Converge‘s song “I Won’t Let You Go“ will be available as flexi disc in the 200th issue of Decibel Magazine. That track was previously available as part of the soundtrack to the video game “Cyberpunk 2077.” Those that subscribe to Decibel before 9:00am PDT / 12:00pm EDT on April 5 will be able to get the issue.
Ben Koller (Converge) and his family have sadly lost their dog Edie, who was battling cancer. To help out with the vet bills, Terrier Cvlt have launched a “Jane Dog” merch line, which you can check out HERE. On top of that, “Two Minutes To Late Night” have also released a remastered cover of Miley Cyrus‘ “Wrecking Ball” to help out as well. That track is available on Bandcamp until 12am PDT tonight (February 15).
[via The PRP]
Some people have been confusing Converge with a Filipino internet company called Converge ICT. As such, the group have been getting various complaints from those having issues with the service. They said the following about that:
“Hey everyone… still just a hardcore band over here. Covid has not forced us to become an internet provider in the Philippines yet, but we hope everyone over there gets their internet access back. While you’re here though click the link to our webstore and grab yourself a cool T-shirt or something. 😂😂😂😂.”
As previously reported, the soundtrack for the recently released video game “Cyberpunk 2077” features a ton of new tracks from various artists including metal acts such as Converge, The Armed, Tomb Mold, and HEALTH. You can stream new songs from those four bands below. Converge’s contribution, “I Won’t Let You Go,” was released under the name “Shattered Void,” The Armed’s contribution, “Night City Aliens,” was released under the name “Homeschool Dropouts,” Tomb Mold’s contribution, “Adaptive Manipulator,” was released under the name “Bacillus”, and HEALTH’s contribution, “Major Crimes,” was released under the name “Window Weather.”
During a recent appearance on the “BREWtally Speaking Podcast“, Ben Koller offered updates on new material from Converge and Mutoid Man. He said the following:
“Yea Converge, we have a ton of stuff ready to go. We just need to get in the studio and sort of hash it out. I think right now I’m at the point where I’m just ready to move on and start doing stuff, because I’m going crazy here not being able to tour and stuff. So I’m ready to fly back to Massachusetts—safely obviously—and get some stuff done. So Converge has stuff, Mutoid Man basically has a whole record ready to go. We just had to get the studio, find the time, but you know it’s a weird time and a lot of weird life stuff going on and yes, it’s, it’s just very strange. I mean I’m definitely stoked to record stuff but yeah it’s just a really weird time right now, but yeah expect new material it’s coming. Maybe slowly, but it’s coming.”
[via The PRP]
Converge will be donating 100% of the proceeds from their Entombed cover EP, “Pound For Pound: The Wolverine Blues Sessions,” to former Entombed and current Entombed A.D. frontman LG Petrov, who recently revealed that he has been diagnosed with an incurable bile duct cancer. You can purchase the effort via Bandcamp.
Converge commented:
“Converge are donating 100% of the earnings from this release to LG Petrov‘s GoFundMe campaign. LG is currently battling cancer and needs all the support we can give him.
“Pound For Pound: The Wolverine Blues Sessions” Digital EP from Converge features our rendition of “Wolverine Blues” originally written and performed by Entombed, presented as five different tracks.
Each vocalist recorded a full version of the song which we used to compile into the final version included on the Converge and Napalm Death Split 7″EP. This Digital EP is the complete mixes of each guest vocalist who contributed to the final track, presented as five unique versions of the song.
If you like what you hear, please support all of the artists by purchasing our music and apparel.
1. Wolverine Blues w/ Aaron Turner (Isis, Old Man Gloom, etc)
2. Wolverine Blues w/ Jacob Bannon (Converge, Umbra Vitae, Wear Your Wounds)
3. Wolverine Blues w/ Kevin Baker (APMD, The Hope Conspiracy, etc)
4. Wolverine Blues w/ Nate Newton (Converge, Doomriders, Old Man Gloom, etc)
5. Wolverine Blues w / Tompa (Disfear, At The Gates, etc) and Kurt (Converge, etc)”
Converge have released a new experimental version of their song “Aimless Arrow.” The band commented:
“To keep people entertained in these challenging times, we present ‘Endless Arrow,’ a 30 minute experimental/ambient version of our song ‘Aimless Arrow’ created by Kurt Ballou. This track is offered as a Pay What You Want download now.”
During an appearance on the Lead Singer Syndrome podcast, Stephen Brodsky (Cave In, etc.) revealed that Converge are working on a new album with their “Blood Moon” lineup. That project, which also featured Brodsky, Chelsea Wolfe, and Wolfe’s guitarist Ben Chisholm, previously performed live in 2016.
Brodsky said the following:
“Next year, Converge actually is gonna be doing some stuff with ‘Blood Moon‘—which is really exciting, because ‘Blood Moon‘ is this project that they did a few years ago where they went out and toured with some additional members; myself, Cheslea Wolfe and Ben [Chisholm] from Chelsea‘s band.
And we went out and did all the sort of bastard child songs, like all the deep cuts from Converge records that sound like studio experiments or stuff that they weren’t able to pull off live because they wanted more members onstage to really do the songs justice.
And that experiment went really well and the idea was like ‘well, hey why don’t we write some stuff for this lineup and put out a record?’ So three years later we’re actually getting together and doing it. So that’s supposed to come together next year. That’s pretty exciting to me.
I can tell ya, we’ve already done some writing for it and the material we’ve come up for it is really, really cool. Definitely a next step for Converge and I’m really psyched to be a part of it.”
[via The PRP]
Ben Koller (Converge, Mutoid Man, etc.) has officially been cleared to resume drumming after breaking his elbow in a “freak accident.” He posted the following:
Converge, Terror, SECT, and Candy have announced a European/UK tour. Here’s the dates:
06/29 Berlin, GER – Columbia Theater (no Terror)
06/30 Koln, GER – Essigfabrik
07/01 London, UK – The Electric Ballroom
07/02 Manchester, UK – The Ritz
07/03 Paris, FRA – La Machine du Moulin Rouge
07/04 Aschaffenburg, GER – Colos Saal (no Terror)
