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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 and , this pioneer outfit helped define a lot of the rudiments of the fast-burgeoning and 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 . 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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  • modern_music

    1000 dollar

    Yesterday 1:35am Reply

  • xherojuanax

    Who's going to the sold out Brooklyn show this weekend? I'll buy your ticket. Name your price.

    21 May 12:11am Reply

  • nostalgia-rush

    clearly otherwise they would have quit upon seeing their actual fanbase

    20 May 8:21pm Reply

  • Treats4TheSOUL

    Converge dont give a fuck about this shoutbox.

    20 May 6:45pm Reply

  • modern_music

    protein deprivation

    20 May 12:06am Reply

  • hexah

    nah it's cool bro, I didn't take any offense to it lol

    19 May 11:51pm Reply

  • nostalgia-rush

    oh god that could have looked like a slight at you im sorry hex

    19 May 11:40pm Reply

  • hexah

    actually it's the doom metal fans that were causing the most ruckus in the orchid shoutbox. but yea, the skramz fans did get carried away (myself included).

    19 May 10:47pm Reply

  • nostalgia-rush

    well that does make sense since "tr00 sKraMz" attracts all of the faggotry in the world

    19 May 10:05pm Reply

  • xVictimOfADownx

    You're either new to this website or haven't frequented it enough if you honestly believe this is the worst shoutbox of Lastfm. [2] True.

    19 May 9:37pm Reply

  • hexah

    i remember when la dispute had a good shoutbox [2] #NEVA4GET

    19 May 4:14am Reply

  • hexah

    the orchid shoutbox is five times worse than this shoutbox, actually. you should have seen it last month, that was when it was at it's worst.

    19 May 4:14am Reply

  • melody-of-death

    You're either new to this website or haven't frequented it enough if you honestly believe this is the worst shoutbox of Lastfm.

    18 May 9:17pm Reply

  • lampard15

    хуитень какаята

    18 May 12:59pm Reply

  • rionka

    EMPTY ON THE INSIDE!!

    18 May 6:10am Reply

  • nostalgia-rush

    i remember when la dispute had a good shoutbox, but mods ruin every fucking good thing

    17 May 9:07pm Reply

  • nostalgia-rush

    it was really bad until i came. then it was atrocious

    17 May 9:06pm Reply

  • Flynner11

    Worst shoutbox on the whole website. Pity too, because Converge are excellent.

    17 May 4:54pm Reply

  • RockWinsFOAD

    @HomelessJazz Nah, not gonna lower myself to your level. Have a nice life.

    17 May 4:22pm Reply

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    17 May 12:02pm Reply
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