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“Suddenly I’m running my bass through this old Marshall guitar amp, but it absolutely roared”: How an off-the-cuff studio experiment unlocked one of Mastodon’s biggest bass sounds

Troy Sanders discovered an unexpected source of low-end fury thanks to a Marshall guitar head and 4x12 cabinet

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

The Hu, Loathe and Bring Me The Horizon are just some of the bands who've released new songs to take your mind off the disgusting summer heat

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“How many times have you gone to see a band, watched them set up full stacks and massive pedalboards, and then they just suck?” Why Converge’s Kurt Ballou uses digital amp modelers live (even if he disappoints gearheads)

When it’s time to board the tour bus, there’s only one piece of gear Ballou needs for his tones

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"On our first tour one of the venues burned down, and the cops would shut things down." Police raids, venue fires and murderous rednecks: the story of Converge, the band who defined metalcore for a generation

Before Killswitch Engage, Bring Me The Horizon or Architects brought metalcore to new commercial heights, Converge were shaping the genre for the future

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“People want real experiences. There’s a backlash to this era of perfect music, and I appreciate it”: Converge’s Kurt Ballou on mixing pedals with amp modelers, guitar recording hacks and reclaiming metal’s authenticity

Fifth album Love is Not Enough sees the producer-guitarist embracing modern gear while opposing modern music’s “data-entry” trends – and returning to a jam space filled with Christmas lights and Iron Maiden flags

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"I think that realism is missing from a lot of modern music of any genre, but especially our genre" Legendary hardcore heavyweights Converge have announced their first new album in five years, Love Is Not Enough

One of hardcore's most revered and influential bands are back for another round, and they are sounding more ravenous than ever

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Watch metalcore pioneers Converge play chaotic new song WWNTS live

The track is one of two new songs the Massachusetts band have added to their setlist since recording their next album

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Escuela Grind continue their grindcore rampage with new single Concept Of God

The US grindcore gaggle will release their next album, Dreams On Algorithms, in October

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“We wanted to take a risk”: Grindcore up-and-comers Escuela Grind get groovy on new single Turbulence, announce Dreams On Algorithms album

The rising stars have already been endorsed by Napalm Death, Converge, Baroness and more

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Powerviolence nasties Nails announce new album Every Bridge Burning, release lead single Imposing Will, are still nasty

Listen to the underground icons’ first new material in eight years

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“This could be our best album yet”: Converge drummer compares upcoming music to Fugazi, The Mars Volta and Entombed, and we sorely need to hear it

Ben Koller says the metalcore firebrands’ next album “feels like the most evolved, natural and fully realised bunch of material we have ever written”

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High On Fire announce summer UK and European tour, new album expected soon

Matt Pike’s riff dealers will come to our continent in June and July, and they may well be playing some new stuff when they do

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“If you’ve never heard this record but you can appreciate shredder music, oh my God it’s going to f**k you up”: Mutoid Man’s Stephen Brodsky reveals 10 guitarists who shaped his sound

The Cave In, Converge and Mutoid Man guitarist on “sinister” fusion virtuosos, the genius of Jim Martin’s guitar tone and how Adam Jones taught him everything sounds better in drop B

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