converge
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con·verge
(kən-vûrj') 
v., -verged, -verg·ing, -verg·es. v.intr.
To cause to converge.
v., -verged, -verg·ing, -verg·es. v.intr.
- To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge.
- To come together from different directions; meet: The avenues converge at a central square.
- To tend toward or achieve union or a common conclusion or result: In time, our views and our efforts converged.
- Mathematics. To approach a limit.
To cause to converge.
[Late Latin convergere, to incline together : Latin com-, com- + Latin vergere, to incline.]
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converge
verb
- To come together: close, meet. See open/close.
- To direct toward a common center: center, channel, concentrate, focalize, focus. See edge/center.
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converge
v
Definition: gather
Antonyms: disperse, diverge, divide, scatter, separate, spread
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(DOD) A request or command used in a call for fire to indicate that the observer or spotter desires a sheaf in which the planes of fire intersect at a point.
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Converge
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Biography
The punk metal act Converge were formed in the winter of 1990-1991, and after several singles, compilation appearances, and the requisite growing pains, they released their first full-length effort, Halo in a Haystack, in 1994. The Boston-based quartet was initially comprised of vocalist/visual artist Jacob Bannon, guitarist Kurt Ballou, bassist Jeff Feinburg, and drummer Damon Bellorado, with second guitarist Aaron Dalbec joining in 1994 (he later left in 2001 without being replaced). Over the years, the band also found time to lend out members to various side projects, including Kingdom of the Sun, Old Man Gloom, and Kid Kilowatt (the short-lived band that also included members of Cave In).Hydra Head issued Caring and Killing in 1996, which gathered tracks released during the band's infancy, followed a year later by Petitioning the Empty Sky, which was released by the independent label Equal Vision. Cave In's Stephen Brodsky replaced bassist Feinburg in 1997 as well, and by the release of 1998's When Forever Comes Crashing, Converge had proved themselves a force to be reckoned with in the hardcore-metal scene. Brodsky left the band that same year and was replaced by bassist Nate Newton; Bellorado likewise exited in 1999 and, soon enough, the band had welcomed drummer Ben Koller into the fray. A split with Japan's Hellchild appeared in 2001 through Death Wish, Inc. (which Bannon co-owned) before Converge's ever-growing reputation among fans and critics was cemented even further with the release of the band's fourth official full-length, the highly acclaimed metal masterpiece Jane Doe.
Converge were by now regarded as one of the most original and innovative bands to emerge from the punk underground. Trudging along, the musicians during that time played over 600 shows with varying success -- their hard work made it possible for them to retain their cult status within the punk underground without the kind of commercial success that has vaulted other punk bands into the middle of alternative rock radio and press. Rare and out of print tracks were next collected together for 2003's Unloved and Weeded Out compilation before Converge returned the following year with another studio album, You Fail Me, which marked the band's first for Epitaph. Always reliable and consistently brutal, Bannon, Ballou, Koller, and Newton were back after more rounds of touring by October 2006 with No Heroes, followed three years later by Axe to Fall. The later album found Converge working collaboratively with members of Cave In, Neurosis, and the Red Chord. ~ Stacia Proefrock, Rovi
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Converge (band)
| Converge | |
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 Converge in France, 2007 (seen from left to right: Jacob Bannon, Nate Newton, and Kurt Ballou) |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Salem, Massachusetts, United States |
| Genres | Hardcore punk, metalcore, mathcore |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Epitaph, Deathwish Inc., Hydra Head, Relapse, Equal Vision |
| Associated acts | Jesuit, Cave In, Mother Love Bone, Doomriders, Texas Hippie Coalition, Bane, United Nations, The Huguenots, Acid Tiger, All Pigs Must Die |
| Website | www.convergecult.com |
| Members | |
| Jacob Bannon Kurt Ballou Nate Newton Ben Koller |
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| Past members | |
| Aaron Dalbec Jon DiGiorgio Damon Bellorado Stephen Brodsky Jeff Feinburg Erik Ralston |
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Converge is an American hardcore band from Salem, Massachusetts formed in 1990. The group comprises vocalist Jacob Bannon, guitarist Kurt Ballou, bassist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller. All members are vegetarians. Playing a blend of hardcore punk[1][2] and heavy metal,[3][4][5] Converge has helped to define many of the elements of the metalcore genre.[6][7][8]
According to Allmusic, Converge are "regarded as one of the most original and innovative bands to emerge from the punk underground".[9]
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History
Converge was formed in the winter of 1990 by Jacob Bannon and Kurt Ballou. They started by playing covers of hardcore punk, punk rock and heavy metal songs, being self-confessed "hardcore kids with left-over Slayer riffs". The band soon graduated to playing live performances in 1991, after recording some demos on a 4-track recorder and eventually releasing full lengths including When Forever Comes Crashing and splits with bands like Agoraphobic Nosebleed.
In recent years, Converge have enjoyed relatively high levels of popularity. Their popularity began to rise with the release of their breakthrough album, Jane Doe, the album that was named the number 1 album on Sputnikmusic's "Top 100 Albums of the Decade". During the recording of Jane Doe, long time member Aaron Dalbec who was also handling his then-side project Bane, was asked to leave the group. This resulted in a four man line-up that is still intact today. Aaron Burgess of Revolver locates Jane Doe as marking a break in the group's style:
| “ | Converge fans generally fall into two camps: those who worship everything leading up to 2001's Jane Doe, and those who swear by that album and the two that followed. Indeed, Jane Doe marks the point at which Converge graduated from noisy, thrash-influenced hardcore kids to hardcore-influenced noise-thrash titans ...[10] | ” |
Their records have gradually become more expensively and extensively produced, having moved from the independent label Equal Vision Records to the much larger independent punk label Epitaph Records while handling special releases on Bannon's record label, Deathwish Inc. with their latest albums You Fail Me and No Heroes.
Converge released Axe to Fall on October 20, 2009. It was leaked on the internet prior to its planned release; Shaun Hand of Metal Sucks has been identified as the source of the leak, which occurred on October 4, 2009.[11]
The album received several positive reviews prior to its release, including 10/10 from Decibel Magazine, and was hailed as the band's best work since Jane Doe. Pitchfork Media writer Cosmo Lee gave the album a rating of 8.5/10 and hailed Converge as "this generation's Black Flag."[12]
Recently, Jane Doe was inducted into the Rock Sound's Hall of Fame.[13] It has been confirmed via studio pictures and posts on Converge's official Twitter page that they have begun recording demos for their new release.[14] The recording culminated in a split record with Dropdead.
On January 1, 2012, Converge announced that they had completed writing for their upcoming eighth studio album,[15] tentatively titled All We Love We Leave Behind.[16] The following day, Kurt Ballou announced plans via his Facebook page to begin recording with the band in January 2012.
Musical style
The group's musical style consists of complex guitar work and polyrhythmic drumming, as well as frequent use of unorthodox time signatures, leading some to describe the band as mathcore.[17][18][19][20][21] This is best exemplified on their album Jane Doe. While using hardcore punk as the framework for most of their songs, they also play slower tempo songs, like "Jane Doe", "Hell to Pay", "You Fail Me", "In Her Shadow", "Grim Heart/Black Rose", "Cruel Bloom", "Ten Cents", "Wretched World". Guitarist Kurt Ballou described Converge's first album as "a bunch of hardcore kids playing leftover Slayer riffs". Since then Converge have branched out to explore more complex musical experimentation.
Influences
Converge's influences range from hardcore punk bands, such as Black Flag, The Accused,[3] and Born Against;[3] metal bands like Black Sabbath, Godflesh,[3] Slayer,[22] and Entombed;[3] and proto-mathcore bands Starkweather[3] and Rorschach.[3] Jacob Bannon has also discussed an appreciation for and inspiration from grindcore on Earache Records; post-hardcore on Dischord Records; thrash metal, such as Suicidal Tendencies, Vio-lence, and Death Angel; and post-punk groups, such as Depeche Mode and The Cure.[23]
Side projects
Outside Converge, singer Jacob Bannon and guitarist Kurt Ballou have composed stark, ambient music under the moniker Supermachiner, with Daltonic bass player Ryan Parker. Ballou has participated in an array of other lesser-known bands, such as Blue/Green Heart with drummer Ben Koller. Bannon also records under his own name, releasing solo records.
In late 2005, Ben Koller briefly drummed for Cave In. He also drums in Acid Tiger, United Nations and All Pigs Must Die. Ben Koller got his start in the punk and metal scene by playing drums for bands such as Forcefedglass.
Bassist Nate Newton also plays guitar in Old Man Gloom and Doomriders. Nate formerly played in Jesuit with future Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Brian Benoit.
Aaron Dalbec, former guitarist, and Damon Bellorado, former drummer, created a side project in 1995 called "Gateway", later renamed Bane.
Members
- Current members
- Jacob Bannon – vocals, lyrics, visuals (1990–present)
- Kurt Ballou – guitar, vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, theremin (1990–present)
- Nate Newton – bass guitar, vocals (1999–present)
- Ben Koller – drums (1999–present)
- Former members
- Aaron Dalbec – guitar (1994–2001), now in Bane
- John DiGiorgio – drums (1999) was in The End Of The Universe and Sarah Carter and the Pretty Ponies
- Damon Bellorado – drums (1991–1999) formerly of 500 Knives
- Stephen Brodsky – bass guitar (1997–1998), now in Cave In
- Jeff Feinburg – guitar, bass guitar (1991–1997)
- Erik Ralston – bass guitar (1993)
Discography
For a more comprehensive list, see Converge discography.
- Halo in a Haystack (1994)
- Petitioning the Empty Sky (1996)
- When Forever Comes Crashing (1998)
- Jane Doe (2001)
- You Fail Me (2004)
- No Heroes (2006)
- Axe to Fall (2009)
- All We Love We Leave Behind (2012)
References
- ^ "INTEGRITY Returns With New Music, Lineup, And Tour". BlabberMouth. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=101520.
- ^ "Time Apart Helps Converge". Adam Kennedy. Metro.co.uk.
- ^ a b c d e f g Converge FAQ. Convergecult.com. Retrieved on May 13, 2008.
- ^ www.mywire.com
- ^ "Pop And Jazz Guide". The New York Times. 2002-05-17. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E3DF1E39F934A25756C0A9649C8B63. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ CitySearch, 2006
- ^ "Converge at Work on New DVD". Josiah Hughes. Exclaim.ca.
- ^ "CONVERGE: New Video Interview Available". BlabberMouth. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=100042.
- ^ Stacia Proefrock. Converge Biography. Allmusic
- ^ Aaron Burgess, Axe to Fall review, Revolver, December 2009, p. 85.
- ^ "Regarding the leak of Converge's Axe to Fall". Metal Sucks. October 6, 2009. http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/06/regarding-the-leak-of-converges-axe-to-fall/#more-22011.
- ^ Lee, Cosmo (October 29, 2009). "Converge > Axe to Fall". http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13625-axe-to-fall/.
- ^ "Converge’s ‘Jane Doe’ Inducted into Rock Sound Hall of Fame". Rock Sound. 2011-02-08.
- ^ notpopular.com
- ^ "Converge Finishing Up Writing New Album". The PRP. 2012-01-01.
- ^ Rod, Smith (February 2012). "The Top 25 Most Anticipated Albums of Two Thousand Twelve". Decibel (Philadelphia: Red Flag Media Inc.) (88): 40. ISSN 1557-2137.
- ^ "Converge biography". Rockdetector.com. http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/massachusetts/boston/converge. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
- ^ "Sum of the Score". The Daily Orange. http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2009/04/07/Decibel/Sum-Of.The.Score.Mathcore.A.Genre.Of.Music.That.Requires.Heavy.Concentration.Pu-3700037.shtml. Retrieved 2009-04-07. "Mathcore, a genre of music that requires heavy concentration, puts a new spin on hardcore music"
- ^ "Converge: No Heroes". Adrien Begrand. PopMatters.
- ^ J. Bennett. "Who's That Girl? The Making of Converge's Jane Doe". Decibel Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-09-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20100921095023/http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=103066.
- ^ issuu.com
- ^ Ramirez, Carlos (2008-02-19). "Converge: 'The Best Way To Learn Is Just Start Doing It'". UltimateGuitar.com. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/converge_the_best_way_to_learn_is_just_start_doing_it.html. Retrieved 2008-05-27. "I learned to play guitar by listening to Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, and Metallica"
- ^ The groups listed in this sentence are taken from an interview with Jacob Bannon from Smother Magazine. [1]. Access date: June 14, 2008.
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Converge
Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - konvergere, løbe sammen, samle sig i et punkt, nærme sig fra forskellige retninger, nærme sig en grænse
v. tr. - få til at konvergere
Nederlands (Dutch)
bijeenkomen, naar één punt leiden
Français (French)
v. intr. - converger sur
v. tr. - faire converger
Deutsch (German)
v. - zusammenlaufen, konvergieren
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συγκλίνω, κατατείνω (προς το ίδιο σημείο)
Português (Portuguese)
v. - convergir
Русский (Russian)
сходиться, сливаться
Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - convergir, converger
v. tr. - hacer converger
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - löpa samman, sträva mot samma punkt
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
聚合, 集中于一点, 使向一点会合, 使聚集
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 聚合, 集中於一點
v. tr. - 使向一點會合, 使聚集
한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 한 점에 모이다, 집중하다, 수렴하다
v. tr. - 한 점에 모으다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 集まる, 集中する, 収束する
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) تلاقى, توجه نحو نقطه واحدة
עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - נפגש בנקודה אחת, התקרב, התמקד, התלכד
v. tr. - גרם להתלכדות או להתקרבות
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