【ケイオティック・ハードコアの創始者コンヴァージ】
Jacob Bannon ‐ Vocals, lyrics, visuals　ジェイコブ・バノン
Kurt Ballou ‐ Guitar, electronics, backing vocals　カート・バロー
Nate Newton ‐ Bass, backing vocals　ネイト・ニュートン
Ben Koller ‐ drums　ベン・コラー


1990年結成。様々な音楽ジャンルを融合させ聴く者を木端微塵に吹き飛ばす、その計り知れないヘヴィネスとパワーを持つボストン出身のCONVERGEは、アメリカのハードコア・シーンの最重要バンドとして、突出した注目を集めている。あまりにも独創的でぶっちぎった音楽性・作品、スゴすぎるライヴが売り。ハードコア、メタル、グラインドコア、パンク、ノイズなどの要素を持つコンヴァージであるが、２００４年春のオール・トゥモロウズ・パーティーズ（フェス）にトータスやモグワイ、竹村延和、モデスト・マウス、プレフューズ７３らと出演するなど、他のハードコア・アクトとは完全に異質な立ち位置を築くほどの洗練っぷりを見せている。エピタフ移籍も話題。


「ロック史上ベスト２５に入るライヴ・アクトだ！」-----Revolver誌


【コンヴァージ作品と参加作品群（★はスタジオ・フル・アルバム）】
Converge "Gravel" Demo CS (self released) Release Date: Early 1991
Converge "Self Titled" 7”EP (FAR/Exchange records) Release Date: Mid 1991
VA "East Coast Assault" Compilation CD (Too Damn Hype) Release Date: Mid 1991
Converge "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" Demo CS (self released) Release Date: Mid 1992
VA "In Our Blood" Compilation LP/CS (Reform) Release Date: Mid 1992
Converge "Dog Days" Demo CS (self released) Release Date: Early 1993
VA "Boston is Burning" Compilation 7”EP (Hearsay) Release Date: Mid 1993
VA "Over The Edge" Compilation CD (Endless Fight) Release Date: Late 1993
VA "Soundtrack To The Revolution" Compilation 7”EP (Life Recordings) Release Date: Late 1993
Converge "Halo In A Haystack" LP (Earthmaker/Stolnacke) Release Date: Mid 1994★
Converge "Unloved and Weeded Out" 7”EP (Orionquest/Heliotrope) Release Date: Mid 1995
Converge "Caring and Killing" CD (Lost and Found) Release Date: Late 1995
Converge "Petitioning the Empty Sky" 7”EP (Ferret) Release Date: Early 1996
Converge "Caring And Killing" CD (Hydrahead) Release Date: Mid 1996
VA "A Document of Nothing" Compilation CD (Second Nature) Release Date: Mid 1996
Converge "Petitioning The Empty Sky" CD (Ferret) Release Date: Mid 1996★
Converge "Petitioning The Empty Sky" LP/CD/CS (EVR) Release Date: Mid 1997★
VA "Do Not Feed The Pigeons" Compilation CD (canada) Release Date: Mid 1997
VA "Ourselves" Compilation CD (Omega) Release Date: Mid 1997
VA "They Came From Massachusetts" Compilation CD (Big Wheel Recreation) Release Date: Mid 1997
Converge "Serial Killer" 5”EP (Ellington) Release Date: Mid 1997
VA The 51 Compilation CD (JTTP) Release Date: Mid 1997
Converge & Coalesce "Among the Dead We Pray for Light" Split 7”EP (Edison) Release Date: Mid 1997
Converge & Brutal Truth Split 7”EP (Hydrahead) Release Date: Late 1997
Converge "When Forever Comes Crashing" LP/CD/CS (EVR) Release Date: Early 1998★
VA European Invasion Sampler CD (Revelation) Release Date: Mid 1998
VA Ozzfest Sampler CD (Revelation) Release Date: Mid 1999
Converge "Y2K" 7”EP (EVR) Release Date: Mid 1999
Converge & ANB "The Poacher Diaries" Split LP/CD (Relapse/Hydrahead) Release Date: Late 1999
VA Relapse Records Winter Sampler CD (Relapse) Release Date: Early 2000
VA Equal Vision Records Sampler CD (EVR) Release Date: Early 2000
Converge "Jane Doe Demos" CD (self released) Release Date: Mid 2000
VA "The Whistle Of The Missle" VHS (Bifocal Media) Release Date: Mid 2000
VA "Disintegrated" Compilation CD (Too Damn Hype) Release Date: Mid 2000
VA Equal Vision Records 2000-2001 Sampler CD (EVR) Release Date: Late 2000
VA "Ghost in the Gears" Compilation CD (Iodine) Release Date: Late 2000
VA "Tomorrow Seems So Hopeless" Compilation CD (Eyeball) Release Date: Early 2001
Converge & Hellchild "Deeper The Wound" Split CD/LP (Deathwish)Release Date: Early 2001
Converge & Hellchild "Deeper The Wound" Picture Disk LP (Deathwish/Bastardized)Release Date: Early 2001
VA Converge & American Nightmare Album Sampler CD (EVR) Release Date: Mid 2001
VA "Fighting Music I" Sampler CD (Deathwish/Bridge Nine/Thorp) Release Date: Mid 2001
Converge Jane Doe 2XLP/CD (EVR) Release Date: Mid 2001
Converge Jane Doe CD (Ritual Records Japan) Release Date: Early 2002★
VA "Fighting Music II" Sampler CD (Deathwish/Bridge Nine/Indecision/Thorp) Release Date: Mid 2002
VA Converge/Coalesce/Playing Enemy "Black on Black" Split 7"EP (Initial)Release Date: Late 2002
VA "BeastFeast 2" CD (Howling Bull Japan)Release Date: Late 2002
Converge Unloved and Weeded Out CD/4X7"EP (Deathwish)Release Date: Early 2003
Converge The Long Road Home DVD (Deathwish)Release Date: Early 2003
Converge You Fail Me CD/LP (Epitaph/Deathwish) Release Date: Sept 2004★