When Forever Comes Crashing
| When Forever Comes Crashing | ||||
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| Studio album by Converge | ||||
| Released | April 14, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | December 22, 1997 – January 3, 1998 | |||
| Studio | God City Studio | |||
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| Length | 39:28 | |||
| Label | Equal Vision | |||
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 2005 remaster artwork by Aaron Turner. |
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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, 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 reissue added a bonus track to the album (Bitter and Then Some (Unreleased Demo Version)) and bonus enhanced material (video of "When Forever Comes Crashing").
The album was reissued again in 2006 through Jacob Bannon's label Deathwish Inc. it was released as a vinyl box set collection for the remasters of Petitioning the Empty Sky and When Forever Comes Crashing in a package dubbed Petitioning Forever.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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) | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 12. | "Bitter and Then Some (Unreleased Demo Version)" | 1:27 |
| Total length: | 40:55 | |
Personnel
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Converge
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