Metalcore legends Converge have launched a reside album to boost cash for these affected by Hurricane Helene.
The band put out the brand new document – Reside In Orlando, FL 03.14.22 – on Friday (October 4) and say that each one proceeds will go to US charity Mutual Assist Catastrophe Reduction. It may be downloaded now through Bandcamp, with a vinyl launch anticipated sooner or later.
Hurricane Helene made landfall close to town of Perry, Florida, on September 26 and triggered widespread devastation in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina. The Class 4 storm, the deadliest to hit the US since Katrina in 2005, triggered mass flooding and greater than 200 fatalities. It dissipated on September 29.
On this planet of rock and metallic, Helene necessitated the cancellation of a number of tour dates and festivals. Residual stormy climate pressured the second day of the Louder Than Life pageant (September 27) in Kentucky to be cancelled. The day was because of be headlined by Slayer, in what could be solely their second set since reuniting the week prior.
Simply days after Helene dissipated, Florida is because of be hit by one other main hurricane, Milton. Milton reached Class 5 dimension on Monday (October 7) and is predicted to make landfall in western Florida tomorrow, October 9. “Milton has the potential to be one of the vital damaging hurricanes on document for west-central Florida,” John Cangialosi, a specialist with the Nationwide Hurricane Heart, has warned (per USA As we speak).
Converge launched their newest album – Bloodmoon: I, which noticed them collaborate with Chelsea Wolfe, Ben Chisholm and Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky – in 2021 and are at present at work on their subsequent standalone document. Drummer Ben Koller took to Instagram in July, sharing a photograph from the studio.
Beforehand, through X (previously Twitter), Koller had stated of Converge’s subsequent album: “We’ve got crowdkilling, Fugazi, Mars Volta, Entombed, mathcore insanity, gradual Nate [Newton, bassist] riffs the place I play too quick, shitty riffs, emo riffs… This could possibly be our greatest album but no joke.”