{"id":37774,"date":"2017-08-15T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/converge-new-single-under-duress-new-album-the-dusk-in-us\/"},"modified":"2017-08-15T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T20:00:00","slug":"converge-new-single-under-duress-new-album-the-dusk-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/music\/converge-new-single-under-duress-new-album-the-dusk-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Converge Refuse to \u201cKiss the Ring\u201d on New Song \u201cUnder Duress\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Converge are back, baby. The Massachusetts metalcore greats have been unusually quiet since the release of their ripping 2012 album, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/09q94StUdNXvtcwXRqLOjp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>All We Love We Leave Behind<\/em><\/a>, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/286fFbajroxHzidebKxqES\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">live DVD\/album<\/a> standing as their only release in the interim. The excitement started a few weeks ago with the release of a new, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/25tczUJCFdB5GBfqqahoOq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">two-track 7&#x201D; record<\/a>, and it only gets better today with an official album announcement and accompanying single.<\/p>\n<p>The band&#x2019;s ninth album, <em>The Dusk in Us<\/em>, is set to arrive on November 3. Along with the title track from their recent 7&#x201D;, &#x201C;I Can Tell You About Pain,&#x201D; the tracklist contains song titles as depressing and bleak as &#x201C;A Single Tear,&#x201D; &#x201C;Murk &amp; Marrow,&#x201D; and &#x201C;Under Duress,&#x201D; the last of which has been shared on YouTube and Soundcloud today.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rFmMswcPPzs\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#x2019;t take long for guitarist Kurt Ballou, bassist Nate Newton, and drummer Ben Koller to fall into the complex sort of lockstep that&#x2019;s become their calling card, again showing that they&#x2019;re pound-for-pound the strongest three-piece in punk. For anyone other than fearless frontman Jacob Bannon, keeping up with such a trio would be nearly impossible, but Bannon, who&#x2019;s been doing this since the late &#x2018;80s, is no mere mortal. His delivery&#x2019;s only gotten more enthralling, and his lyrics only more poignant and biting. He calls &#x201C;Under Duress&#x201D; &#x201C;my emotional reaction to the complex world in which we live,&#x201D; and that barely-veiled Trumpocalypse Now sentiment is echoed in the chilling-but-empowered lyrics:<\/p>\n<p><em>Don&#x2019;t need a helmet if I have my heart<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Don&#x2019;t need your war to find peace<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I don&#x2019;t need to learn to live in compromise<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I will never kneel and kiss your ring<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thank god these guys are back. Pre-order <em>The Dusk in Us <\/em>ahead of its November release date on Deathwish Records&#x2019; <a href=\"https:\/\/deathwishinc.com\/collections\/converge\/products\/converge-the-dusk-in-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">webstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts metalcore band Converge\u2019s new album \u201cThe Dusk in Us\u201d will release on November 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3038],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Converge Refuse to \u201cKiss the Ring\u201d on New Song \u201cUnder Duress\u201d - Merry Jane<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/music\/converge-new-single-under-duress-new-album-the-dusk-in-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Converge Refuse to \u201cKiss the Ring\u201d on New Song \u201cUnder Duress\u201d - 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