Converge

Head Off

The Hellacopters ·2008

"Helicopters' Head Off. This was their farewell record. It's all covers and one of them is a Dead Moon cover, Rescue. I love Dead Moon and I love that song. I think their version's better. This was bittersweet for me when it came out because they were breaking up, you know, they were one of my favorite rock and roll bands in the world."

Wrong

NoMeansNo ·1989

"All right, No Means No, Wrong. I don't even know where to start talking about this record because I love it so much. There was nothing else like this before this band. This was a game-changing record for me."

Best Wishes

Cro-Mags ·1989

"This is Cro-Mags Best Wishes, the album that everybody should be talking about when they talk about the Cro-Mags. To me, it's a brilliant crossover album. It connected with me like no other crossover metallic hardcore record of that era did."

Embrace

Embrace ·1987

"Much like that Embrace record, this record really shaped the way I view the world."

Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs

Marty Robbins ·1959

"This was the first record I ever owned in my life. My dad gave me this record when I was like five, and it was his copy from when he was a kid. And I still have that copy, and I love this record."

Pre-Historic Metal

Darkthrone ·2026

"I'm a super fan of Fenriz. I respect him greatly. He's a fantastic artist. He's a savant, a true super fan of all things music, and I love what art comes out of him through that."

Red

King Crimson ·1974

"I listen to this record all the time still, and every single time I'm like, how the [__] did they do this in 1974? Like, how? This is music written by people who are real musicians, not like us."

Those Once Loyal

Bolt Thrower ·2005

"This record is their last record before they lost their drummer and essentially stopped existing as a current band. They also made a choice with this record that this was the perfect Bolt Thrower album that was ever recorded or written and there was no reason to write any more music after this record."

Bridge of Sighs

Robin Trower ·2024

"Robin Trower, Bridge of Sighs. This record is probably him perfecting what he was going for on Twice Removed and the title track Bridge of Sighs. You like heavy riffs? That's the one."

20 Jazz Funk Greats

Throbbing Gristle ·1979

"Throbbing Gristle, 20 Jazz Funk Greats with no jazz, no funk, no fun, zero fun. I love it. No one else I know wants to hear this when I put this on and that's their problem."

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Gil Scott-Heron ·1974

"I was turned on to Gil Scott Heron by PBS when I was like 15 years old and I saw a video of him reciting The Revolution Will Not Be Televised just walking down the street and it was so charismatic. It just drew me in and I had to know what this guy was about. Much like that Embrace record, this record really shaped the way I view the world."