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Cave In is officially back on May 20

Posted by Loren on March 19, 2022

Cave In is officially back on May 20
photo by Jay Zucco

Cave In will release their Relapse Records debut on May 20. Titled Heavy Pendulum, it's the first studio album from the quarter in over a decade, with Stephen Brodsky, Adam McGrath, and John-Robert Conners joined by new addition Nate Newton (Converge, Doomriders, Old Man Gloom) on bass and vocals.

The band shared "New Reality" this week, a taste of what's to come on the 2LP, CD, cassette, and digital release.

Speaking of the record, vocalist/guitarist Brodsky states:

Cave In’s been around for over 25 years now, and the time has come for an album that scales all of our creative peaks. Talk about a wild and weird ride! And here we are with Heavy Pendulum -- it certainly feels like a remarkable event, given the erratic trajectory of our band. “New Reality” was always the lead-off track - that was pretty obvious during the writing process. New line-up, new label, new album... a new reality indeed, and it all adds up to a new lease on life for Cave In.

HEAVY PENDULUM TRACK LIST:

New Reality
Blood Spiller
Floating Skulls
Heavy Pendulum
Pendulambient 
Careless Offering
Blinded By a Blaze
Amaranthine
Searchers of Hell
Nightmare Eyes
Days of Nothing
Waiting For Love
Reckoning
Wavering Angel

Cave In is officially back on May 20
photo by Jay Zucco

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