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Listen to Converge’s new single Love Is Not Enough, taken from next year’s 11th album of the same name: “It does a thing that no other Converge record does…”
Converge have just announced details of their 11th album, Love Is Not Enough.
Due out on February 13, 2026 the legendary Massachusetts metalcore titans will follow up 2021’s collaborative Bloodmoon: I LP with a release that Jacob Bannon teases “does a thing that no other Converge record does – it keeps ramping up. And that’s definitely by design. Internally, we passed around dozens of ideas for sequencing because everyone interprets music differently, and there’s no right way of doing it. When we do that, we always joke that we all have to be equally unhappy. But this is the one that works.”
Speaking more about how they’ve kept things as pure as possible, the vocalist continues, “I think that realism is missing from a lot of modern music of any genre, but especially our genre. Things either go super raw and almost chaotic to the point where it’s distracting, or bands take the life out of what they’re doing by editing every aspect. Sometimes the perfect take is the one that has some wildness to it. It’s not perfectly executed. There’s a lot of powerful moments on this record and a lot of angry moments. The realism amplifies that.”
Converge are previewing what’s to come with the album’s title-track, which “explores what it means to remain empathetic and compassionate in the modern world,” says Jacob. “A reckoning with who we are today and hope to be in the future – if we can fend off the scavengers.”
Watch the video for Love Is Not Enough below:
Check out the full album tracklist:
1. Love Is Not Enough
2. Bad Faith
3. Distract and Divide
4. To Feel Something
5. Beyond Repair
6. Amon Amok
7. Force Meets Presence
8. Gilded Cage
9. Make Me Forget You