Converge bassist recruit by Cavalera Conspiracy Asher January 1, 2014 News Recently, Cavalera Conspiracy announced that 2014 would be the year they would release a new album on their new label Napalm Records to finally follow Blunt Force Trauma. Converge’s long-time bassist Nate Newton has confirmed that he will be playing on Cavalera Conspiracy’s new opus. Johnny Chow, the group’s previous bassist, seems out of the picture now. But fear not because Nate isn’t leaving Converge.