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| 3.9 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | August 30th 22 |
Cave In continue their path without Caleb Scofield with a metal album that's evidently different from the band's past material. It's much more midtempo, with a beautiful guitar tone leading the melodic duties while the power charge is led by sludge heaviness. This makes for a balanced release - with alt metal, sludge, grunge, and post-hardcore being smushed together that knows when to go full headbang and when to let it rise to psychedelic heights.
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| 0.0 | Brendan Schroer STAFF | June 1st 22 |
To be sincerely honest in my humble opinion without being sentimental of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view and without hiding any thoughts in my mind and without lies,to the actual truth with my clear open mind and clean heart,expressing what ever is embedded inside me for a long time which I didn't say just because I was nervous. But Today, by gathering all the courage and motivation, I just want to say that I actually feel and think that I have absolutely nothing to say.
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| 3.0 good | STIGMATIZED | May 30th 22 |
This album has its moments, but I can't feel like something is missing from the band. And no, it's not Caleb Scofield.r(review soon)
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| 4.5 superb | StrizzMatik | May 22nd 22 |
This shit fucking stomps. Cave In return and drop what may be
the most consistent record of their career in Heavy Pendulum,
which is no mean feat considering the loss of Caleb Scofield
in 2018, arguably the band's principle songwriter. Recruiting
Nate Newton from fellow buddies and metalcore legends
Converge to take over bass and vocal duties proves to be the
band's new x-factor - Cave In have never been this heavy,
vital and focused in their careers, and Nate is a big part of
that. His throaty growl puts the vocal OOMPH in Blood
Spiller, Nightmare Eyes, Amaranthine and much of the record,
perfectly complimenting Steve Brodsky's inimitable croon.
Brodsky and Adam McGrath punish throughout the entire record
with disgusting riff after riff, intertwined with the
galactic delay leads they are infamous for, bolstered by
powerhouse drumming from JR Connors, really only stopping to
take a breath a handful of times throughout with a couple of
interludes and more reflective, meditative tracks such as the
t/t and Reckoning. If anything can be criticized with the
record, It's that there's almost too much of a good thing -
the interludes are cool but not really necessary, and Waiting
For Love, while having a great riff, is just kinda there.
Otherwise, there's a strong argument for HP being Cave In's
strongest record yet. It does a fantastic job of combining
aspects of all those eras into one, with a little bit of
Mastodon, AIC, Failure and Soundgarden sprinkled on top.
Incredible album. And did I mention the production is fucking
ridiculous?
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