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Converge band members left to right: Nate Newton (bassist), Ben Koller (drummer), Jacob Bannon (vocalist), Kurt Ballou (guitarist).<\/span><\/p>\n Jason Zucco<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n There\u2019s something missing in modern heavy music. It\u2019s hard to put a finger on exactly what\u2019s missing, partly because it\u2019s not just one thing <\/em>rather it\u2019s a multitude of aspects. For one, the commercialization of heavy music has been a double edged sword \u2013 while it\u2019s nice to see heavy bands marching to the forefront of pop-culture, much of the aggressive music coming out today has adopted this commercialized template which often produces sterile and formulaic music. <\/p>\n Converge on the other hand, the revered New England outfit who helped pioneer the metalcore genre, could not be further from these tropes. Since the late 90s Converge has produced a wide array of authentic and raw sounding LPs. The authenticity and human imperfection that comes with Converge\u2019s sound has granted them a cult like following that\u2019s hard to come by in today\u2019s scene. Now with the band releasing the title track for their 11th LP Love Is Not Enough, <\/em>Converge\u2019s return could not be more timely.<\/p>\n Converge\u2019s hypnotic grooves, frantic guitar riffs and poetically angry vocals are all present on their returning single. It satisfying to see that the band hasn\u2019t strayed from their signature aspects but rather has doubled down on them. While their last LP, 2021\u2019s Bloodmoon: I,<\/em> was a more of an experimantal album in addition to being a collaboration with songwriter Chelsea Wolfe, it\u2019s nice to have the band back and pulling no punches. <\/p>\n In fact, this pull-no-punches approach might be characteristic of this eleventh LP: \u201cIt does a thing that no other Converge record does\u2014it keeps ramping up,\u201d vocalist Jacob Bannon states. \u201cAnd that\u2019s definitely by design. Internally, we passed around dozens of ideas for sequencing because everyone interprets music differently and there\u2019s no right way of doing it. When we do that, we always joke that we all have to be equally unhappy. But this is the one that works.\u201d <\/p>\n Speaking more on the authenticity that\u2019s missing from modern heavy music, Bannon shares a similar sentiment as it relates to the band\u2019s sound on this record. \u201cI think that realism is missing from a lot of modern music of any genre, but especially our genre,\u201d Bannon says. \u201cThings either go super raw and almost chaotic to the point where it\u2019s distracting, or bands take the life out of what they\u2019re doing by editing every aspect. Sometimes the perfect take is the one that has some wildness to it. It’s not perfectly executed. There\u2019s a lot of powerful moments on this record and a lot of angry moments. The realism amplifies that.\u201d <\/p>\n Fans will get to hear these powerful angry moments when Love Is Note Enough<\/em> drops February 16th via Epitaph. Below is the tracklisting for Love Is Note Enough:<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.forbes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Converge band members left to right: Nate Newton (bassist), Ben Koller (drummer), Jacob Bannon (vocalist), Kurt Ballou (guitarist). Jason Zucco There\u2019s something missing in modern heavy music. It\u2019s hard to put a finger on exactly what\u2019s missing, partly because it\u2019s not just one thing rather it\u2019s a multitude of aspects. 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