You need to understand how big of a deal it is for Converge to tell us that Love Is Not Enough. Their eleventh album, arriving 36 years after the band’s formation, is their seco ...

Their world is one of complete self-sufficiency, a small ecosystem built from trust and perseverance. Converge may be among the most formidable techni­cians in metal, but unlike bands whose precision ...

For over 30 years, Converge stood at the forefront of metalcore, defining the genre’s blend of hardcore punk, urgency and ...

For over 35 years, Converge has remained a staple in the hardcore punk and metal scenes. Exploding out of the haunted streets of Salem, Massachusetts, the band combines the aggression of hardcore with ...

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Well, it’s looking like the rumors from earlier this week were accurate — the legendary Massachusetts-based band Converge have a new album coming out pretty soon. For their eleventh studio effort, ...

Even after 35 years, the intricacies and emotional pangs of these masters of technicality remain undimmed, drawing from a seemingly bottomless well of inspiration ...

It can be a strange place, occupying your own unique cross-section of the hard rock stratosphere. Then again, Converge is a wildly eccentric band, employing frenzied time signatures and offering a ...

I’ – the band’s admirably ambitious collaboration with Chelsea Wolfe – prevented the passing of a near-decade of Converge-less time, the wait for a new Converge album proper has never been greater.