CONVERGE

Born Again Concerts proudly presents 
CONVERGE - EU/UK NOVEMBER 2026 
with very special guests
SANGUISUGABOGG | BLACKBRAID | PUPIL SLICER 
For more than three decades, CONVERGE have delivered musical
and emotional catharsis, putting purpose before perception and
intent before interpretation. Whether it’s their 2001 landmark
recording Jane Doe or their 2021 Bloodmoon: I collaboration with
CHELSEA WOLFE, they have created some of the most compelling
music, lyrics, and visual art of the 21st century. During that time,
fewer bands have had a greater impact on the underground
imagination.
It seems unlikely that anyone who has been making music for this
long would create one of their best works for their eleventh album,
in their 35th year as a band. And yet: Love is Not Enough may have
been the apotheosis of CONVERGE’s decades-long journey
through the Punk, Hardcore and Metal microcosm. What vocalist/
lyricist Jacob Bannon, guitarist/producer Kurt Ballou, bassist/
vocalist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller have created is a
strident artistic statement on the turmoil of living that hones their
collective strengths to a razor’s edge.
“There’s always obstacles in the world,” Bannon says. “Personal,
professional, economical, whatever. But I feel like we’re in a
pressure cooker somewhere on our evolutionary line. It’s a lot just
to be a human being in the modern world, trying to function,
maintain, grow, have empathy, have compassion. It takes more than
it used to, to do all those things.”
“I think that realism is missing from a lot of modern music of any
genre, but especially our genre,” Bannon says. “Things either go
super raw and almost chaotic to the point where it's distracting, or
bands take the life out of what they’re doing by editing every
aspect.”
“We still identify this band as the outlet that’s essential to our lives,”
Bannon says. “We give everything we have to it. Being past your
average middle age, we’re starting to see deeper than before into a
variety of places. And I don’t think that’s specific to us. I think that’s
something that’s utterly relatable.”