Converge Premiere New Single & Music Video "Hum Of Hurt" From Upcoming New Album

After nearly nine years between traditional studio albums, influential metalcore band Converge have begun releasing new material at a rapid pace. Just over a month after dropping their latest record, “Love Is Not Enough”—their tenth studio album, or eleventh including the collaborative “Bloodmoon”—the Salem, Massachusetts group have announced yet another full-length. Titled “Hum Of Hurt,” the album is set for release on June 5th.

The ten tracks on the record were recorded during the “Love Is Not Enough” sessions, with the band entering the studio last year equipped with a large batch of new material. After hinting at the project with a billboard in Boston, the band have now officially unveiled their second album of 2026. The title track is available to stream below.

According to a press release, the album’s title draws inspiration from a mysterious phenomenon, described 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.’

Vocalist Jacob Bannon offered his own interpretation of the mysterious “Hum,” imagining it as a manifestation of collective suffering: “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.”

Addressing the band’s recent surge of new releases, Bannon added:

“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 arriving so close together, “Love Is Not Enough” and “Hum Of Hurt” aren’t directly connected, as Bannon went on to clarify:

“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 spoke about the album’s title track, sharing:

“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 renowned visual artist, teamed up with Thomas Hooper to create the album’s artwork:

“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-list:

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“