Converge
Converge | |
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Vocalist Bannon live (2014) |
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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
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
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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)
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
- Twin Terror Split-7 "with Overcast (1995)
- Among the Dead We Pray for Light Split-7 "with Coalesce (Edison Recordings / Life Records , 1997)
- The Poacher Diaries Split with Agoraphobic Nosebleed ( Relapse Records , 1999)
- Deeper the Wound (split album with Hellchild) (Deathwish Inc., 2001)
- In These Black Days: Volume 2 Split-7 "with Brutal Truth (Hydra Head Records, 1997) ( Black Sabbath Tribute)
- Split 7 "with Dropdead (self-published, 2011)
- Converge / Napalm Death (Split CD with Napalm Death , self-published, 2012)
Video albums
- The Long Road Home (Deathwish Inc., 2003)
swell
- ↑ about you fail me . nocturnalhall.de
- ↑ about no heroes . at laut.de
- ↑ about no heroes . metalnews.de
- ↑ arena.co.at
- ↑ Chart sources: Germany - UK - US