Artist: Converge

while listening to Folly, I'm brought right back to a very specific night. my band at the time opened for Folly - a NJ skacore band who was supporting Converge [the obvious headliner of the show] @ Stevens Institute of Technology. later in the night, i decided to get involved in the ensuing "mosh pit" caused by Folly. as I was holding back my fellow friends from getting injured, I myself, suffered a broken nose due to boot-in-face syndrome. what did i do? i fucking stayed to watch Converge close their set with Jane Doe is [...]

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Converge have announced new tour dates.

Fuck yes! More Converge shows are never a bad thing as these guys are one of the most consistent live acts around. The band have been cooped up recording a new record, All We Love We Leave Behind, and probably are itching to get back on the road, so they booked a Spring tour, mostly ...

Converge are in the studio right now, and have just announced a two-week tour that will kick off on April 1. And in case you're retarded, that obviously means they're going to have completed their new album sometime in March. (Unless they're doing some Metallica-esque "Escape from the Studio" deal, but I find that unlikely.) [...]

:: Maiden fans rejoice as Iron Maiden is gearing up for some touring in 2012 ! :: Converge fanatics listen up! Drum tracking is finished for a new album. :: Atlas Sound (Bradford Cox of Deerhunter ) announce tour dates for Japan and North America for February and March. :: More new releases are in the works. Bring Me the Horizon will begin to write a new record next month, while Trivium is set to [...]

Hevy Festival has announced its first fifteen bands for 2012 - they are Converge, Will Haven, Protest The Hero, Deaf Havana, Verse, The Chariot, A Wilhelm Scream, Deez Nuts, Set Your Goals, Trapped Under Ice, Pianos Become The Teeth, Balance and Composure, Sharks, Last Witness, and Crocus. Sweeeeeeet. When we went to Hevy last year, we were inspired by the close proximity of Port Lympne Wild Animal Park to ask Greg Puciato about Jurassic Park. As you do. If you haven't seen it already, check out the video: [...]

This is a list of the albums I'm looking forward to this year, and some artists I would love to hear new material from as well. What artists are you hoping will drop new material this year.

Converge All We Love We Leave Behind Epitaph Records Late Summer 2012 What they're saying: "Painfully little", is the honest answer. Earlier this month, Decibel magazine confirmed the album's title as All We Love we Leave Behind , but other than that, the only firm comment we have from the band comes [...]

Wow, 2012 is going to kick some fucking ass. New releases are on the horizon from Lamb of God, Meshuggah, Pig Destroyer, Cynic and even motherfucking Converge. While we thought Converge would have a new LP out in 2011, early in the year guitarist Kurt Ballou crushed our expectations. Well, a whole year has passed, ...

Get Stoked! records are releasing a limited edition compilation to help raise funds for H.E.L.L. [helping everyone live longer] - a Boston non-profit bike organization dedicated to a couple good souls who lost their lives to tragic bike accidents back in 2007. hit up merchnow to pre-order your vinyl and tees. you can also get limited cassettes from Antique Records . TRACKLIST: 01. No Submission - I Still Believe. 02. 108 - Into Her Arms 03. Attica! Attica! - You, The Music, and Me [...]

and on the 3rd night of chanukah, my sister gave to me: one fresh-as-fuck converge tee. wanna add this to your wishlist or buy it for your mom? well, here you go

You see a new band and they're so jaw-droppingly good, you wonder why every person in the world doesn't know about them yet. This is MUCK. They're Icelandic.

• Muck - Sleeep

This isn't really news but we just saw these photos of Jacob Bannon's wedding last month and thought it looked ruddy awesome. Flower arrangements in laboratory glassware, tote bag party bags featuring an anchor or Massachusetts and loads of tattoos obvs. Awesome work. #m0sh. What's the next step though? Should we buy HELLO! or OK! [...]

Photo of one of Zao's best line-ups.By Chase Macabre (STL)When the Dallas Mavericks defeated LeBron James and the Miami Heat to win the 2011 NBA Championship, the whole story line for the Finals was experienced veterans versus the young, athletic upstarts, and how fantastic it was that, after 17 years in the league and having had two chances in the past with the New Jersey Nets, Jason Kidd is

The Armed Young & Beautiful Self-Released 11 October 2011 by Hugh Platt Let's keep this intro short. Sod it - let's make this entire review quick. As long-term readers of Thrash Hits will know by now, The Armed give away all their music for free. They make angry as f*ck punk rock, with a sufficient [...]

Though we can pretty much rule out a long-awaited follow-up to Axe To Fall before year's end, Converge aren't planning to finish 2011 quietly. According to the band's latest news update, the hardcore hellions will play two December dates, in Denver and Seattle, respectively. The former of these (12/8) is a make-up show with Alternative [...]

I got really excited when Kurt Ballou said a new Old Man Gloom record is coming, then really sad when it became a joke, and then possibly excited again when teased. This is of course the band that features Converge's Nate Newton and Aaron Turner of ISIS amongst it's ranks. But, it's been months and ...

Something new by way of deep house on Eighth Dimension Records from Japanese duo Converge+. Prana has backward rhythms and a deep underlying bass in its deep house approach. But a bit forgettable. Joshua Iz remixes it in a more spritely fashion. But not with stronger results. Aqua has a slightly more laid back approach. More on the mark of the hypnotic end of deep house. Funk Shuei give it the remix and go for something classically early 90s in a Chicago manner. Works really well. Listen to Prana , buy Aqua . [...]

• Converge+ - Prana / Aqua (Blue Label Series #3) (Eighth Dimension Records

2011 has been a great year for fantastically heavy albums and God Is War by All Pigs Must Die is right up there. Members of Converge and The Hope Consipracy.

• All Pigs Must Die - God Is War