Following a nearly 9 year wait for the follow-up to their latest traditional studio album, influential metalcore outfit Converge have opened the veritable floodgates. Just over a month after releasing their tenth studio album — eleven if you count their collaborative “Bloodmoon” effort — “Love Is Not Enough“, the Salem, MA natives have revealed a June 05th release date for their next full-length album, “Hum Of Hurt“.
The 10 songs featured on this effort were laid down during the “Love Is Not Enough” sessions, as the band entered the studio armed with dozens of new tracks last year. After teasing this new outing via a billboard in Boston, MA, the veil on this second new album of 2026 to emerge from the group has now been lifted. Below you can stream its title track.
A press release has revealed that the album’s title is taken from a mysterious phenomenon, which it spelled out as follows:
‘You feel it before you hear it. And once you hear it, you can’t unhear it. A low, persistent noise throbbing in the background. Scientists say it registers between 30 and 40 hertz. It’s been heard in Ipswich, Massachusetts; Auckland, New Zealand; and Windsor, Ontario. It has haunted the population of Taos, New Mexico, for decades. It’s been linked to suicides in the UK. Not everyone can hear it. No one knows where it’s coming from. They call it The Hum.’
The band’s vocalist Jacob Bannon took some liberties with the unknown origins of ‘the hum’ however, as he stated: “What if ‘The Hum’ is the culmination of all the pain in the world, creating an audible signal across the universe? Something noticeable to others operating on a similar emotional plane.” As for this rapid onslaught of new material, Bannon relayed:
“When we came together to write, we ended up with a wealth of material,. As work progressed we realized we had created two separate albums, and treated them as such.”
Despite their immediate proximity, “Love Is Not Enough” and “Hum Of Hurt” aren’t explicitly intertwined, as Bannon went on to explain:
“It’s not a sequel. The unifying musical idea early on was, ‘Let’s make a noise rock album.’ But we never really did. The first one wasn’t. This one touches on that spirit, but it’s much more dynamic than that descriptor. To me, it leans more into being an emotional hardcore album, while ‘Love Is Not Enough‘ feels more metal leaning album. In the end, we simply gave creative birth to another Converge record with its own unique identity and character.”
Bannon also opened up on the title track as well, offering:
“I’ve given 35 years of my life to creating art and music. I appreciate the creative home and support this community has given, yet rarely is space left for anything else. These lyrics are me looking in a mirror, recognizing that I am not the man I want to be. I need change, and still have work to do.”
Meanwhile, Bannon, a reknowned artist in his own right, collaborated with Thomas Hooper on the artwork for this record:
“For the cover, I had a vision of an EKG signal fusing with some kind of volatile seismography. This amalgamation represents the conditions that would theoretically create a ‘Hum.’ Specifically the heart skips beats before dissolving into static. The signal is then interrupted by a seismic event at the center point of the cover. In conversation, I shared some of these ideas with artist Thomas Hooper, who offered to illustrate them using scientific diagrams as a source of inspiration. I then spent months creating a mixed media piece for the interior. The figures represent the five elements of our planet, or ‘Pancha Bhuta’: Prithvi (Earth), Ap (Water), Agni (Fire), Vayu (Air), and Akasha (Aether). I present them in the throws of chaos, as if the elements themselves are entangled in the Hum of Hurt.”
“Hum Of Hurt” track listing:
01 – “Slip The Noose“
02 – “Doom In Bloom“
03 – “It Only Gets Worse“
04 – “Detonator“
05 – “I Won’t Let You Go“
06 – “It’s Not Up To Us“
07 – “Dream Debris“
08 – “It Used To Matter“
09 – “Hum Of Hurt“
10 – “Nothing Is Over“
Pre-orders for the album are available now via converge.ffm.to/humofhurt.
