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Salem, Massachusetts, United States (1990 – present)
Converge is a 4-piece American band, formed in February of 1990 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Playing a blend of extreme metal and hardcore punk, this pioneer outfit helped define a lot of the rudiments of the fast-burgeoning metalcore and mathcore genres.
They first started by playing covers of hardcore, punk and heavy metal songs, being self-confessed “hardcore kids with leftover Slayer riffs”. The band soon graduated to playing live performances in 1991 after recording some demos on a 4-track recorder.
In their latter years, Converge have enjoyed relatively high levels of popularity despite the esoteric feel of their music and the substantial lack of media attention they receive. The extreme nature of their music, particularly the atonal vocals and often complicated finger-work of the guitar riffs make it difficult for some to appreciate this brand of metal. Later records have gradually become more extensively produced largely due to the maturation of their sound.
Converge’s influences range from hardcore punk bands, such as Black Flag, Negative Approach, The Accüsed, and Born Against; metal bands like Black Sabbath, Godflesh, Slayer, and Entombed; and proto-mathcore bands Starkweather and Rorschach. Jacob Bannon has also discussed an appreciation for and inspiration from grindcore on Earache Records, post-hardcore on Dischord Records; thrash metal, such as Suicidal Tendencies, Vio-Lence, and Death Angel, and post-punk groups, such as Depeche Mode and The Cure.
They first started by playing covers of hardcore, punk and heavy metal songs, being self-confessed “hardcore kids with leftover Slayer riffs”. The band soon graduated to playing live performances in 1991 after recording some demos on a 4-track recorder.
In their latter years, Converge have enjoyed relatively high levels of popularity despite the esoteric feel of their music and the substantial lack of media attention they receive. The extreme nature of their music, particularly the atonal vocals and often complicated finger-work of the guitar riffs make it difficult for some to appreciate this brand of metal. Later records have gradually become more extensively produced largely due to the maturation of their sound.
Converge’s influences range from hardcore punk bands, such as Black Flag, Negative Approach, The Accüsed, and Born Against; metal bands like Black Sabbath, Godflesh, Slayer, and Entombed; and proto-mathcore bands Starkweather and Rorschach. Jacob Bannon has also discussed an appreciation for and inspiration from grindcore on Earache Records, post-hardcore on Dischord Records; thrash metal, such as Suicidal Tendencies, Vio-Lence, and Death Angel, and post-punk groups, such as Depeche Mode and The Cure.
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Jane Doe
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Petitioning the Empty Sky
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HolyBlasphemy wrote:
I listened to Converge before they were even a band.
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cody-fm wrote:
he's just trying to be the most indie
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GregOfTheOcean wrote:
crackity likes the sound of recording using a pringles can as a contact mic
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MotherOfMother wrote:
гавно ваш конвердж
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ConeyAllen wrote:
Converge, Y U NO TOUR CALIFORNIA?
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crackityjones66 wrote:
Halo in a Haystack > Petitioning the Empty Sky > Jane Doe > Axe to Fall > everything else.
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HolyBlasphemy wrote:
Egrevnoc
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JoeyIsntDead wrote:
Converge
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TheMukeyMu wrote:
whatever pitchfork rate the highest converge album....is best album!!!
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GregOfTheOcean wrote:
ratings are balls
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CorkyNightmares wrote:
every time you justify, another good in you dies.
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ratwings wrote:
>Jordov wrote:yesterday afternoon When Forever Comes Crashing>You Fail Me>Petitioning The Empty Sky>No Heroes>Jane Doe>Axe to Fall, Imo< Orange fox to deitrus. Orange fox to deitrus. The egg has been located. I repeat, we've got it, over.
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Synen wrote:
Converge >
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ArkAwn wrote:
ahahahahah rating ATF above JD
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Owantjaaaa wrote:
You Fail Me>Axe To Fall>No Heroes>WFCC>PTES>Jane Doe
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Jordov wrote:
When Forever Comes Crashing>You Fail Me>Petitioning The Empty Sky>No Heroes>Jane Doe>Axe to Fall, Imo.
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cody-fm wrote:
i can get down with that
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Scintillante wrote:
and their earlier albums have some of my favorite songs but they're inconsistent and not in the same league as newer stuff
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Scintillante wrote:
you fail me > jane doe > axe to fall > no heroes
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cometbus wrote:
best dog barking around
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The Met, Pawtucket, RI, United States
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Ottobar, Baltimore MD, United States
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The Lost Horizon, Syracuse, United States
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News
IRONS (J. Bannon, Dwid Hellion, Stephen Kasner) song "Letting Go" on MMX: T
19 Apr 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/converge
IRONS (J. Bannon, Dwid Hellion, Stephen Kasner) debut song
"Letting Go" available now on MMX: The Deathwish FREE Spring
Sampler: http://deathwishinc.com/news/#510
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IRONS (J. Bannon, Dwid Hellion, Stephen Kasner) song "Letting Go" on MMX: T
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