“Wake Up Now, Do Not Cower”: Converge’s Hum of Hurt

“We must run deep into the night.” Back in February, titans of titans Converge released Love is Not Enough, their first new material since 2021’s lackluster collaboration with Chelsea Wolfe Bloodmoon: I and 2017’s disappointing The Dusk in Us. Both a return to form and a grand declaration of the band’s continued growth, Love is Not Enough was the band’s best record since the near-perfect All We Love We Leave Behind. On its best song, the achingly wistful “Make Me Forget You,” Converge returned to the thrashy, melodic hardcore of that record to write a post-American Nightmare heartbreaker. The entire … Continue reading “Wake Up Now, Do Not Cower”: Converge’s Hum of Hurt