In 2016, veteran extreme-music warriors got together with some friends to tour Europe. Working with Chelsea Wolfe, her collaborator Ben Chisholm, and Cave-In/Mutoid Man leader Stephen Brodsky (a longtime Converge ally and former member), Converge formed a new entity that they called Converge Bloodmoon. They doubled down on the more meditative, i...

Later this year, the gruff and grizzled Gainesville punk veterans Hot Water Music will follow their 2017 album Light It Up with a new LP called Feel The Void. For this album, the band reunited with their old producer Brian McTernan for the first time since 2004. (McTernan, the former Battery frontman who now leads Be Well, has produced great rec...

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Converge and Chelsea Wolfe create a transcendental coalition on their new album, Bloodmoon: I

Last month, shortly after the 20th anniversary of Converge’s heavy-music landmark Jane Doe, the world finally learned the identity of the lady on that album cover. Ever since Converge first brought Jane Doe into the world in 2001, that cover art has been a source of fascination. Who was this lady with the statuesque cheekbones and the ...