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Converge In Buffalo Worth Crossing The Border

We all hate crossing the border, but no one hates it more than touring bands. The hassle from border guards is sometimes not worth the trouble of coming to Canada, so most of us have to suck it up and wait for them to visit the great white north another time. However, when a band like Baroness are playing with Converge and the only Canadian date...
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Mastodon Live Up To Their Dynamic Openers

Mastodon. are quickly becoming one of the biggest names in heavy metal, and their well-balanced mix of crushing riffs and progressive experimentation makes them appeal to a huge variety of heavy music fans. That said, it's probably a bad idea to get two of the most energetic bands in hardcore to open for you if you're a tech-metal band who put...
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Converge — You Fail Me

Feeling the pressure to outdo the incensed, exciting power of Jane Doe, Converge’s best record to date, the band have blown everything out of the water. Listening to even three seconds of You Fail Me, it’s obvious that these guys are only out for one thing — blood. Buckets of it. But like the methodical sociopaths they are, Converge aren’t using...
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Converge — Axe To Fall

Is Converge hardcore's very own Radiohead? Their career trajectory certainly supports that theory. Although Converge began life as a fairly standard hardcore punk band with 2001's Jane Doe, the band have continuously defied expectations. They've changed and evolved with subsequent releases while maintaining their rooting in a genre known for...
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Converge's Axe To Fall

Converge — "Axe To Fall"

Converge's video for the minute-and-a-half title track from Axe To Fall is like some kind of Saw-type nightmare, with people hooked up to some kind of electrical torture device in a basement. It's kind of gross, so this video isn't for the squeamish. Axe To Fall is out Oct. 20.
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Mastodon, Dethklok To Tour

Choosing between two shows is a decision no one should ever have to make. That's why Atlanta metal masters Mastodon have partnered with animated band Dethklok for a 34-date North American tour slated for this October. If you're wondering how the members of Dethklok — stars of the Adult Swim show Metalocalypse — will escape from TV land to play...
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