When Forever Comes Crashing

1998 studio album by Converge

Studio album by

Converge

Released

April 14, 1998 (original)
March 22, 2005 (remaster)

Recorded

December 22, 1997 – January 3, 1998

Studio

God City (Salem, Mass.)

Genre

Metalcore^[1]
hardcore punk^[2]

Length

39:28

Label

Equal Vision

Producer

Steve Austin
Converge

Converge chronology

Petitioning the Empty Sky
(1996)

When Forever Comes Crashing
(1998)

The Poacher Diaries
(1999)

Alternative cover

2005 remaster artwork by Aaron Turner.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Punknews.org	link
Sputnikmusic	link
Terrorizer	^[4]

When Forever Comes Crashing is the third studio album by American metalcore band Converge, on April 14, 1998, through Equal Vision Records.

Recording

The album was recorded at God City Studio from 22 December through 3 January 1998. Steve Austin of Today Is the Day, along with Converge, produced the album and also provided backup vocals on the track "The Lowest Common Denominator". Jay Randall, from Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Jeff Fineburg, Ben Cummings, Matt Pike (not to be confused with Matt Pike of Sleep and High on Fire fame), Grail Mortillaro, Ryan Parker and Tre McCarthy also appear as backing vocalists.

Release

When Forever Comes Crashing was originally released on April 14, 1998, through Equal Vision Records.

Shortly after the release of Converge's 2004 album You Fail Me through Epitaph Records, Equal Vision reissued remasters of Petitioning the Empty Sky and When Forever Comes Crashing. The updated version of When Forever Comes Crashing featured new artwork from Isis frontman Aaron Turner, production work from Converge's Kurt Ballou in addition to Mike Poorman and Alan Douches, and an demo version of "Bitter and Then Some" as a bonus track. The liner notes also contain the second part of the essay written by the "Aggressive Tendencies" columnist and editor of the Canadian online magazine Exclaim!, Chris Gramlich.^[5]^[6]^[7] The first part of the essay is found on the Petitioning the Empty Sky remaster.

In 2006, Jacob Bannon's Deathwish Inc. released a vinyl box set collection for the remasters of Petitioning the Empty Sky and When Forever Comes Crashing in a package dubbed Petitioning Forever.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Unsaid Everything"	3:23
2.	"The High Cost of Playing God"	4:17
3.	"In Harm's Way"	4:20
4.	"Conduit"	4:10
5.	"The Lowest Common Denominator"	3:53
6.	"Towing Jehovah"	2:20
7.	"When Forever Comes Crashing"	3:14
8.	"Ten Cents"	2:20
9.	"Year of the Swine"	3:47
10.	"Letterbomb"	3:47
11.	"Love as Arson"	3:22
Total length:		39:28

Equal Vision Records remaster CD (2005)
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Bitter and Then Some (Demo Version)"	1:27
Total length:		40:55

Personnel

Converge

Jacob Bannon – vocals
Kurt Ballou – guitar, vocals
Aaron Dalbec – guitar
Steve Brodsky – bass guitar, guitar (track 8)
Damon Bellorado – drum kit

Additional musicians

Travis Shettel – cymbal on "Letterbomb"

Production and recording history

Steve Austin – mixing, engineer, producer
Kurt Ballou – mixing, engineer, electronics
Jacob Bannon – mixing
Dean Baltulonis – digital editing

Guest musicians

Ben Cummings (Bane) – backing vocals
Grail Mortillaro – backing vocals
Jay Randall (Agoraphobic Nosebleed) – backing vocals
Jeff Feinburg – backing vocals
Matt Pike – backing vocals
Ryan Parker – backing vocals
Tre McCarthy – backing vocals

Artwork and design

Jacob Bannon – design
Grail Mortillaro - photography

References

^ "Converge Petitioning the Empty Sky / When Forever Comes Crashing". Retrieved 2017-04-08.
^ "Converge's Jake Bannon Revisits the Empty Sky and Crashing Forever". Noisecreep. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
^ "When Forever Comes Crashing – Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
^ Stewart-Panko, Kevin (August 1998). "Reviews". Terrorizer. No. 57. Scantec Publishing Ltd. p. 48.
^ Gramlich, Chris (2005). "Waiting on Forever: Part I". Petitioning the Empty Sky (Reissue) (CD booklet). Converge. Albany, New York: Equal Vision Records. EVR109.
^ Hughes, Josiah (January 1, 2002). "Review: Petitioning the Empty Sky / When Forever Comes Crashing". Prefix. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
^ "About Us". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
^ "Petitioning Forever – Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved August 1, 2010.