Converge

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Converge
Vocalist Bannon live (2014)
Vocalist Bannon live (2014)
General information
origin Boston , United States
Genre (s) Hardcore punk , mathcore , grindcore
founding 1990
Website www.convergecult.com
Current occupation
singing
 Jacob Bannon
Ben Koller
Nate Newton
Kurt Ballou
former members
guitar
 Aaron Dalbec (1994-2001)
Drums
 Jon DiGiorgio (1999)
Drums
 Damon Bellorado (1991-1999)
bass
 Stephen Brodsky (1997-1998)
Guitar, bass
 Jeff Feinburg (1991-1997)
bass
 Erik Ralston (1993)

Converge is a hardcore punk - band from Boston , USA .

history

Newton on stage in 2005

Converge was founded in 1990. They are considered to be one of the most influential bands of the new school hardcore . Their extreme style combines hardcore with elements of metal , punk and grindcore , whereby it is characterized by complex, technically demanding instrumental parts and an aggressive vocal part with poetic lyrics.

The 2001 album Jane Doe is considered a milestone in the New School hardcore and refers to basic questions of human existence from a frustrated attitude. The motif of the subjective separation from society and its suggested values ​​and conveyed pseudo-hopes appear alongside existentialist themes.

The DVD The Long Road Home , released in 2003, contained live recordings that were mainly made by amateur filmmakers and not revised. With You Fail Me and No Heroes , albums that were widely acclaimed by the scene were released via Epitaph Records , which further consolidated the band's cult status.

In 2005 the albums Petitioning the Empty Sky and When Forever Comes Crashing were re-released, now in a cardboard slipcase. All tracks were remixed by guitarist Kurt Ballou.

The album Ax to Fall was released on October 20, 2009 in the USA and on October 23 in Europe. The band recently released a 7 "single called On My Shield , which is limited to 3000 copies and is only available on their European tour for the time being.

The album All We Love We Leave Behind was released on October 5, 2012, and The Dusk in Us album on January 15, 2017 .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
You fail me
  US 171 10/09/2004 (1 week)
No heroes
  US 151 11/11/2006 (1 week)
Ax to fall
  US 74 07/11/2009 (2 weeks)
All We Love We Leave Behind
  US 70 October 27, 2012 (1 week)
The Dusk in Us
  DE 79 11/10/2017 (1 week)
  UK 100 11/16/2017 (1 week)
  US 60 11/25/2017 (1 week)

Demos

  • Gravel (4-song demo, Independent, 1991)
  • Self-titled (FAR / Exchange Records, 1991)
  • Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Independent, 1992)
  • Dog Days (Demo, Independent, 1993)

Albums

  • Halo in a Haystack , (Earthmaker / Stolnacke, 1994)
  • Caring & Killing ( Hydra Head Records , 1996)
  • Petitioning the Empty Sky ( Equal Vision Records , 1997)
  • When Forever Comes Crashing (Equal Vision Records, 1998)
  • Jane Doe (Equal Vision Records, 2001)
  • You Fail Me (Epitaph Records, 2004)
  • No Heroes (Epitaph Records, 2006)
  • Ax to Fall (Epitaph Records, 2009)
  • All We Love We Leave Behind ( Deathwish , 2012)
  • The Dusk in Us (Epitaph and Deathwish, 2017)
Ballou at the Eurockéennes Festival 2007

Singles and EPs

  • Self Titled 7 " (Foundation America Records, 1995)
  • Unloved and Weeded Out 7 " (Orionquest / Heliotrope, 1995)
  • Petitioning the Empty Sky 7 " ( Ferret Records , 1996)
  • Downpour & Serial Killer 5 " (Ellington)
  • Y2K (Ferret Records, 1999)
  • Unloved and Weeded Out 4x7 " (Deathwish, 2003)
  • Petitioning Forever 7 " (Deathwish, 2006)
  • On My Shield 7 " (Deathwish, 2010)

Splits

Video albums

  • The Long Road Home (Deathwish Inc., 2003)

swell

  1. ↑ about you fail me . nocturnalhall.de
  2. ↑ about no heroes . at laut.de
  3. ↑ about no heroes . metalnews.de
  4. ↑ arena.co.at
  5. ↑ Chart sources: Germany - UK - US

Web links

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