Metalcore lifers Converge are reportedly gearing up to drop a new full-length in 2026, titled Hum Of Hurt, with a June 5 release lined up through Epitaph. And if that sounds fast, it is, especially coming off Love Is Not Enough, which only just landed earlier this year and already felt like a statement of renewed intent.

That record was supposed to be the return. Their first proper album since 2017’s The Dusk In Us. Instead, it looks like it was just the tip of the iceberg.

Drummer Ben Koller hinted as much, describing sessions that weren’t just productive, they were overflowing. Twenty-seven ideas on the table, seventeen of them tracked. That’s a band with too much to say and not enough runtime to contain it.

Fans caught on quickly. When a cryptic billboard popped up in Boston, no context, just that familiar sense of unease paired with label branding.

Now it’s starting to make sense.

Listings on Apple Music point toward Hum Of Hurt arriving June 5, 2026, with the title track dropping April 1. A quick turnaround by any standard, but especially for a band this deep into their career, and this unwilling to coast.

However, it is worth noting that tomorrow is April fools day, so there is an outside chance that this whole thing is an elaborate prank. Imagine!?

Hum of Hurt is out June 5 via Epitaph Records. Pre-order details are not yet available. Tracklist below:

1. Slip the Noose
2. Doom in Bloom
3. It Only Gets Worse
4. Detonator
5. I Won’t Let You Go
6. It’s Not Up To Us
7. Dream Debris
8. It Used to Matter
9. Hum of Hurt
10. Nothing is Over
    

Converge is currently on tour with Poison The Well. See full dates below:

04/02 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues *
04/03 Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall *
04/05 Dayton, OH @ Hidden Gem with Blackspot and No Grave  (No Poison The Well)
04/04 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot *
04/06 Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving Underground *
04/07 Toronto, ON @ HISTORY *
04/08 Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmont with Spy (No Poison The Well)
04/09 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium *
04/10 Queens, NY @ Knockdown Center *
04/11 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore *
04/12 Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall *
04/25 Las Vegas, NV @ Sick New World *
05/07 Denver, CO @ Summit ^
05/09 Austin, TX @ Stubb's Outdoors ^
05/10 Houston, TX @ House of Blues ^
05/12 Phoenix, AZ @ Nile Theater ^
05/13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco ^
05/15 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues ^
05/16 San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park ^
05/17 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom ^

* = with SPY and Balmora
^ = with The Armed and The Barbarians Of California

Summer European dates:

06/28 Antwerp, BE @ Zappa
06/29 Cologne, DE @ Essigfabrik
06/30 Berlin, DE @ SO36
07/02 Vienna, AT @ Arena
07/03 Milan, IT @ Circolo Magnolia

Converge will make the following festival appearances in Europe this summer:

06/25 Ysselsteyn, NL @ Jera On Air
06/25 Rennes, FR @ Superbowl Of Hardcore
06/27 Manchester, UK @ Outbreak
07/01 Truntov, CZ @ Obscene Extreme
07/04 Viveiro, ES @ Resurrection Festival

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