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UPDATE 06/30/06
CONVERGE announce "No Heroes" as new album title, non SOTU dates announced
The upcoming CONVERGE album has been titled "No Heroes".
A brief title explanation: These days cowards outnumber the heroes, and the begging souls outweigh the calloused hands of the hardest of workers. Both in life and in art, the lack of passion is sickening and the lust for complacency is poisonous. This album is the artistic antithesis of that sinking world, a thorn in the side of their beast. It's for those who move mountains, one day at a time. It's for those who truly understand sacrifice...In our world of enemies, we will walk alone...
CONVERGE "No Heroes" is currently in the mixing stages of recording. More news on CONVERGE "No Heroes" will be posted when it is available.
Look for CONVERGE to begin playing songs from "No Heroes" on their select SOTU dates.
Lastly CONVERGE have announced the following non SOTU shows:
7/10: Detroit MI @ TBA
7/12: Syracuse NY @ TBA
Specifics for these shows will be announced in the coming days.
Converge is an amazing band that's been around for more than a decade now. A metallic hardcore band that is aggresive,innovative and ever evolving. Converge has put out some of the greatest hardcore albums to date such as Petioning the Empty Sky, When Forever Comes Crashing and Jane Doe.
Article from main Converge page on Epitaph.com.
The chaotic lure of You Fail Me, the new album from iconic punk-metal quartet CONVERGE, is about to blow your unsuspecting mind. Aligning with Epitaph to mark a new chapter in the band's rich history, CONVERGE -- steered from its inception by vocalist Jacob Bannon -- has been annihilating audiences in-the-know with skill and substance for thirteen years.
Boasting Bannon's unique lyrical vision, throat-ripping screams, and the meticulous, inexplicable power of his bandmates, the Boston-reared group's brute force is flat out stunning. Evidenced by "Drop Out," the track careens past with amazing speed. Replete with drum rolls so precise, Ben Koller comes off like some man/machine mutation, colliding with bassist Nate Newton's menacing rhythms and guitarist Kurt Ballou's scalding, inventive six-string.
"We feel this record is as relevant, if not more, than any other release under our belts," asserts Bannon. And based on the bone-crunching "Black Cloud" or the savage roar of "Widows," loyal worshippers in the band's CONVERGE Cult will not be disappointed.
If Ballou's dark, expressive minute-long guitar intro hints that there is continued room for change on You Fail Me, the acoustic strums of "In Her Shadow" make assurances. While the song seems oddly out of place on a CONVERGE record, it's a bold, and successful move from a pacing standpoint alone. Think about it: processing CONVERGE's new and otherwise malevolent musical creations without a breather could very well fry the gray matter of even the punk-metal scene's most devout.
Of course the volatile power of the pit-ready "Eagles" flies in the face of such simplicity, meaning longtime disciples need not worry.
Ditto for the stammering omnipotence of the title cut, which sees Bannon triumph as he confronts the source of his disappointment and rage without restraint.
Innovators in the metallic hardcore movement, CONVERGE has worked its collective a** off to become one of the biggest bands in the scene, evolving and pushing the boundaries of the sub-genre they helped define. Formed in late 1990, the group wasted little time, releasing a self-titled 7" single within six months. Self-released demo cassettes and contributions to compilations followed until the band unveiled its first album, Halo In A Haystack, in 1994. By 1996, Caring and Killing was released, leaving one critic to ask, "Have you ever been kicked in the face? Well, that is what this record does -- and it feels good."
Always prolific, CONVERGE dropped Petitioning The Empty Sky the same year and watched its rabid fan-base balloon in tandem with extensive touring. Undeniably
influential to a host of new bands embracing a similar approach, subsequent albums like 1998's When Forever Comes Crashing and 2001's Jane Doe were lauded by fans and scribes alike, pushing the group to the forefront of the underground.
For those other bands watching CONVERGE's every move for inspiration, the dozen songs on the frantic, fearless, cathartic and deeply moving You Fail Me have to seem damn intimidating. Especially in the wake of the disc's sturdy, erect anthem "Hope Street," where the group -- proving itself to be fully capable of rising up to new challenges and exceeding all expectations -- pummels away with a surreal optimism never before felt in the movement.
The larger public is about to find out what the punk-metal underground has known in the last decade, CONVERGE is a magnetic, unstoppable force.
Current memebers:
Jacob Bannon - Vocals, lyrics, visuals
Kurt Ballou - Guitar, electronics, backing vocals
Nate Newton - Bass, backing vocals
Ben Koller - Drums
Past memebers:
Aaron Dalbec (2nd Guitar: 1994-2001)
Jon DiGiorgio (Drums: 1999)
Damon Bellorado (Drums: 1991-1999)
Stephen Brodsky (Bass: 1997-199 cool
Jeff Feinburg (Guitar, Bass: 1991-1997)
Erik Ralston (Bass: 1993)
Releases:
This is a list of all known Converge releases. Specifics for each release will be available soon.
Converge "You Fail Me" LP (Deathwish)
Release Date: Late 2004
Converge "You Fail Me" CD (Epitaph)
Release Date: Late 2004
VA "New England Metal & Hardcore Festival" DVD (Trustkill)
Release Date: Early 2004
VA "Punk-O-Rama 9" CD/DVD (Epitaph)
Release Date: Early 2004
Converge "Unloved & Weeded Out" European 12" LP (Reflections)
Release Date: Early 2004
VA "Black on Black" Black Flag Tribute CD (Initial)
Release Date: Mid 2003
VA "Cinema Beer Buddy" CD/DVD (Hopeless)
Release Date: Mid 2003
Converge "The Long Road Home" DVD (Deathwish)
Release Date: Early 2003
Converge "Unloved & Weeded Out" CD/4X7"EP (Deathwish)
Release Date: Early 2003
VA "BeastFeast 2" CD (Howling Bull Japan)
Release Date: Late 2002
VA Converge/Coalesce/Playing Enemy "Black on Black" Split 7"EP (Initial)
Release Date: Late 2002
VA "Fighting Music II" Sampler CD (Deathwish/Bridge Nine/Indecision/Thorp)
Release Date: Mid 2002
Converge Jane Doe CD (Ritual Records Japan)
Release Date: Early 2002
Converge Jane Doe 2XLP/CD (EVR)
Release Date: Mid 2001
VA "Fighting Music I" Sampler CD (Deathwish/Bridge Nine/Thorp)
Release Date: Mid 2001
VA Converge & American Nightmare Album Sampler CD (EVR)
Release Date: Mid 2001
Converge & Hellchild "Deeper The Wound" Picture Disk LP (Bastardized)
Release Date: Early 2001
Converge & Hellchild "Deeper The Wound" Split CD/LP (Deathwish)
Release Date: Early 2001
VA "Tomorrow Seems So Hopeless" Compilation CD (Eyeball)
Release Date: Early 2001
VA "Ghost in the Gears" Compilation CD (Iodine)
Release Date: Late 2000
VA Equal Vision Records 2000-2001 Sampler CD (EVR)
Release Date: Late 2000
VA "Disintegrated" Compilation CD (Too Damn Hype)
Release Date: Mid 2000
VA "The Whistle Of The Missle" VHS (Bifocal Media)
Release Date: Mid 2000
Converge "Jane Doe Demos" CD (self released)
Release Date: Mid 2000
VA Equal Vision Records Sampler CD (EVR)
Release Date: Early 2000
VA Relapse Records Winter Sampler CD (Relapse)
Release Date: Early 2000
Converge & ANB "The Poacher Diaries" Split LP (Hydrahead)
Release Date: Late 1999
Converge & ANB "The Poacher Diaries" Split CD (Relapse)
Release Date: Late 1999
Converge "Y2K" 7�EP (EVR)
Release Date: Mid 1999
VA Ozzfest Sampler CD (Revelation)
Release Date: Mid 1999
VA European Invasion Sampler CD (Revelation)
Release Date: Mid 1998
Converge "When Forever Comes Crashing" LP/CD/CS (EVR)
Release Date: Early 1998
Converge & Brutal Truth Split 7�EP (Hydrahead)
Release Date: Late 1997
Converge & Coalesce "Among the Dead We Pray for Light" Split 7�EP (Edison)
Release Date: Mid 1997
VA The "51" Compilation CD/LP (JTTP)
Release Date: Mid 1997
Converge "Serial Killer" 5�EP (Ellington)
Release Date: Mid 1997
VA "They Came From Massachusetts" Compilation CD (Big Wheel Recreation)
Release Date: Mid 1997
VA "Ourselves" Compilation CD (Omega)
Release Date: Mid 1997
VA "Do Not Feed The Pigeons" Compilation CD (canada)
Release Date: Mid 1997
Converge "Petitioning The Empty Sky" LP/CD/CS (EVR)
Release Date: Mid 1997
VA "A Document of Nothing" Compilation CD (Second Nature)
Release Date: Mid 1996
Converge "Caring And Killing" CD (Hydrahead)
Release Date: Mid 1996
Converge "Petitioning The Empty Sky" CD/7�EP (Ferret)
Release Date: Early 1996
Converge "Caring and Killing" CD (Lost and Found)
Release Date: Late 1995
Converge "Unloved and Weeded Out" 7�EP (Orionquest/Heliotrope)
Release Date: Mid 1995
Converge "Halo In A Haystack" LP (Earthmaker/Stolnacke)
Release Date: Mid 1994
VA "Soundtrack To The Revolution" Compilation 7�EP (Life Recordings)
Release Date: Late 1993
VA "Over The Edge" Compilation CD (Endless Fight)
Release Date: Late 1993
VA "Boston is Burning" Compilation 7�EP (Hearsay)
Release Date: Mid 1993
Converge "Dog Days" Demo CS (self released)
Release Date: Early 1993
VA "In Our Blood" Compilation LP/CS (Reform)
Release Date: Mid 1992
Converge "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" Demo CS (self released)
Release Date: Mid 1992
VA "East Coast Assault" Compilation CD (Too Damn Hype)
Release Date: Mid 1991
Converge "Self Titled" 7�EP (FAR/Exchange records)
Release Date: Mid 1991
Converge "Gravel" Demo CS (self released)
Release Date: Early 1991
Official Converge website:
www.convergecult.com
Epitaph band page:
http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/150/#albdesc
