Converge - Love Is Not Enough (February 13, 2026) • Page 2

Michael Belt · Nov 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM

this is really fucking good

Drewski · Nov 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM

Did someone get a rip of the song before they took it down?

phaynes12 · Nov 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM

video go private?

Freud · Nov 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM

I absolutely cannot wait to preorder this, I just know the vinyl will look beautiful.

phaynes12 said:

video go private?

Think it was because it went up early lol. Id expect it to go live at midnight est.

duffe · Nov 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM

TomG · Nov 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM

Song is awesome. Kurt Ballou continues to conjure amazing riffs

cj · Nov 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM

Cameron · Nov 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM

We need it

Carrow · Nov 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM

cherrywaves · Nov 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM

Yeah it’s cool

K-Man · Nov 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM

Preorders are up

Drew Beringer · Nov 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM

Carrow · Nov 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM

For more than three decades, Converge have delivered musical and emotional catharsis, putting purpose before perception and intent before interpretation. Whether it’s their 2001 landmark recording Jane Doe or their 2021 Bloodmoon: I collaboration with Chelsea Wolfe, they have created some of the most compelling music, lyrics, and visual art of the 21st century. During that time, fewer bands have had a greater impact on the underground imagination.

It seems unlikely that anyone who has been making music for this long would create one of their best works for their eleventh album, in their 35th year as a band. And yet: Love is Not Enough might be the apotheosis of Converge’s decades-long journey through the punk, hardcore and metal microcosm. What vocalist/lyricist Jacob Bannon, guitarist/producer Kurt Ballou, bassist/vocalist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller have created is a strident artistic statement on the turmoil of living that hones their collective strengths to a razor’s edge.

There isn’t an ounce of fat. Every song moves with a power and purpose that eclipses their human origins, that speaks to the anger, pain, and frustration of the modern age. From the opening fusillade of the title track to the closing hurricane of “We Were Never the Same,” Love Is Not Enough is a sonorous balance of vitality and viciousness that reflects the chaos and uncertainty of the times we live in.

“There’s always obstacles in the world,” Bannon says. “Personal, professional, economical, whatever. But I feel like we’re in a pressure cooker somewhere on our evolutionary line. It’s a lot just to be a human being in the modern world, trying to function, maintain, grow, have empathy, have compassion. It takes more than it used to, to do all those things.”

The album title itself says everything about the trials of today. “The line ‘Love is not enough’ is something I had kicking around for a while,” Bannon says. “Some of the things I wrote at the time were from a human resilience perspective, an acceptance of the brutality and unforgiving nature of the world. I was reflecting on that in poetic form and set it aside. When we got into the studio, it all fit together.”

Love Is Not Enough features no special guests, no studio trickery, no relentless massaging of human imperfection in trying to manufacture the perfect take. “I think that realism is missing from a lot of modern music of any genre, but especially our genre,” Bannon says. “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.”

Unlike so many albums that adhere to a time-honored sequencing format, cherry-picking favored tracks for the all-important first, second, and final spots, Love Is Not Enough is all about momentum. “It does a thing that no other Converge record does—it keeps ramping up,” Bannon says. “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.”

Love Is Not Enough was recorded and mixed by Kurt Ballou at God City in Salem, Massachusetts, with engineering assistance from Zach Weeks. Jacob Bannon did the artwork and design, creating an image for each song and a commanding cover depicting a celestial witness to a world aflame.

“We still identify this band as the outlet that’s essential to our lives,” Bannon says. “We give everything we have to it. Being past your average middle age, we’re starting to see deeper than before into a variety of places. And I don’t think that’s specific to us. I think that’s something that’s utterly relatable.”

troyplaysbass · Nov 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM

Awesome song.

swboyd · Nov 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM

Awesome song. Picked up the Revolver variant. Decibel and Deathwish exclusives already sold out.

ghostxvapor · Nov 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM

I listened to the song a ton already. Blows my mind how they just keep doing it. Now we need some tour dates...

beatingheartsbaby · Nov 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM

this is that shit

Drewski · Nov 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM

Had Deathwish in my cart on the train and got distracted, smh.

phaynes12 · Nov 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM

GOATs back

Michael Belt · Nov 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM

gonna use the time between now and release to fill in my listening gaps with their discography. been impressed with various songs for a long time, but the only records i've spun front to back are Jane Doe, All We Love, and Bloodmoon.

Carrow · Nov 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM

Michael Belt said:

gonna use the time between now and release to fill in my listening gaps with their discography. been impressed with various songs for a long time, but the only records i've spun front to back are Jane Doe, All We Love, and Bloodmoon.

The Dusk in Us was my 2017 AOTY if that means anything

jordalsh · Nov 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM

it’s so funny i was just getting into jane doe the other day…. my power

duffe · Nov 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM

Michael Belt said:

gonna use the time between now and release to fill in my listening gaps with their discography. been impressed with various songs for a long time, but the only records i've spun front to back are Jane Doe, All We Love, and Bloodmoon.

Gotta listen to You Fail Me

Crisp X · Nov 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM

They're one of those bands where any album could be someone's favorite and I'd be like "fuck yeah"

Drewski · Nov 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM

Totally agree that: 1) they have zero misses, and 2) everyone's list and favorite will be very different, truly a testament to their quality and consistency.

1. Jane Doe
2. You Fail Me
3. Axe to Fall
4. All We Love We Leave Behind
5. No Heroes
6. The Dusk In Us
7. Bloodmoon I

Wish I knew them a little better, production kinda kills me:
Petitioning the Empty Sky
When Forever Comes Crashing
Halo in a Haystack

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