Nate Newton (born October 9, 1975) is an American musician. He is the bassist and backing vocalist of the

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band

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, the

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band Cave In and also the guitarist and singer in Old Man Gloom and

Doomriders Doomriders is an American stoner metal, stoner/sludge metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band has released three albums on Deathwish, Inc. The band's vocalist/guitarist Nate Newton (musician), Nate Newton also plays bass in Converge (ban ...

. Newton has also been a guitarist and vocalist in

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and bassist in Cavalera Conspiracy.

Career

In 1998,

bassist Stephen Brodsky left the band and was replaced by Newton, who initially joined the band as a part-time member while he was still active in another band,

. Jesuit later disbanded in 1999, allowing Newton to make Converge his main focus. In late 2013, Newton was recruited by Cavalera Conspiracy to contribute on bass guitar for their third studio album. In 2018, Newton joined Cave In after the death of bassist/vocalist Caleb Scofield. Newton was a

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for several years, before he returned to eating seafood.

Equipment

Bass guitars * '78 Fender Precision Bass Special * '06 Fender Precision Bass Standard * First Act Custom Shop Delgada * Epiphone Precision Bass * Fender American Professional Precision Bass (Antique Olive Color) w/ Riffblasters pickups by Lace Sensor * Music Man Stingray Amplifiers * Orange Thunderverb 200 *Orange AD200B * Ampeg 8x10 Anniversary SVT Cabinet * Mesa Boogie 2x15 Cabinet

Discography

Jesuit

* ''Jesuit'' (1996) * ''Jesuit'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2011)

Converge

* ''

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'' (2001) * '' You Fail Me'' (2004) * '' No Heroes'' (2006) * ''

Axe to Fall ''Axe to Fall'' is the seventh studio album by American metalcore band Converge, released on October 19, 2009, by Epitaph Records. It is the band's most collaborative album, featuring a number of guest musicians, including members of Cave In and ...

'' (2009) * ''

All We Love We Leave Behind ''All We Love We Leave Behind'' is the eighth studio album by American metalcore band Converge (band), Converge. It was released on October 8, 2012, via Epitaph Records. The album did not feature any guest collaborators, unlike the band's previous ...

'' (2012) * ''

The Dusk in Us ''The Dusk in Us'' is the ninth studio album by American metalcore band Converge. It was released on November 3, 2017, via Epitaph Records and Deathwish Inc, and is the band's first studio album in five years since 2012's ''All We Love We Leav ...

'' (2017) * '' Bloodmoon: I'' (2021) (with

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)

Old Man Gloom

*'' Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitivism Regressionism'' (2001) *'' Seminar III: Zozobra'' (2001) *''

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'' (2004) *'' No'' (2012) *'' The Ape of God'' (2014) *''Seminar IX: Darkness of Being'' (2020) *''Seminar VIII: Light of Meaning'' (2020)

Doomriders

* '' Black Thunder'' (2005) * '' Darkness Come Alive'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2013)

Cave In

* '' Heavy Pendulum'' (2022)

Split Cranium

* ''I'm The Devil And I'm OK'' (2018)

Cavalera Conspiracy

* '' Pandemonium'' (2014)

Guest appearances

References

Living people Hardcore punk musicians American heavy metal bass guitarists American male bass guitarists American punk rock bass guitarists Converge (band) members American heavy metal guitarists 1975 births Cavalera Conspiracy members 21st-century American bass guitarists 21st-century American male musicians Cave In members Old Man Gloom members {{US-bass-guitarist-stub