Grand Blood from Doomriders is the follow-up to their highly regarded 2010 album Darkness Comes Alive, coming on October 15th via Deathwish Inc. Grand Blood was engineered by Kurt Ballou at God City Studios, and features artwork from Thomas Hooper as well as packaging from Ryan Patterson (Coliseum) and J. Bannon. Where Darkness Comes Alive was smooth and heavy in tone, Grand … Continue reading
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Converge Release “Wolverine Blues Sessions” Digital EP
Converge have released a digital EP via Bandcamp, entitled Pound for Pound: The Wolverine Blues Sessions and featuring five versions of the Entombed song ‘Wolverine Blues’ with different vocalists on each. The various vocals were compiled into one final version of the cover, released on Converge’s split with Napalm Death, but are available individually via this release for … Continue reading
An Amazing Short Documentary on Jacob Bannon (Converge)
Vice‘s musical offspring Noisey recently released a beautiful video piece on Jacob Bannon, the singer of one of the most creative Hardcore bands around, Converge. Made by production team McFarland and Pecci, it shows why Bannon is such a inspiration to a lot of us. “A meditation on life, art, and purpose, the film centers … Continue reading
Album of the Month: Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
Converge has never been a band that does the same thing over and over again since they released their first album almost 20 years ago. Their 2009 release Axe to Fall for example contained long atmospheric pieces, quite some studio effects and loads of guest musicians like members of Ghengis Tron and Steve Von Till … Continue reading
Converge Stream New Album In Entirety
Hardcore pioneers in Converge have raised the bar for any modern hardcore band with their new album All We Love We Leave Behind. The band has premiered a stream of the full record via Lambgoat.com, but can also be checked through the player below. Stay tuned for a special review of the record! Converge: Facebook / Website / Order All We Love We … Continue reading
Converge Release New Video and Album Details
Converge, one of Hardcore’s most innovative bands, have shared info about their upcoming album. All We Love We Leave Behind is set for a October 8th release on Epitaph Records. The album follows up one of 2009 top albums, Axe To Fall. The band says the following about their forthcoming release: “There’s no artificial distortion, … Continue reading
Review: Ieperfest 2012 Highlights
Ieperfest 2012 was hot, sweaty, dusty, and above all lots of fun. These are our highlights… The Mongoloids The Mongoloids portrayed their ferocious straight edge message in their early afternoon set on Friday. ‘True Colors’ was definitely one of the highlights of their set, featuring many sing-a-longs, and pile-ups. The band genuinely deserved a spot … Continue reading