Converge have announced Bloodmoon: I, their new collaborative album created alongside dark songstress Chelsea Wolfe, her bandmate/writing partner Ben Chisholm and Cave In vocalist/guitarist Stephen Brodsky.
Listen to the first single “Blood Moon” and pre-order now. CD & digital will be out November 19th on Epitaph, with vinyl following June 24th on Deathwish Inc.
“We wanted to do something grander than the typical four-piece Converge music,” says vocalist Jacob Bannon about the seed of inspiration that eventually bloomed into Bloodmoon: I.
“Ben introduced me to Converge when we started playing music together in 2009,” Chelsea Wolfe says. “A couple of years later, we saw that Converge had put Apokalypsis on a year-end list, so we were totally fanning out about that. When they reached out to Ben about performing some Converge songs with new arrangements, I said, ‘I want in on that…’ And it seems like they were happy to have me along.”
Fast forward to a 2016 European tour and a rapturously received appearance at Roadburn that saw all seven musicians performing revamped Converge material. “We felt like there was enough energy in the live collaboration to actually create new music together,” Converge guitarist and Bloodmoon: I producer Kurt Ballou explains. “It just took a few years to free up the time to get together.”
Track Listing:
01. Blood Moon
02. Viscera of Men
03. Coil
04. Flower Moon
05. Tongues Playing Dead
06. Lord of Liars
07. Failure Forever
08. Scorpion’s Sting
09. Daimon
10. Crimson Stone
11. Blood Dawn
Blood Moon lyrics:
blood moon ascends in night
as the cosmic eye
free of the chains
that define our livesit cuts through flesh and bone
into the glow of souls
gazing far and wide
devoid of hopeyou cut me open
but i won’t let you find
what’s under the surface
entombed in my mind
beneath the surface
it’s grim to see
oh it echoes
then disappearsunblinking eye in the shadows
abets the world its weary lies
enthroned beside the dimming light
speak what’s left unspoken
the time is nearblood moon ascends in the night
cosmic unblinking eye
gazing through flesh and bone
into the glow of our soulsblood moon ascends in the night
cosmic unblinking eye
gazing through flesh and bone
into the glow of our soulsthe mind was a hall that towered high
and on the throne was the child inside
and on my side, enthroned beside
the shadows divine held all the world
and the glimmering life
in mind was a time when all was right
mind was in mindblood moon ascends in the night
cosmic unblinking eye
gazing through flesh and bone
into the glow of our soulsblood moon ascends in the night
cosmic unblinking eye
gazing through flesh and bone
into the glow of our soulscut me open
it’s grim to see
beneath the surface, etched in fear
the day has spoken
how dare you speak her name
to consecrate the broken
carry weary worldsthe day has broken
a stain, a crime
you, serpent
deicide
the day has broken
a stain, a crime
you, serpent
deicide
