With four landmark albums this decade alone, Converge has saved its best work for last. Vocalist Jacob Bannon talks with PopMatters about his music, his art, and his insanely talented band.Of course it's foolish to ever think an artist partially responsible for some of the most imposing, cathartic, brutally intense extreme music this decade would be "on" 100 percent of the time, but still, hear...
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It just so happens that the good dudes from Converge have posted their new album Axe to Fall in it’s entirety for streaming at Myspace. If you haven’t heard it yet, make sure to check it out, but be warned, your ears will be pummeled in ways you never knew possible.Axe to Fall is [...]
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Something is haunting Converge Frontman Jacob Bannon's dreams. After watching the band's video for the brief and barbarous title track Axe to Fall, it's now haunting mine. It feels like the band got this out just in time for the latest SAW release. mp3// Share this on del.icio.usDigg this!Share this on RedditBuzz up!Stumble [...]
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CONVERGE have premiered the video for the title track from their forthcoming new album, Axe to Fall, on FEARnet. Check it…FEARnet also conducted an interview with frontman Jacob Bannon. Read the interview here: http://www.fearnet.com/news/b16865_fearnet_exclusive_prepare_converges_axe.htmlCONVERGE are currently on the road supporting MASTODON and DETHKLOK. Visit the band’s official websit
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The title track off of Converge's latest album "Axe To Fall" ,out October 20 via Epitaph, is available for download here at SPINFrom Epitaph webiste:Groundbreaking hardcore-metal band Converge will release their long anticipated new studio album, Axe To Fall, on October 20 via Epitaph (vinyl on Deathwish). Considered one of ...
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Jarring percussion controlled opener, ‘Dark Horse’ races off into a melee of metalcore, punk and post hardcore, polished off by the focused, animated and gnarly vocals of Jake Bannon. Now celebrating nineteen years of boundary pushing spleen venting, Boston’s bruising alternative pit inspirers, Converge combine their entire genre flitting into one punch packing full length. [...]
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Written by: Brian CampbellVarious Artists - Saw VI Soundtrack (Trustkill Records)It’s fitting that a staunch metal and prominent indie label like Trustkill would release the soundtrack to perhaps the most anticipated horror movie of the Halloween season, Saw VI. For some reason this franchise still has legs, and seeing as how it’s main attraction, Jigsaw, the man, not the doll, has been dead f
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Fittingly, the Massachusetts band caps off the decade with their best album to date.By the time any ordinary band is fortunate enough to make it to its 20th year, chances are that they've settled into a nice, comfortable little groove, their longevity made possible by giving the fans exactly what they want, rarely if ever deviating from the musical path they've created. And that's fine; there a...
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It has been about 3 years coming, but this week sees the release of Converge’s latest attempt to cause you some serious aural pain in the form of their new album Axe To Fall. Though to be honest, last week was where the commotion happened. This weekend edition of The Sunday Times claimed that Metallica, [...]
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CONVERGE’s highly anticipated Axe to Fall album immediately storms out of the gate, pummeling the listener with an unmatched aural onslaught. The first four tracks, “Dark Horse,” “Reap What You Sow,” “Axe to Fall,” and “Effigy,” waste no time flooring the listener with balls-out extremity. Driven by the pushing, restless drumming of [...]
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It has been about 3 years coming, but this week sees the release of Converge’s latest attempt to cause you some serious aural pain in the form of their new album Axe To Fall. Though to be honest, last week was where the commotion happened. This weekend edition of The Sunday Times claimed that Metallica, [...]
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Converge have announced Axe to Fall as the title of their new album. It’ll drop October 20 on Epitaph.Not much else is known about the record right now, except that a) Genghis Tron’s Mookie Singerman does guest vox on one track and b) it is going to be awesome. I mean, maybe it won’t be [...]
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I want you to know that I am stone-cold sober right now. There is no weed in my system. I am not influenced by anything other than the power of music.There is a new Converge song, “Dark Horse,” streaming on the band’s MySpace page right now. It comes off of their new album, Axe to [...]
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We recently polled a wide array of musicians, managers, publicists, label reps, and writers from within the world of metal to find out what they thought the 21 Best Metal Albums of the 21st Century So Far have been. Eligible albums were released between January 1, 2000 and April 1, 2009. Each panelist turned in [...]
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It just so happens that the good dudes from Converge have posted their new album Axe to Fall in it’s entirety for streaming at Myspace. If you haven’t heard it yet, make sure to check it out, but be warned, your ears will be pummeled in ways you never knew possible.Axe to Fall is [...]
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