Nate Newton (born October 9, 1975) is an American musician. He is the bassist and backing vocalist of the hardcore punk band Converge, the rock band Cave In and also the guitarist and singer in Old Man Gloom and Doomriders. Newton has also been a guitarist and vocalist in Jesuit and bassist in Cavalera Conspiracy.
Career In 1998, Converge 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. 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 vegetarian for several years, before he returned to eating seafood. In numerous interviews, he has cited the 1975 classic Jaws as his favorite film, and he has explained that his involvement in skateboarding introduced him to the punk rock scene.
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) Discography (2011)
Converge
Jane Doe (2001) You Fail Me (2004) No Heroes (2006) Axe to Fall (2009) All We Love We Leave Behind (2012) The Dusk in Us (2017) Bloodmoon: I (2021) (with Chelsea Wolfe) Love Is Not Enough (2026) Hum of Hurt (2026)
Old Man Gloom
Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitivism Regressionism (2001) Seminar III: Zozobra (2001) Christmas (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) Grand Blood (2013)
Cave In Heavy Pendulum (2022)
Split Cranium I'm The Devil And I'm OK (2018)
Cavalera Conspiracy Pandemonium (2014)
Guest appearances Year Artist Album 2003 Some Kind of Hate Some Kind of Hate (EP) 2005 Mi Amore Lamb 2006 The Hope Conspiracy Death Knows Your Name 2007 The Red Chord Prey for Eyes 2007 Coliseum No Salvation 2007 The Ocean Precambrian 2008 Clouds We Are Above You 2008 Young Widows Old Wounds 2009 Rise and Fall Our Circle Is Vicious 2012 Turbonegro Sexual Harassment 2017 Full of Hell Trumpeting Ecstasy 2020 Kvelertak Splid
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