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Converge is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of High on Fire, Piebald, Slapshot, Mastodon and Lars-Göran Petrov. Those roots explain a lot about how Converge arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Dillinger Escape Plan, Nails, Oathbreaker, The Armed and Snapcase, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Baroness, Stray from the Path, Norma Jean, Dethklok and Coalesce, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Converge, reaching back through High on Fire and forward to Baroness. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Converge is an American metalcore band formed by vocalist and artist Jacob Bannon and guitarist and producer Kurt Ballou in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1990. While recording their landmark fourth album Jane Doe in 2001, the group became a four-piece with the departure of guitarist Aaron Dalbec and the addition of bassist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller. This lineup has remained intact since. The members have also been involved in various side-projects and collaborations, including the bands Supermachiner (Bannon), Old Man Gloom (Newton), and Mutoid Man (Koller). With their extremely aggressive and boundary-pushing sound, rooted in hardcore and heavy metal, they are pioneers of metalcore and its subgenre mathcore.
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Converge connections
Converge grew out of High on Fire, Piebald, Slapshot and Mastodon, shares an orbit with The Dillinger Escape Plan, Nails, Oathbreaker and The Armed, went on to shape Baroness, Stray from the Path, Norma Jean and Dethklok. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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