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Metalcore legends Converge announced their ninth studio album earlier this year, and today, the band released their newest single, “A Single Tear.” Read more: Converge announce new album, release intense new single—listen What’s nice? You won’t have to wait long for new music from the band. The Dusk In Us will be available this Friday, Nov. 3, and […]

Metalcore legends Converge have just announced their ninth studio album, The Dusk in Us, along with releasing a new single, “Under Duress.” Check out all the details regarding their new album below! Read more: Converge getting ready to record new album Drummer Ben Koller, who does double duty in All Pigs Must Die, teased the new album […]

There are millions of fans who get tattoos that represent their favorite bands, but there also are superfans out there who dare to go even bigger by getting a full sleeve. Would you give your entire arm for your favorite songs, lyrics, records and artists? These people did, and they got some absolutely stunning artwork […]

So far, we’ve brought you the best songs and albums of the first half of 2017. Now we’re looking ahead to the 13 records you need to keep an eye out for during the rest of the year. You do not want to sleep on these LPs. Read more: Top 5 most anticipated albums of the […]

[Photo Credit: Epitaph Records] Converge are reportedly set to enter the studio to begin work on a new album. Read More: Converge’s ‘Jane Doe’ greatness discussed in scholarly sit-down Drummer Ben Koller, who does double duty in All Pigs Must Die, posted an Instagram update on Saturday stating he was heading home “to start tracking […]

[Photo Credit: Neurot Recordings/Deathwish Inc.] Neurosis and Converge are teaming up for a summer tour! Check out the show dates, tour flier and a video trailer below. Read More: Converge’s ‘Jane Doe’ greatness discussed in scholarly sit-down The two metal juggernauts will be supported on the U.S. run by Belgian doom band Amenra. (via Lambgoat) […]

Converge's 2001 album Jane Doe is often mentioned among the all-time great metalcore classics. Got an hour to kill? Check out this super in-depth discussion about the making of the album with Converge guitarist/producer Kurt Ballou and Jane Doe engineer Mathew Ellard. Watch the video below! Read More: 10 metalcore bands that shaped the scene […]

Metalcore—a broad term for the raucous genre of music combining metal and hardcore—as we now know it owes a great debt to the groundbreaking bands who first forayed into the style. Today's metalcore simply wouldn't be the same without these 10 excellent forerunners. Check it out. SHAI HULUD Guitarist Matt Fox's “Guild of Misanthropy” has […]

Metalcore legends Converge will be playing two unique sets at Roadburn Festival 2016 in the Netherlands this April.  For the very first (and last) time, the group will play their album Jane Doe in its entirety in honor of the record's 15-year anniversary. The Jane Doe set will take place Thursday, April 14. Watch: Converge drummer posts GoPro videos The […]

Old Man Gloom, the super group featuring members of Converge, Cave In and more, recently played a show at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn, New York. The band ripped through a full hour of music in an excellent performance. You can watch the full set below via unARTigNYC. Read more: Converge drummer posts GoPro videos Converge recently announced that […]

Converge drummer Ben Koller [pictured, far left] has uploaded his GoPro footage taken at Rain Fest in Seattle on May 23, 2014. Affectionately called the “Koller Cam,” he'll make your head spin through POV videos of “Concubine,” “Dark Horse” and “Aimless Arrow.” The latter track served as the lead single to their latest studio album, 2012's All We Love […]

Converge, Slapshot, Dropdead and other bands played a benefit show, This Is Boston, following the tragic bombing that took place at last year’s Boston marathon. This Is Boston raised around $14,000 for victims of the bombing, which was supposed to be donated to the trusted One Fund for disbursement to those affected. But according to […]

Converge have premiered a new music video for “Precipice” and “All We Love We Leave Behind,” the title track from their 2012 full-length album, on Pitchfork. The video was directed by filmmaker/animator Craig Murray (Converge, Oxbow, Narrows); watch it below, and let us know what you think. Coinciding with the video’s release, the band are […]

Massachusetts hardcore label Deathwish Inc. (home to the likes of Touché Amoré and Modern Life Is War) will be holding their first Deathwish Fest this summer. The festival will be held on July 22 and July 23 at the Sinclair in Cambridge, Massachusetts (all ages). The lineup for the fest has not been announced yet, […]

The lineup has been announced for this year’s ninth annual This Is Hardcore Fest. Killswitch Engage, Converge, Title Fight, Unearth and many more will be playing. It also looks like the Explosion, who broke up in 2007, will be reuniting for the festival! You can check out the full list of bands below. This Is Hardcore will take […]

Every Time I Die have announced that they are recording for their new album at GodCity Studio with producer Kurt Ballou (Converge). “Kurt Ballou had always intimidated the living shit out of me, so I was overjoyed when the decision was made to record our next record with him at GodCity and I mean that […]

With album 10th anniversary tours proving to be a viable source of income for bands and nostalgia for fans, we dusted off our back issues of AP to see what could happen this year. Call it a wish list more than anything else, but a magazine can dream (and bother them on Twitter), right? Underoath […]

Converge guitarist and GodCity Studio owner Kurt Ballou has announce his own two-day recording course for creativeLIVE. He's worked with bands such as Code Orange Kids, Modern Life Is War, Defeater, Torche, Have Heart and Give Up The Ghost. From the course description, Ballou will teach viewers the “basic and advanced techniques he uses in his […]

All Pigs Must Die Nothing Violates This Nature When All Pigs Must Die dropped 2011’s visceral God Is War, a damn fine record by anyone’s standards, they were still that band with members drawn from the ranks of the Hope Conspiracy, Bloodhorse and Converge. On Nothing Violates This Nature, the Boston hardcore mob demonstrate once […]

Converge recently performed “All We Love We Leave Behind” live for AltarTV. The band's new album of the same name is available now. Check out the video below and tell us what you think!