Nate Eight Newton (born October 9, 1975) is the American bassist and backing vocalist of the hardcore punk band Converge, the rock band Cave In, and he plays guitar and sings in Old Man Gloom and Doomriders. Newton was also a guitarist and vocalist in Jesuit and bassist in Cavalera Conspiracy Newton was a vegetarian for several years, before he returned to eating seafood. 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. Equipment Bass '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 Amps 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) 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 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