Engineered by Kurt Ballou at the band's longtime studio/practice spot God City, No Heroes shows the band exploring new sonic textures while still retaining the palpable energy they've become known for. While the album blazes out of the gate with the aptly titled Heartache, songs like Orphaned and the intense Plagues prove that breakneck speed and heaviness aren't necessarily interrelated, and when Converge lower the tempo, they're able to effortlessly transcend traditional notions of heaviness.