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| | Converge: No Heroes - PopMatters Music Review |
 | | It’s a tired joke, but it couldn’t be more apt when describing the predicament faced by any metal or hardcore band that is saddled with the burden of following up an earth-shattering, genre-defining album. |
 | | Produced, engineered, and mixed entirely by Ballou, the first time he’s ever done so for Converge, No Heroes is a marked change from the claustrophobic You Fail Me, the abrasion rivaling the work of Steve Albini, but the guitar tones just warm and spacious enough to draw listeners in more. |
 | | Yet another astonishing album by a band seemingly incapable of recording a dud, it’s the finest metal/hardcore crossover album of 2006, one that refuses to be lumped in any category, save for one, that it’s nothing more than classic Converge. |
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