To say Cave In have come back swinging harder than ever would be a colossal understatement in describing the impact Heavy Pendulum weighs in with. The Boston metalcore pioneers have experienced their own personal strife following the death of bassist Caleb Scofield in 2018 atop of harboring the same universal darkness we’ve all encounters these past few years. With their seventh full-length effort, they bludgeon the atmosphere with their best album yet. Backed by Stephen Brodsky’s ascendant navigations over big riffs, metal spliffs, psychedelic transmissions, and throttles of fast hardcore muscle up their axe-wielding antennas toward space, Cave In challenge the black hole void at its own game and destroy it from the inside.

Highlights: “Blood Spiller”, “Blinded By a Blaze”, “Wavering Angel”

Cave In’s Heavy Pendulum is available now on Relapse Records.

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