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 thi