Petitioning the Empty Sky
| Band | |
|---|---|
| Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
| Released | 1996 |
| Genres | Metalcore, Hardcore Punk |
| Labels | Ferret Music |
| Length | 44:18 |
| Ranked | #218 for 1996 , #9,224 all-time |
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Petitioning the Empty Sky Information
Track listing (Songs)
| title | rating | votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Saddest Day | 7:05 | 77.5 | 2 | |
| 2. | Forsaken | 2:20 | 75 | 2 | |
| 3. | Albatross | 1:49 | 77.5 | 2 | |
| 4. | Dead | 3:05 | 75 | 2 | |
| 5. | Shingles | 4:13 | 70 | 1 | |
| 6. | Buried But Breathing | 1:11 | 70 | 1 | |
| 7. | Farewell Note to This City | 5:20 | 75 | 1 | |
| 8. | Color Me Blood Red | 3:57 | 75 | 1 |
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Line-up (members)
- Jacob Bannon : Vocals
- Kurt Ballou : Bass (track 1), Guitars, Backing Vocals
- Aaron Dalbec : Guitars (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 9-11)
- Jeff Feinburg : Bass
- Damon Bellorado : Drums
- Steve Brodsky : Bass (track 12)
Mastered at Max Trax.
Tracks 9-1, 9-2 & 10-1 were recorded live at WJUL on the air August 1995.
This CD has been re-released by Equal Vision Records in 1998.
Tracks 9-1, 9-2 & 10-1 were recorded live at WJUL on the air August 1995.
This CD has been re-released by Equal Vision Records in 1998.
Petitioning the Empty Sky Lists
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Petitioning the Empty Sky Reviews
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Date : Feb 13, 2023
Converge’s debut album was a rough, underwhelming and poorly mixed mess that had some good ideas on display, but just wasn’t executed well. The sophomore Petitioning the Empty Sky is much more favorably received and fixes some of the issues from before, namely the terrible production.
The album is much more concise and consistent, and delivers a great show of energy found both in the rhythm section and the dissonant riffs. It’s got an odd mix of short Punk-length songs and Prog-length compositions, and displays a good amount of variation and growth throughout. The vocals unfortunately remain terrible and I can’t make out a word here.
It’s fine, but it doesn’t grip me as much as others I’m afraid. No memorable riffs on top of a gruelingly bad vocal performance makes the relisten factor very low.
The album is much more concise and consistent, and delivers a great show of energy found both in the rhythm section and the dissonant riffs. It’s got an odd mix of short Punk-length songs and Prog-length compositions, and displays a good amount of variation and growth throughout. The vocals unfortunately remain terrible and I can’t make out a word here.
It’s fine, but it doesn’t grip me as much as others I’m afraid. No memorable riffs on top of a gruelingly bad vocal performance makes the relisten factor very low.
Petitioning the Empty Sky Comments
(3)
Jul 8, 2019
Smells like benchmarking spirit(i.e. Slayer), yet having profound potential to make progress. Jane Doe wasn't came out of blue. The Saddest Day is their early masterpiece.
1 like
Jul 17, 2016
케이오틱 하드코어를 좋아하는 사람으로써 상당히 괜찮았던 작품이었다. 가면 갈수록 집중력이 떨어져가는건 사실이지만 이들의 광기는 몸서리치게 만든다.
May 11, 2013
noise, psycho a neviem čo s otrasným spevom, sem-tam svetlé hudobné momenty, ale inak slabota
Converge Discography
| Album | Type | Release date | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Converge | EP | 1992 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Halo in a Haystack | Album | 1994 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
| ▶ Petitioning the Empty Sky | Album | 1996 | 67.5 | 4 | 1 |
| When Forever Comes Crashing | Album | Apr 14, 1998 | 50 | 2 | 0 |
| Y2K | EP | 1999 | 60 | 1 | 0 |
| Jane Doe | Album | Sep 4, 2001 | 95.3 | 20 | 0 |
| You Fail Me | Album | Sep 21, 2004 | 78.6 | 7 | 0 |
| No Heroes | Album | Oct 24, 2006 | 84.2 | 6 | 1 |
| Axe to Fall | Album | Oct 20, 2009 | 87.7 | 15 | 1 |
| All We Love We Leave Behind | Album | Oct 9, 2012 | 92.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Live At the BBC | EP | Feb 18, 2014 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Jane Live | Live | Mar 3, 2017 | - | 0 | 0 |
| The Dusk in Us | Album | Nov 3, 2017 | 89.6 | 14 | 1 |
| Beautiful Ruin | EP | Jun 29, 2018 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Bloodmoon: I | Album | Nov 19, 2021 | - | 0 | 0 |
| The Poacher Diaries | EP | Mar 18, 2022 | - | 0 | 0 |
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