{"id":28005,"date":"2026-02-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28005"},"modified":"2026-02-18T23:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:38:22","slug":"converge-love-is-not-enough-epitaph-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28005","title":{"rendered":"CONVERGE &#8211; &#8216;Love Is Not Enough&#8217; (Epitaph Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/81MiTCPnxmL._AC_SL1200_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/81MiTCPnxmL._AC_SL1200_-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/81MiTCPnxmL._AC_SL1200_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/81MiTCPnxmL._AC_SL1200_-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/81MiTCPnxmL._AC_SL1200_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/81MiTCPnxmL._AC_SL1200_-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/81MiTCPnxmL._AC_SL1200_-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/81MiTCPnxmL._AC_SL1200_-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/81MiTCPnxmL._AC_SL1200_.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Something of a palate cleanser is the new album from Converge. Not really knowing what to expect, I turned the stereo up, poured a cold one, and let the music wash over me. More of a tidal wave hitting me full force than washing over me, to be honest, as the metallic hardcore is like being hit in the face with a speeding train, then repeatedly hit with a cricket bat and feeling pleased with myself for the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The title track kicks things off as the listener gets pinned to the wall, and not unlike a salivating big motherfuckin&#8217; rabid dog frothing in your face, you feel the warm breath as the lyrics are spat out. This is not going to be a comfortable listen, but it does grab one&#8217;s attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Converge - &quot;Love Is Not Enough&quot;\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qxelfxGa2oo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is their eleventh album, in their 35th\u00a0year as a band, which is remarkable to be fair and to come out with something so intense and captivating as the album opens up the intensity, if anything increases. &#8216;To Feel Something&#8217; certainly delivers what it says on the tin, and if this doesn&#8217;t move you one way or the other, then I suggest a visit to the doctor&#8217;s office to have your ears syringed or checked for a pulse. &#8216;Beyond Repair&#8217; is something of a minor pause in the intensity as something of a musical interlude before &#8216;Amon Amok&#8217; barks out of the speakers. The heaviness increases on the grinding riff that is &#8216;Force Meets Presence&#8217; as the intro deceives you before thrashing harder than most metal bands have over the last 30 years. The riff and rhythm is hypnotic and revolting at the same time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rage is put on hold whilst &#8216;Guilded cage&#8217; shows some respite, but only briefly before catching its breath and building slowly with a heaving Bass and pounding rhythm. As we race to the finish line, &#8216;Make Me Forget You&#8217; sounds like Midnight before signing off with the tribal rhythm of &#8216;We Were Never The Same,&#8217; and we are done, and I&#8217;m almost broken from the repeated experience of playing this record in my headphones over and over. I might need an intervention. If you are looking for something nasty and fucked off, then Converge is your band and &#8216;Love IS Not Enough&#8217; is your jam, as the kids say. Fuck em I say, just get some of this in your ears, heavy man!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buy <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4aY7lL2\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4aY7lL2\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Auhtor: Dom Daley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something of a palate cleanser is the new album from Converge. Not really knowing what to expect, I turned the stereo up, poured a cold one, and let the music wash over me. 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