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Converge

US metalcore band

Formed in 1990

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Converge is an American hardcore band formed by vocalist and artist Jacob Bannon and guitarist and producer Kurt Ballou in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1990. While recording their landmark fourth album Jane Doe in 2001, the group became a four-piece with the departure of guitarist Aaron Dalbec and the addition of bassist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller. This lineup has remained intact since. The members have also been involved in various side-projects and collaborations, including the bands Supermachiner (Bannon), Old Man Gloom (Newton), and Mutoid Man (Koller). With their extremely aggressive and boundary-pushing sound, rooted in hardcore and heavy metal, they are pioneers of metalcore and its subgenre mathcore.

Converge rose to prominence with Jane Doe, which was ranked the best album of 2001 by Terrorizer, the best album of the decade by Sputnikmusic, and later the 61st-best metal album of all time by Rolling Stone. After, they moved from Equal Vision Records to the larger label Epitaph Records, and their record production became more elaborate and expensive. Special releases are often handled by Deathwish Inc., established by Bannon in 1999. Their latest releases are their first full-length collaboration, Bloodmoon: I (2021) with Chelsea Wolfe and the albums Love Is Not Enough and Hum of Hurt (both 2026). According to AllMusic, they are "regarded as one of the most original and innovative bands to emerge from the punk underground".

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Converge est un groupe de metalcore américain, originaire de Salem, dans le Massachusetts formé par le chanteur et artiste Jacob Bannon et le guitariste et producteur Kurt Ballou. C'est avec leur album Jane Doe que Converge s'impose sur la scène metalcore internationale.

Les « visuels » du groupe (pochettes d'albums, livrets...) sont créés par le chanteur Jacob Bannon, qui conçoit également celle d'autres groupes de son propre label Deathwish Inc. comme As I Lay Dying, Killing the Dream, et The Blinding Light. Il commence parallèlement à commercialiser ses œuvres graphiques. Bannon gère un autre label, Icarus Imprint, sur lequel il sort des choses plus expérimentales que sur DeathWish, ce dernier étant réservé aux productions hardcore « efficaces ».

Chaque membre du groupe joue dans d'autres formations : Jacob Bannon avec son projet solo Dear Lover, Kurt Ballou est producteur au sein de son Godcity Studio, Nate Newton avec le groupe stoner hardcore Doomriders ainsi que le groupe de post-hardcore Old Man Gloom, et enfin le batteur Ben Koller qui officie au sein de Cave In, All Pigs Must Die et plus récemment dans Mutoid Man. Les deux groupes (Cave In et Converge) ont d'ailleurs un projet commun, Verge-In, réunissant des membres des deux formations.

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Past shows

  • Anchorage · Koots Rock Bar
  • Seattle · El Corazónwith Heiress

Discography

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