Bloodmoon: I is the tenth studio album by American
metalcore band
Converge, and a collaboration album with
Chelsea Wolfe. It was released on November 19, 2021, via
Epitaph Records and
Deathwish Inc, the band's first studio album in four years since 2017's The Dusk in Us.[5] Converge's longtime collaborator
Stephen Brodsky and Wolfe's longtime collaborator Ben Chisholm also contributed. The album was produced by Converge guitarist
Kurt Ballou and the artwork was created by the band's singer
Jacob Bannon. It was met with universal critical acclaim, receiving an average score of 89 based on 10 reviews aggregated by
Metacritic.[6]
Background
The album was preceded in 2016 by
Blood Moon, in which Converge united with Wolfe and her collaborator Ben Chisholm as well as former Converge member and longtime collaborator
Stephen Brodsky of
Cave In and
Steve Von Till of
Neurosis to perform classic Converge songs live in an atmospheric
post-rock style.[7] All of the aforementioned except Von Till reunited to record Bloodmoon: I. Bannon stated, "These songs were written by seven people. Not only shaped by the seven, but we're all in that mix together — more so than any other Converge record."[7] The lineup began working on the album in late 2019, but in 2020, due to COVID, the rest of the album was finished remotely.[5]
Release and promotion
On September 28, 2021, Converge announced the album, including its tracklist and cover art, and released the title single "Blood Moon", accompanied by a video for the song.[8] On November 3, Converge released the song "Coil" available for streaming.[9] The collaborative act performed its first Bloodmoon shows in April 2022 in Boston and New York, with
Caspian opening.[10]
Bloodmoon: I was met with universal critical acclaim. At
Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 89 based on 10 reviews.[6]