CONVERGE "Axe To Fall" 2010 U.S. tour

With Thursday, Touche Amore, Lewd Acts:

April 30th Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
May 01st Worcester, MA – Palladium (upstairs)
May 02nd Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance
May 03rd Williamsville, NY – Club Infinity
May 04th Washington DC – Black Cat
May 05th Norfolk, VA – The Norva
May 06th New York City, NY – Santo’s Party House (feat. Black Breath)

With Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

May 07th Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
May 08th Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
May 09th Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

With Coalesce, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

May 10th Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck
May 11th Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
May 13th Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
May 14th Portland, OR – Satyricon (feat. Gaza)
May 15th San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
May 16th San Luis Obispo, CA – Downtown Brew (feat. Gaza)

With Coalesce, Gaza, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

May 17th Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
May 18th Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
May 19th Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
May 21st Austin, TX – Emo’s

With Gaza, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

May 22nd Dallas, TX – Trees
May 23rd Tulsa, OK – The Marquee
May 24th Springfield, MO – Outland Ballroom
May 25th Memphis, TN – The Hi Tone
May 26th Louisville, KY – Headliners

With Harvey Milk, Gaza, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

May 27th Nashville, TN – Rockettown
May 28th Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade

Music Video: CONVERGE - "Axe To Fall"

Listen to CONVERGE's new album "Axe To Fall" fully streaming at Myspace.com/converge.

CONVERGE “Axe To Fall” album leak

Apparently CONVERGE's new album "Axe To Fall" was leaked by MetalSucks.net before its October 6th release. Huge bummer... BUY the album, www.myspace.com/converge

"Special thanks to SHAUN HAND at Metal Sucks for leaking our album." - Converge

"We are HORRIFIED and are investigating right now. If Shaun is really responsible, he will be dealt with swiftly." - MetalSucks.net

CONVERGE "Axe to Fall" new album October 20th

Groundbreaking hardcore-metal band CONVERGE will release their long anticipated new studio album, Axe To Fall, on October 20 via Epitaph (vinyl on Deathwish). Considered one of the most intense, important, and influential metal/hardcore bands ever, Converge continue their uncompromising evolution, experimenting and manipulating the fiercest form of music with the most aggressive album of the year, Axe To Fall. Listen to the 1st track "Dark Horse" at Myspace.com/Converge.

Fitting like a puzzle piece in their all but flawless catalog, Axe To Fall is an undeniable progression in the band's canon of cacophonous sound, dexterous skill and ingenious art, as thirteen of the most viciously powerful songs Converge has ever written reign down on listeners in a surge of sonic fury. True to their meticulous DIY style, guitarist Kurt Ballou helmed production duties once again from his infamous GodCity studios in Salem, MA.

Without warning, Converge lets their metal flag fly on Axe To Fall when drummer Ben Koller's galloping beats meet Ballou's lightning fast riffs as bassist Nate Newton provides a pummeling backbone and vocalist Jacob Bannon takes command with menacing growls on the album's shattering opener "Dark Horse." Perhaps Converge's heaviest music they've ever recorded, the foursome invited a slew friends to contribute to the album, and the result was a wall of metal-infused hardcore on a level that's never been heard before.

Songs like the hardcore pit-swirling "Effigy" (feat. Steve Brodsky/Lead guitar, Adam McGrath/Guitar, J.R. Connors/Drums), the furiously relentless neck-breaker "Wishing Well" (feat. Ulf Cederlund/Lead guitar/backing vocals) and the blazing thrash-track "Cutter" (feat. John Pettibone/backing vocals) keep the album moving with power and energy. As defiant as ever, Bannon roars through songs about despair and self-indulgent choices warning that "we'll show the demons for what they are." As the album comes to a close it takes a doom-ridden turn as Neurosis' Steve Von Till shares vocal duties with Bannon on the brooding track "Cruel Bloom" and Genghis Tron's Mookie Singerman providing lead vocals on the beautifully dark post-metal album closer, "Wretched World."

After 19 years as a band, Converge still maintain the steadfast individuality and uncompromising artistic vision they had when they formed. The band has been credited with giving rise to a genre of music and influencing bands worldwide, yet by never wavering have created a sound that is entirely their own.

With the release of Axe To Fall on the horizon, Converge are readying an arsenal of music from their storied catalog to unleash on audiences across the US when they tour with Mastodon, Dethklok and High On Fire in October.

Axe To Fall Tracklist:
1. Dark Horse
2. Reap What You Sow
3. Axe To Fall
4. Effigy
5. Worms Will Feed
6. Wishing Well
7. Damages
8. Losing Battle
9. Dead Beat
10. Cutter
11. Slave Driver
12. Cruel Bloom
13. Wretched World

CONVERGE RECORDING NEW ALBUM

Right now Converge is in the studio recording a new album at Godcity (Kurt Ballou’s studio). Get up to the minute news and updates at the links below:

www.twitter.com/Convergecult
www.convergecult.com

Studio Video: CONVERGE

BAND MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/converge
RECORD LABEL: Deathwish/Epitaph