When Forever Comes Crashing

When Forever Comes Crashing
Studio album by Converge
Released	April 14, 1998
Recorded	December 22, 1997 – January 3, 1998
Studio	God City Studio
Genre	Metalcore hardcore punk
Length	39:28
Label	Equal Vision
Producer	Steve Austin Converge
Converge chronology
Caring and Killing (1997) When Forever Comes Crashing (1998) Y2K EP (1999)
Alternative cover
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
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 (Unreleased Demo Version)"	1:27
Total length:		40:55

Personnel

Converge Kurt Ballou – guitars, vocals Jacob Bannon – vocals Aaron Dalbec – guitars Damon Bellorado – drum kit Steve Brodsky – bass guitar Nate Newton – bass guitar (track 12) Ben Koller - drums (track 12) Additional musicians Steve Brodsky – guitar on "Ten Cents" 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