All We Love We Leave Behind Artwork

Today, my quest of collecting information about Converge's All We Love We Leave Behind continues with a low-res pic of the album's cover, and details about the album's multiple release formats.

All We Love We Leave Behind Promo

I have been religiously checking various websites in an attempt to discover information about Converge's upcoming album All We Love We Leave Behind before the major media outlets get to it. Why? Because words cannot even describe how excited I am for this album, and because I'm always amused how I can find leaked information before everyone else. Cheap thrills I suppose. For example, I recently discovered the album art, track listing and 30 second samples of The Chariot's One Wing weeks before everyone else.

Today I noticed that Deathwish updated their page for Converge with a promo/press release thing about the new album. Check it out after the jump.

Go Buy the New Birds in Row Album

The title says it all. This will undoubtedly weasel its way onto numerous year-end lists. Also, how does the new Birds in Row album fit into the history of punk?

Cloudkicker Outtakes, Demos, B-Sides

Check out some free buried treasure from everyone's latest music crush Ben Sharp aka Cloudkicker. There are currently 41 new/old tracks with the possibility of more being added later.

Predictions: Converge's 'All We Love We Leave Behind'

If you've been following along, I like to make predictions about upcoming albums based on very little evidence. Sometimes I'm spot on, other times I'm way off. But I have fun doing it either way! Here's what I think about Converge's All We Love We Leave Behind today -- which still hasn't yet been officially announced by their label.

Deafheaven Split with Bosse-de-Nage

Hm, I've never heard of Bosse-de-Nage, but new Deafheaven is music to my ears.

Seeking Books on Modern(ish) Punk & Metal

Books about the origins of punk and metal have been published to death. If I see another book about Black Flag or Metallica I'm going to puke.

I was wondering if any of my readers knew of any books about punk/hardcore/metal scenes after the 1990s?

Here are the ones I currently own:

• Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit, and Sound by Brian Peterson (2010)
• New Wave of American Heavy Metal by Garry Sharpe-Young (2005)
• Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces by Albert Mudrian (2009)
• The Book of Metal: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Metal Music Ever Created by Chris Ingham (2002)
• HRVST: Death by Hendrik Thiele and Sebastian Thauer (2010)
• The Anti-Matter Anthology: A 1990s Post-Punk & Hardcore Reader by Norman Brannon and Aaron Burgess (2007)

There has to be more books about there about modern/contemporary bands than just these! Tell me what I'm missing in the replies.

New Cloudkicker album: 'Fade'

Delicious free (if you want) new music from everyone's favorite new mysterious prog-guru, Ben Sharp aka Cloudkicker.