Converge are a four-piece band based out of Salem, Massachusetts. Playing a blend of hardcore punk and extreme metal since 1990, Converge FAQ. Convergecult.com. Retrieved on 23 August, 2007. Converge has helped to define many of the rudiments of the metalcore genre.

Converge is a prolific four-piece American hardcore band, formed in 1990 in Boston, Massachusetts. Playing a blend of extreme metal and hardcore punk , this pioneer punk metal outfit helped define a lot of the rudiments of the fast-burgeoning metalcore and mathcore genres. Converge formed in the winter of 1990. They first started by playing covers of hardcore, punk and heavy metal songs, being self-confessed “hardcore kids with leftover Slayer riffs”. The band soon graduated to playing live