to match to the actual sounds being made to me a lot of times. That being said in retrospect they are integral to the record.

    • @Majigitajog
      @Majigitajog 4 роки тому +8

      I recall Bannon announcing of Jane Doe once "this song is about wanting to kill myself every day for 3 years". To this day I am scared to dig deeper into that, as who the hell knows what it may dig up in my own emotion. A nuff said kinda situation

  • @felipeamiranda
    @felipeamiranda 4 роки тому +108

    REVIEW MEZZANINE BY MASSIVE ATTACK, I DARE YOU.

    • @finlaytroughton4180
      @finlaytroughton4180 4 роки тому +7

      Hiii PoWeR yes but I like blue lines a bit more but their both classics

    • @felipeamiranda
      @felipeamiranda 4 роки тому +3

      @@finlaytroughton4180 That album too, but i think Mezzanine can have a more in deph discussion, about the instrumentals, the progression of the tracks and THAT FUCKING INTRO of mezzanine

    • @Obsequie
      @Obsequie 4 роки тому +2

      I love that album, and was lucky enough to see the Mezzanine XX tour. It would be a great review.

  • @druidinary
    @druidinary 4 роки тому +41

    ‘Phoenix in Flames’ is what sold this album, and this band, to me. I think the artistry of that song is incredible. It sounds exactly like what the title describes. If you can listen to it and not find that imagery burning in your mind then I pity your imagination.

  • @Torbinsky
    @Torbinsky 2 роки тому +27

    I love this verse from Heaven in Her Arms
    "Death was just a simple glance across a dim lit room
    And those eyes did it
    Those three words did it
    Those three words killed him
    And I surrender to it all
    Between you and me, I surrender to you
    Forgive me for the sadness
    And the bringing of you down
    I just needed a lover and I needed a friend
    And there you were
    Running from forever like all the rest
    Three simple words bled me dry
    Three simple word bled us dry, bled us dry
    I love you"

    • @33Irishpride
      @33Irishpride 11 місяців тому +1

      At 45, to me this is still soul crushing.

  • @ryanbusse5374
    @ryanbusse5374 4 роки тому +53

    I would like to watch this review but every time he says a song title I just wanna listen to the record. One of the best produced albums of all time

  • @davidpalosika9721
    @davidpalosika9721 4 роки тому +35

    Who tf else had to re read the title to make sure this was real?????

  • @justinfromwfr
    @justinfromwfr 4 роки тому +105

    Melon looking like he's gonna show up to my front door to sell cookies

  • @potatoid-0158
    @potatoid-0158 4 роки тому +24

    At the Drive-In Relationship of Command review when

  • @SalmonTouchty
    @SalmonTouchty 4 роки тому +9

    Now you just need to review Botch - We Are The Romans and you’re cool

  • @quinnn4g
    @quinnn4g 4 роки тому +156

    When is he going to reveal his tattoo on his thigh that he thinks he’s hiding

    • @satiregoat41
      @satiregoat41 4 роки тому +3

      Just that One kid woah where do ya see that?

    • @quinnn4g
      @quinnn4g 4 роки тому +3

      Satire Goat he let it slip on his “peppa pig my first album review” well cal slipped it

    • @d.samara9378
      @d.samara9378 4 роки тому

      Didn't know biceps are thighs.

    • @quierovacaciones
      @quierovacaciones 4 роки тому

      @@d.samara9378 yeah, my bad

    • @fishridefish
      @fishridefish 4 роки тому

      Had them sailors on his thighs, when he lit he show 'em

  • @josephhall5635
    @josephhall5635 11 місяців тому +3

    Your didn't give it a score?
    I'm at 9/10.
    This album was the equivalent of a therapist to me in middle/high school.

  • @michaelpurnell5203
    @michaelpurnell5203 4 роки тому +30

    Finally! Converge is legendary

  • @MetalRush666
    @MetalRush666 4 роки тому +22

    Bannon's vocals are a mouthful of hell. Absolute classic record that stands the test of time and forever will.

  • @Scyber_Official
    @Scyber_Official 4 роки тому +15

    In 2002 I saw Converge open for Hatebreed. During the opening bands, the tension between metalheads and hardcore/breakdown kids was so intense that Converge started a riot when they hit the stage. They got a 7 year ban from from the venue and my local hardcore scene boycotted the venue they played.

  • @fbmrecords6896
    @fbmrecords6896 4 роки тому +62

    m'damn finger smashed that like button so fast bruh

  • @riffinpeace6667
    @riffinpeace6667 4 роки тому +15

    Botch - We Are The Romans review!

  • @crunchysoupp
    @crunchysoupp Рік тому +10

    It's actually low key insane just how consistent Converge are.

  • @SnapCrackleawsome
    @SnapCrackleawsome 4 роки тому +31

    "That fat nerd who looks like a turtle" - Nate Newton

  • @benarchist
    @benarchist 4 роки тому +25

    Not only is this band amazing but they’re responsible for Every Time I Die’s existence so I am forever in debt to them because of that

  • @danpro4519
    @danpro4519 4 роки тому +90

    It doesn't matter if I've largely "moved on" from metal music. I always come back to Jane Doe and my wife finds me thrashing in the living room.

    • @ijustgotreallystoned638
      @ijustgotreallystoned638 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah I only go back to metal VERY rarely but this is the album I go back to the most.

    • @fargoflagrant7796
      @fargoflagrant7796 4 роки тому +17

      ok boomer

    • @ijustgotreallystoned638
      @ijustgotreallystoned638 4 роки тому +25

      @@fargoflagrant7796 HAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YOH SAID OK BOOMER 😎😳😳😏 TOU ARE A FUCKUNG CONEDY GENIUS🤣🤣🤣🤣😜 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH IM IN FUCKING HYSTERJCS RIGHT NKW 😛😛🙏😂👊 READY IM GONNA SAY A HILARIOUS JOKE... OK BOM MEER!!!!?! HAHAHAHAHAAAHHAAHHAHHAHAAHHAAHAH I JUST SAKD A FUNNY OK BOMMER😎😎😎😎😭😭😏🤣 HAHAHAHAHS LAUGH AT IT RIGHT FUCLING NOW 😳😘🗿 OT I WILL CHEMICALLY CASTRATE YOH

    • @Devin_Art
      @Devin_Art 4 роки тому +20

      @@ijustgotreallystoned638 christ

    • @torstenatterberg5788
      @torstenatterberg5788 4 роки тому +25

      how tf you move on from metal? I need metal to live lmao

  • @ragehbalayah1016
    @ragehbalayah1016 4 роки тому +8

    The last song is one of the best closers of any album

  • @cason3547
    @cason3547 4 роки тому +75

    2001 was an underrated great year in metal with this classic, SoaD’s Toxicity, Slipknot’s Iowa and Tool’s Lateralus

    • @MrHotmilo
      @MrHotmilo 4 роки тому +5

      Big agree. The variety of those records speaks volumes of the creative boom in metal that year.

    • @michaelpurnell5203
      @michaelpurnell5203 4 роки тому +34

      Opeth’s Blackwater Park as well. Definitely an iconic year

    • @MrHotmilo
      @MrHotmilo 4 роки тому +10

      Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia. Another solid, memorable album imo

    • @mindful2864
      @mindful2864 4 роки тому +5

      Can't forget Sodom's M-16, one of the greatest thrash metal albums.

    • @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield
      @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield 4 роки тому +1

      Damad's "Burning Cold" is also ferocious as fuck. As well as a forerunner to the sludge scene from Savannah, Georgia.

  • @FloatingFireworks
    @FloatingFireworks 4 роки тому +25

    "Hmmm, yeah but Jane Doe is still the better record."

  • @tillwompsonvevo
    @tillwompsonvevo 4 роки тому +98

    possibly the best metal record of the century so far

    • @nicofromtheweb4891
      @nicofromtheweb4891 4 роки тому +1

      century is pretty new so ..

    • @dekaiaverett3265
      @dekaiaverett3265 4 роки тому +33

      Random Anonym that doesn’t make the statement invalid

    • @varunnarain50
      @varunnarain50 4 роки тому +1

      Ehh, while I personally disagree, I'll buy it for this album.

    • @phantommagnolia
      @phantommagnolia 4 роки тому +4

      lmao

    • @rashotcake6945
      @rashotcake6945 4 роки тому +8

      William Thompson looking at all the other great metal albums this century, like dopethrone, blackwater park, lateralus, ashes against the grain, etc, I still think Jane Doe is my favorite, so I agree. None of those albums have the same full of energy, no bullshit sound that Jane Doe has.

  • @codyl2181
    @codyl2181 4 роки тому +46

    Fantano: Classic review of Jane Doe
    Everybody liked that

  • @blendernoob64
    @blendernoob64 4 роки тому +27

    Converge is my favorite metal band and Jane Doe is freaking badass! Though No Heroes is my favorite Converge record right now (it changes every day) this is easily the moment metalcore became a respected genre. It's funny how so many people bash metalcore music because of Emmure or Asking Alexandria, without even knowing bands like Converge, Botch, Dillinger or Norma Jean exist.

    • @williamswartwood86
      @williamswartwood86 4 роки тому +1

      You fail me is their best don't @ me bro.

    • @Dead_ham
      @Dead_ham 4 роки тому

      @@williamswartwood86 ya it is.

    • @blendernoob64
      @blendernoob64 4 роки тому +3

      William Swartwood that one is also awesome. Converge doesn’t have a single bad or mediocre record.

    • @liorlior1998
      @liorlior1998 4 роки тому +1

      Also All shall perish

    • @Dead_ham
      @Dead_ham 4 роки тому +3

      @@liorlior1998 That band is awful.

  • @evanmoses8669
    @evanmoses8669 4 роки тому +35

    classic review request: Helmet - Meantime, or Korn - Korn.

    • @HumFan
      @HumFan 4 роки тому +2

      Helmet is so good but I like Betty more

  • @davidrosalesfernandez1018
    @davidrosalesfernandez1018 4 роки тому +8

    An absolute 10/10 in my book. Heavier than most metal albums.

  • @thegroove14
    @thegroove14 4 роки тому +13

    Where’s the classic review for the Rugrats Movie soundtrack?

  • @excho
    @excho 4 роки тому +8

    *DEATH TO*
    *TRAITORS*
    *COWARDS*
    *EMPTY WORDS*
    My favourite part of the album! ♥

  • @HybridxReality
    @HybridxReality 4 роки тому +13

    Was blown away when I first listened to Jane Doe. An absolute CALASSIC.

  • @Raxer112
    @Raxer112 3 роки тому +9

    This album turns 20 years this September. You should try to reach out to the members of Converge and talk with them about this album!

  • @spoonmanvlogs5386
    @spoonmanvlogs5386 4 роки тому +38

    Review “Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished”, “Diary”, “Soundtracks for the Blind”, “A Promise”, and “Spiritual Unity” please

  • @knyazshyshkin
    @knyazshyshkin 4 роки тому +8

    I hope you review Soundtracks for the Blind someday 👁️

  • @33Irishpride
    @33Irishpride 11 місяців тому +6

    I play this for people who have never heard it before and they are usually surprised it was released in ‘01. I can’t call it metal core. It’s truly on its own. Regardless of genre it’s one of the best records ever created.

    • @angel_of_rust
      @angel_of_rust 10 місяців тому +2

      it is metalcore, but it's the Baldur's Gate 3 of metalcore in that its level of intensity and musicianship can't be matched by anything else in the genre.

  • @cason3547
    @cason3547 4 роки тому +111

    Wait this isn’t My Chemical Romance

  • @conkcreet1718
    @conkcreet1718 4 роки тому +24

    While Jane Doe is great, Petitioning The Empty Sky will always be a personal fav of mine

  • @cador6169
    @cador6169 4 роки тому +9

    best hardcore/metal record ever, hands down

  • @clinerollins
    @clinerollins 4 роки тому +36

    Now he has to review We Are The Romans

    • @gabeb.3733
      @gabeb.3733 4 роки тому +1

      ThePaperPrince YES

    • @r0bj0b
      @r0bj0b 4 роки тому +1

      At that time Botch was my jam for sure.

  • @danieloux
    @danieloux 4 роки тому +7

    That record is a beautiful work of art and I will forever have it close to my heart , its that good after all this years.

  • @superhomsar2112
    @superhomsar2112 4 роки тому +24

    maybe the best thing about this album for me is how the title track ends. the vast majority of the album is so aggressive and angry, save for the last few minutes of it, which are extremely melodic and give off this huge sense of melancholy. shit gets me emotional

    • @CausticSpace
      @CausticSpace 4 роки тому +4

      I mean the Album is literally about how Jacob wanted to kill himself

    • @AsAugustSleeps
      @AsAugustSleeps 2 роки тому +4

      The final track might be the best ending to an album of all time.

  • @curtisfarley4281
    @curtisfarley4281 4 роки тому +6

    I’ve seen them twice, amd got to speak with Jake Bannon both times. He is such a fucking cool dude. Goddamn planets collide as soon as he opens his mouth on stage. This album and PTES were what got me into them, and now they are my all time favorite band.

  • @GenericNameems
    @GenericNameems 4 роки тому +8

    when are you gonna review drive like jehu

  • @Pianistic_Jade
    @Pianistic_Jade 4 роки тому +16

    Waiting for Ladies and gentlemen we're floating in space

  • @williamswartwood86
    @williamswartwood86 4 роки тому +43

    Thaw is one of the best songs ever made, honestly if I were to ever kill a man the moment better have Thaw playing as a back drop I swear.

    • @michaelrieman5297
      @michaelrieman5297 4 роки тому +3

      William Swartwood that’s homewrecker for me but you can’t miss with this record

    • @simongander3089
      @simongander3089 4 роки тому +1

      Absolutely.

    • @williamswartwood86
      @williamswartwood86 4 роки тому

      @@michaelrieman5297 homewrecker would be my runner up murder soundtrack, Thaw just fits that whole crazed mentality feeling that would be necessary for me to ever take a life, like shit would have to be so far off the rails, and that's what Thaw feels like to me. Homewrecker is like the spiteful/revenge murder song, a murder from someone killing your lover or something. But Thaw is the oh shit they finally snapped sort of murder hahaha

  • @ChristopherHari
    @ChristopherHari 4 роки тому +2

    While this is a good video, it is no Demon Days by Gorillaz

  • @shubtakesdubs5395
    @shubtakesdubs5395 4 роки тому +6

    glad to see you decided to review this album. Truly one of the most savage, devastating experiences i've had musically. It's honestly like being shot by a bullet of pure sorrow and catharsis.

  • @maximus5060
    @maximus5060 4 роки тому +6

    I was thinking about 1980s when he said 20 years ago.

  • @UggMugg7
    @UggMugg7 4 роки тому +8

    One of my fav's. Glad you decided to do this one so more people can hopefully find Converge.

  • @ianhalbert2539
    @ianhalbert2539 4 роки тому +5

    Even though I’m not a huge fan of metal core mostly because of the vocals, my favorite aspect of this album are the drums. The rhythms and patterns are insane.

  • @birdbrain4445
    @birdbrain4445 4 роки тому +6

    As you can probably tell, this is one of my favourite albums bar none. It's aged so gracefully, it sounds amazing, the songwriting is impeccable, the flow is perfect, the performances are tight and (unbelievably) intense, it's really emotionally intense and visceral, it's remarkably diverse and dynamic... it's truly a one of a kind album that inhabits 'must hear before you die' territory.

  • @junkawakami3193
    @junkawakami3193 4 роки тому +5

    Converge, especially Kurt Ballou are friggin monsters at this kind of music

  • @leerobbo92
    @leerobbo92 4 роки тому +5

    This album's so important to me. Before listening to this, the heaviest thing I was listening to at the time was Killswitch Engage. Tried Homewrecker and the title track after seeing it was the album of the decade on some list, and *absolutely hated* them (didn't get 2 minutes into the title track, thank God).
    Dunno why, but a few weeks later I forced myself to listen to it as a full album rather than separate tracks, in case I was missing something. By Hell to Pay I'd stopped everything I was doing, Phoenix in Flight had given me full body chills, and I was welling up at the end of Jane Doe. Changed everything for me. This has got to be listened to as a full album.

    • @AsAugustSleeps
      @AsAugustSleeps 2 роки тому

      Completely agree. It’s a way different experience in full album form.

  • @greenman4502
    @greenman4502 4 роки тому +3

    Kind of dissapointed for the lack of insight you gave for the album. Didn't touch up on lyrics/poems and what kind of feelings the songs bring up apart from saying pretty much "yeah its hardcore converge man". How does a Kanye West album get a 22min review but this gets less than half of that

  • @prestonjarrett
    @prestonjarrett 4 роки тому +5

    As happy as I was to see this get reviewed, I was kind of disappointed that the only thing said about the title track was that it “tied the record together pretty nicely.”

  • @albertosanchezballesteros1271
    @albertosanchezballesteros1271 4 роки тому +5

    This album changed my perception of music and art in general. My absolute favourite from its decade.

  • @masonminor177
    @masonminor177 4 роки тому +3

    I would love to see a review of Alive or Just Breathing.

  • @lanceshepherd8039
    @lanceshepherd8039 4 роки тому +7

    would like to hear thoughts about Botch's We Are the Romans!!!

  • @AlexUpatov
    @AlexUpatov 4 роки тому +4

    Blood Brothers one day 🙏

  • @lizana6337
    @lizana6337 4 роки тому +7

    I ALMOST JUMPED WHEN I SAW THE NOTIFICATION I LOVE YOU MELON

  • @gregwoodin5630
    @gregwoodin5630 4 роки тому +5

    Jane Doe is one of the rawest, emotional, crushingly heavy records of all time. How it manages to deliver such an incessant, chaotic onslaught while still packing the feels is incredible.

  • @nkezeife
    @nkezeife 4 роки тому +8

    The album that started my journey into heavy music.

  • @warrenburger9907
    @warrenburger9907 4 роки тому +7

    I love Jane Doe, but my favorite Converge material has got to be from The Poacher Diaries. Sure, it's a split, but they cover a TON of ground between those songs. My Great Devastator is a sonic masterpiece and, to this day, is one of the most moving pieces of heavy music from my youth.

  • @tyjakejer
    @tyjakejer 4 роки тому +6

    No Hope, No Love
    Is how I’m gonna feel if you don’t do Songs in the Key of Life this week

  • @carlosq1020
    @carlosq1020 4 роки тому +5

    Best extreme music album of all time

  • @BlueCliff72
    @BlueCliff72 4 роки тому +2

    What's that sludge metal record at 6:21? It's not showing up on RYM's chart for the 2000's. And googIing "sludge metal album cover man factory red black" didn't help either. I'm trying guys. Halp :(

  • @mikowl5713
    @mikowl5713 4 роки тому +6

    2020 starting with a review of Converge - Jane Doe, I am okay with this

  • @TheMetalTempestYT
    @TheMetalTempestYT 4 роки тому +2

    Hell yeah! Metal!

  • @ashlowe2217
    @ashlowe2217 4 роки тому +10

    I just listened to this album for the first time like 3 days ago

  • @KayosWONER
    @KayosWONER 4 роки тому +5

    Converge - Jane Doe probably the best hardcore of the 00s this album was HUGE For me!

  • @blossomingbeelzebub
    @blossomingbeelzebub 4 роки тому +6

    Really glad to see this reviewed by you, Melon! Such a great album.

  • @shai4129
    @shai4129 4 роки тому +2

    please for the love of god and all things holy do a classic review on Prowler In The Yard by Pig Destroyer (or Terrifyer if you feel like it i dunno...)

  • @mavisevelyn618
    @mavisevelyn618 3 роки тому +8

    Fantastic review, but I feel like you undersold the emotional aspect of this album a little bit. Yes it is crushing and heavy and chaotic and abrasive, but for me this album is one of the most vulnerable and sorrowful records ever made. Obviously you can't make out the lyrics very well, but the poems that each song was based on tell the story of a toxic relationship that eventually ended with a breakup, and even if it is hard to tell what the lyrics are when listening, the emotion certainly comes through in the vocals. Easily my favorite album ever.

    • @zilttsep6273
      @zilttsep6273 3 роки тому

      Mate it's livejournal lyrics. Let's not kid ourselves here. The album is gold but the lyrics and certain vocal passages are by far and away the weakest aspects.

    • @mavisevelyn618
      @mavisevelyn618 3 роки тому +1

      @@zilttsep6273 I guess we’ve got to agree to disagree. Converge lyrics are amazing, and so are the vocals

  • @alejoparedes2388
    @alejoparedes2388 4 роки тому +9

    Metalthony Coretano
    Sorry, I'm new here

  • @XiLeGaming360
    @XiLeGaming360 4 роки тому +4

    Undoubtedly one of my favorite albums of all time. Possibly even my favorite. Really stoked that you finally gave it a classic review, I’ve been wondering when this day would come lol

  • @alexbutler9343
    @alexbutler9343 4 роки тому +4

    the production on this album is what makes it next level, it just makes you want to blast it as loud as possible and it sounds so abrasive without actually being literally painful.. Metalcore albums trying to copy this sound were a dime a dozen in the mid 2000s but none could replicate it. And that's nothing to say about the songwriting which borders on powerviolence at times. Best tracks are Concubine, Homewrecker and Thaw.

  • @ghost.7135
    @ghost.7135 4 роки тому +40

    Need a classic review on the Persona 5 OST

    • @AnjeIlo
      @AnjeIlo 4 роки тому

      feargm when🥺🥺🥺?

    • @666slateran666
      @666slateran666 4 роки тому +1

      Persona 3 and 4s soundtracks are better though

    • @sunnyenno9468
      @sunnyenno9468 4 роки тому

      You'll never see it...

    • @AnjeIlo
      @AnjeIlo 4 роки тому

      666slateran666 ☹️

  • @sammo2560
    @sammo2560 4 роки тому +5

    the title track of this album is one of the most haunting songs I’ve ever heard. Love this entire album, Dillinger are my favourite metalcore band but this is hands down my favourite metalcore album.

    • @AsAugustSleeps
      @AsAugustSleeps 2 роки тому +2

      Literally gave me chills the first time I heard it. It felt like I was having an out of body experience.

  • @Jack-pp2ng
    @Jack-pp2ng 4 роки тому +3

    Do a review of botch we are the romans

  • @Smoovkillalot
    @Smoovkillalot 4 роки тому +48

    Melon I’m here to tell you that you’ve been drafted