There is a sound some individuals swear they’ll hear. A low-frequency rumble, hovering someplace between 30 and 40 hertz, reported all over the place from Taos, New Mexico to Auckland and Windsor. It is persistent, unsettling, and largely unexplained. They name it The Hum.
Now, Converge have taken that phenomenon and remodeled it into one thing way more visceral – their second album of 2026, Hum Of Harm.
Following on from Love Is Not Sufficient, the document emerges from the identical prolific writing classes that noticed the band amass a surplus of fabric. However moderately than a companion piece, vocalist Jacob Bannon is obvious that this can be a separate entity completely.
“What if ‘The Hum’ is the fruits of all of the ache on the earth, creating an audible sign throughout the universe?” Bannon mentioned. “One thing noticeable to others working on an analogous emotional aircraft.”
The place its predecessor leaned extra towards metallic weight, Hum Of Harm strips issues again to one thing rawer and extra uncovered. As Bannon explains: “Once we got here collectively to jot down, we ended up with a wealth of fabric. As work progressed we realized we had created two separate albums, and handled them as such.”
He continues: “It isn’t a sequel. The unifying musical thought early on was, ‘Let’s make a noise rock album.’ However we by no means actually did. The primary one wasn’t. This one touches on that spirit, but it surely’s rather more dynamic than that descriptor.
“To me, it leans extra into being an emotional hardcore album, whereas Love Is Not Sufficient feels extra metallic leaning album. In the long run, we merely gave inventive start to a different Converge document with its personal distinctive id and character.”
The title monitor – launched right now – stands as one of the crucial emotionally direct moments within the band’s catalogue, with Bannon turning the lens inward: “I’ve given 35 years of my life to creating artwork and music. I recognize the inventive dwelling and assist this group has given, but hardly ever is house left for anything. These lyrics are me wanting in a mirror, recognizing that I’m not the person I need to be. I would like change, and nonetheless have work to do.”
Recorded and blended by longtime collaborator Kurt Ballou at God Metropolis Studios in Salem, MA, the album continues the band’s custom of self-contained creativity. Visually, it is equally meticulous: Bannon teamed up with UK artist Thomas Hooper to comprehend an idea mixing scientific imagery with non secular symbolism.
“For the duvet, I had a imaginative and prescient of an EKG sign fusing with some sort of risky seismography. This amalgamation represents the situations that might theoretically create a ‘Hum.’ Particularly the center skips beats earlier than dissolving into static. The sign is then interrupted by a seismic occasion on the middle level of the duvet.”
He provides: “The figures signify the 5 components of our planet, or ‘Pancha Bhuta’: Prithvi (Earth), Ap (Water), Agni (Hearth), Vayu (Air), and Akasha (Aether). I current them within the throws of chaos, as if the weather themselves are entangled within the Hum of Harm.”
You too can catch Converge at considered one of their under tour dates. Get your tickets right here.
w/ Poison The Nicely, Spy & Balmora
4/2 Cleveland, OH Home Of Blues
4/3 Chicago, IL Harmony Music Corridor
4/4 Pontiac, MI Crofoot
4/5 Dayton, OH Hidden Gem
4/6 New Kensington, PA Preserving Underground
4/7 Toronto, ON Historical past
4/8 Montreal, QC Theatre Beanfield
4/9 Worcester, MA The Palladium
4/10 New York, NY Knockdown Middle
4/11 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore
4/12 Baltimore, MD Nevermore Corridor
w/ Poison The Nicely, The Armed & The Barbarians Of California
5/7 Denver, CO Summit
5/9 Austin, TX Stubb’s Outside
5/10 Houston, TX Home Of Blues
5/12 Mesa, AZ Nile Theater
5/13 Los Angeles, CA Belasco Theater
5/15 Anaheim, CA Home Of Blues
5/16 San Diego, CA The Observatory North Park
5/17 San Francisco, CA The Regency Ballroom
w/ Heriot, Boneflower & Crouch
6/28 Antwerp, Belgium Zappa
6/29 Cologne, Germany Essigfabrik
6/30 Berlin, Germany SO36
7/2 Vienna, Austria Enviornment
7/3 Milan, Italy Circolo Magnolia
Converge competition dates
6/25 Netherlands Jera On Air
6/26 France Superbowl Of Hardcore
6/27 UK Outbreak
7/1 Czech Rep Obscene Excessive
7/4 Spain Resurrection
7/5 Portugal Evillive
