Due to the addition of the new tracks, fans and sources consider this to be Converge's second studio album, while the band considers it a compilation album because it is a collection of songs recorded at different times. This version contained the previous eight tracks as well as three newly added live tracks, recorded during a radio broadcast. Two years later, the record was reissued through Converge's new label Equal Vision Records on January 20, 1998. Later that same year the record was re-released with four additional new tracks. It was released through Ferret Music, and was one of the earliest releases through the newly-formed label. In 1996 Converge released a four-song EP, Petitioning the Empty Sky. Converge also released a seven-inch EP called Unloved and Weeded Out in 1995, which Bannon links more to contemporary Converge than the stuff that predated it. The album was re-released through Hydra Head Records on Novemin America to "make an overpriced release obsolete". However, Converge became dissatisfied with the way the label was handling the release and overcharging fans for their hard-to-find older songs. The album was originally released as a European exclusive through Lost & Found Records. In 1995 Converge released their first compilation album, Caring and Killing, which featured tracks from the band's early work from the years 1991 to 1994. Petitioning the Empty Sky, When Forever Comes Crashing and line-up changes (1995–1999) Kurt Ballou in 2007 The record was funded by Bannon through money he saved up from working at a nursing home. The album has not been reprinted since its release. This was only released as a vinyl record and was limited to 1000 copies. Later in the year Converge released their debut album, Halo in a Haystack, released through Earthmaker Records. In 1994 the band became a five piece when Aaron Dalbec was recruited as a second guitarist. The band started writing and playing what they consider "relevant" music in 1994. The band soon graduated to playing live performances in mid-1991, after recording some demos on a 4-track recorder. They started by playing covers of hardcore punk, punk rock and heavy metal songs. According to AllMusic, they are "regarded as one of the most original and innovative bands to emerge from the punk underground." History Early years and Halo in a Haystack (1990–1994) Ĭonverge was formed in the winter of 1990 by Bannon and Ballou, they were later joined by high school friends Jeff Feinberg and Damon Bellorado in 1991. Their latest releases are their ninth studio album The Dusk in Us (2017) and their first full-length collaboration, Bloodmoon: I (2021) with Chelsea Wolfe. Special releases are often handled by Deathwish Inc., established by Bannon in 1999. After, they moved from Equal Vision Records to the larger label Epitaph Records, and their record production became more elaborate and expensive. Ĭonverge rose to prominence with Jane Doe, which was ranked the best album of 2001 by Terrorizer, the best album of the decade by Sputnikmusic, and later the 61st-best metal album of all time by Rolling Stone. With their extremely aggressive and boundary-pushing sound, rooted in hardcore and heavy metal, they are pioneers of metalcore and its subgenre mathcore. The members have also been involved in various side-projects and collaborations, including the bands Supermachiner (Bannon), Old Man Gloom (Newton), and Mutoid Man (Koller). While recording their landmark fourth album Jane Doe in 2001, the group became a four-piece with the departure of guitarist Aaron Dalbec and the addition of bassist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller. Converge is an American metalcore band formed by vocalist and artist Jacob Bannon and guitarist and producer Kurt Ballou in Salem, Massachusetts in 1990.
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