From their upcoming collaborative project, Bloodmoon: I, Converge and Chelsea Wolfe have released a new single titled “Coil“. This follows previous single “Blood Moon“, which came with the album’s announcement back in September. The visualizer for the new track can be viewed below.
Jacob Bannon comments, “”Coil” turned out to be one of my favorite songs I’ve ever been a part of. There is an infectious slow build that ends up becoming theatrical in tone. Lyrically it was a true collaboration, with all of us expanding on each other’s ideas as they came to be. I believe Chelsea’s vocal was the starting point in that for this one. Kurt [Ballou] really pushed vocal harmonies to a new level as well. Encouraging many of Steve [Brodsky’s] ideas while we were in the studio tracking together. This one really has everyone of us firing on all cylinders creatively.”
The roots of the collaboration reach back to 2016’s Roadburn festival, which takes places in The Netherlands. The seven-piece group performed overhauled Converge tracks under the name Blood Moon. Comprising of Converge members; Jacob Bannon (vocals), Kurt Ballou (guitar), Nate Newton (bass), Ben Koller (drums), as well as Chelsea Wolfe, Stephen Brodsky (Cave In, Converge), and Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe). Several years later in 2019, they finally began to work on new material together recorded and produced at Kurt Ballou’s God City Studio in Salem, Massachusetts. Due to the conditions of the pandemic, the remainder of the record was completed remotely.
“I feel like everyone just kept the music in mind and wanted to do what’s best for the song,” notes Brodsky. “The project stretched my vocals in new ways. It’s so different than what I normally sing over that I was able to open up and be vulnerable with my vocals,” says Chelsea Wolfe. “Our dynamics are pushing and pulling in all different directions on this record, and I find that to be creatively rewarding,” adds Bannon.
Bloodmoon: I is due November 19th via Epitaph Records. Pre-orders can be found here, and the artwork plus the full tracklist can be viewed below.
1. Blood Moon
2. Viscera of Men
3. Coil
4. Flower Moon
5. Tongues Playing Dead
6. Lord of Liars
7. Failure Forever
8. Scorpion’s Sting
9. Diamon
10. Crimson Stone
11. Blood Dawn