''Bloodmoon: I'' is the tenth studio album by American

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, the band's first studio album in four years since 2017's '' The Dusk in Us''.Converge Announces Collaborative Album 'Bloodmoon: I' Feat. Chelsea Wolfe, Ben Chisholm and Stephen Brodscky
September 28, 2021.

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. Converge's longtime collaborator Stephen Brodsky and Wolfe's longtime collaborator Ben Chisholm also contributed. The album was produced by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou and the artwork was created by the band's singer Jacob Bannon. It was met with universal critical acclaim, receiving an average score of 89 based on 10 reviews aggregated by

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Background

The album was preceded in 2016 by Blood Moon, in which Converge united with Wolfe and her collaborator Ben Chisholm as well as former Converge member and longtime collaborator Stephen Brodsky of Cave In and Steve Von Till of Neurosis to perform classic Converge songs live in an atmospheric

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style. All of the aforementioned except Von Till reunited to record ''Bloodmoon: I''. Bannon stated, "These songs were written by seven people. Not only shaped by the seven, but we're all in that mix together — more so than any other Converge record." The lineup began working on the album in late 2019, but in 2020, due to COVID, the rest of the album was finished remotely.

Release and promotion

On September 28, 2021, Converge announced the album, including its tracklist and cover art, and released the title single "Blood Moon", accompanied by a video for the song. On November 3, Converge released the song "Coil" available for streaming. The collaborative act will perform its first ''Bloodmoon'' shows in April 2022 in Boston and New York with

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Reception

''Bloodmoon: I'' was met with universal critical acclaim. At

, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 89 based on 10 reviews.

Accolades

Year-end lists

Track listing

Personnel

Converge & Chelsea Wolfe * Jacob Bannon – vocals, bass * Chelsea Wolfe – vocals, guitars * Kurt Ballou – guitars, bass, backing vocals * Stephen Brodsky – guitars, bass, additional vocals *

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– bass, guitars, backing vocals * Ben Chisholm – synth, piano, electronics, bass *

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– drums, percussion Recording personnel * Kurt Ballou –

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, mixing * Zach Weeks – assistant engineer * Magnus Lindberg – mastering Artwork and design * Jacob Bannon – artwork, design and illustrations

Charts

References

External links

Official Converge Website
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