Converge's "Hum of Hurt": A lean, punishing album born from tinnitus and existential pain
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Alex Robert Ross
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A review of Converge's album "Hum of Hurt," their second release this year. The album is named after a mysterious low-frequency ambient drone phenomenon that lead vocalist Jacob Bannon discovered while researching his own tinnitus, which he reimagined as representing all human pain and suffering. The album is described as possibly the heaviest Converge have made — lean, sinewy, direct, and stripped of embellishments, drawn from the same writing sessions that produced their earlier 2024 release.
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Lead vocalist Jacob Bannon came across the phenomenon when researching his own tinnitus and reimagined it as a culmination of all the pain and suffering in human existence.
The second album this year from metalcore pioneers Converge is named for a mysterious, pulsing, low-frequency ambient drone, likened by those who hear it to a diesel engine, an idling airplane, or a kind of inescapable torture.
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