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Not voidhanger but this is criminally unknown and traverses almost every genre imaginable, but usually finds its way back to metal/jazz/classical https://traun.bandcamp.com/

Yeah, I dug this one when I watched it last year. Brought some decent ideas to the genre.

Watched a movie on Amazon Prime last night called “Butterfly Kisses.” Came out in 2018 and it’s basically a “found footage movie of a guy who finds footage.” Focuses on a urban legend called the “Blink Man.” Basically if you stare down this tunnel for an hour, the Blink Man appears and every time you blink he gets closer and closer. It was fairly original and had a pretty good amount of suspense. Definitely recommend checking it out if you’re into found footage at all.

I don't like commenting negative things, but it's not really Converge to me. I definitely agree with the above that it would have benefited by having a different name. It doesn't feel like the same band. Songs are soft and wishy-washy, many are too repetitive (Failure Forever a big example to me, I can't stand the cloying melody on it). I dunno. I don't like it, as someone who has been listening to Converge for a long time, and who considered them my favorite band for over a decade now. I always thought Chelsea Wolfe made (subjectively) uninteresting music and that sort of writing style leaked into this album big-time. Some people like that, I don't. WYW and Blood From The Soul already wore me thin with feeling either way too long-winded and soft to me (former) or phoned in (latter)... at least the Umbra Vitae LP was good. I did pre-order it the moment it was announced but ended up cancelling the pre-order (which I don't enjoy doing) because I couldn't see myself doing anything else except selling it when I got it. A big shame, to me, and certainly not expecting anytime soon to get new harsh Converge material. Oh well! I won't go on more because I hate being negative about independent non-radio-fodder music. I can tell the project has passion, but it just does not sit well with me. Should've not been billed as Converge.

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