''When Forever Comes Crashing'' is the third studio album by American

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band

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, on April 14, 1998, through

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Background and recording

The album was recorded at God City Studio from 22 December through 3 January 1998.

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, 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 (not to be confused with

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and

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fame), 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

. Shortly after the release of Converge's 2004 album '' You Fail Me'' through

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, Equal Vision reissued remasters of '' Petitioning the Empty Sky'' and ''When Forever Comes Crashing''. The updated version of ''When Forever Comes Crashing'' featured new artwork from

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frontman

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, production work from Converge's

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in addition to Mike Poorman and Alan Douches, and a demo version of "Bitter and Then Some" as a bonus track. The liner notes also contain the second part of the essay written by the "Aggressive Tendencies" columnist and editor of the Canadian online magazine ''

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'', Chris Gramlich. The first part of the essay is found on the ''Petitioning the Empty Sky'' remaster. In 2006, Jacob Bannon's

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released 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

Personnel

Converge * Jacob Bannon – vocals *

– guitar, vocals * Aaron Dalbec – guitar * Steve Brodsky – bass guitar, guitar (track 8) * Damon Bellorado – drum kit Additional musicians *Travis Shettel –

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on "Letterbomb" Production and recording history * Steve Austin – mixing, engineer, producer * Kurt Ballou – mixing, engineer, electronics * Jacob Bannon – mixing * Dean Baltulonis – digital editingGuest 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

References

{{Authority control Converge (band) albums 1998 albums 2005 albums Equal Vision Records albums Albums with cover art by Aaron Turner