''Anomalies, Vol. 1'' is a compilation album by the American rock band

Cave In Cave In is an American rock band that formed in 1995 in Methuen, Massachusetts. The band's lineup solidified with the 1998 release of '' Until Your Heart Stops'' through Hydra Head Records, and their early albums were prominent in the metalco ...

. The album was officially released on December 14, 2010 through

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, however copies could be obtained one month earlier on Black Friday. Despite its title, ''Anomalies, Vol. 1'' is actually the second release in Cave In's ''Anomalies'' series, which a grouping of releases that compile previously unreleased or rare tracks. Released earlier in 2010, ''Anomalies, Vol. 2'' was a live album of a recorded performance from 2003.

Song history

The opening track from ''Anomalies, Vol. 1'', "Mr. Co-Dexterity," was originally released on Japanese editions of Cave In's 1998 debut album ''

Until Your Heart Stops ''Until Your Heart Stops'' is the debut album by metalcore band Cave In. It was released in 1998 on Hydra Head Records. ''Until Your Heart Stops'' has been regarded as a landmark release in the metallic hardcore genre.J. Bennett, "Who's That Gi ...

''. After making the conscious decision not to play heavy metal music anymore in the late 1990s, after the release of ''Until Your Heart Stops'', Cave In started recording material that was more spacey and

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that eventually culminated in the '' Creative Eclipses'' EP. The song "Inflatable Dream" was a previously unreleased track from these sessions. The studio version of "Innuendo and Out the Other" was originally released on 2000s ''

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''. ''Anomalies, Vol. 1'' also contains four

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. The Cave In track "I Luv I Jah" was originally released in 1999 on ''Never Give In: A Tribute to Bad Brains''. It was written by the hardcore punk band

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and released on their 1982 album ''

''. The song "Plainsong" was originally released in 2000 on ''Disintegrated: A Tribute to The Cure''. It was written by the gothic rock band

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for their 1989 album '' Disintegration''. The song " N.I.B." was originally released on in 1999 '' In These Black Days''. It was written by the heavy metal band

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for their 1970 album ''

''. ''Anomalies, Vol. 1'' ends with a cover of the slowcore band

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's song "Cave-In," written for their 1990 album '' Frigid Stars''. The song was originally released on Cave In's Lollapalooza EP and Japanese editions of ''

Perfect Pitch Black ''Perfect Pitch Black'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Cave In. The album was released on September 13, 2005 through Hydra Head Records, and was the band's final release before going on hiatus in 2006. Cave In later reformed in ...

''. This song's title was also the source of inspiration for Cave In's band name.

Track listing

On the vinyl edition, the first three tracks make up side A while the remaining tracks are on side B.

Personnel

;Cave In *

Stephen Brodsky Stephen Brodsky is an American rock musician, best known as a member of Cave In, Mutoid Man, New Idea Society and Old Man Gloom. He also has a solo career and is a former member of Converge (band), Converge, Kid Kilowatt, Parasite and Pet Geni ...

– vocals, guitar *Adam McGrath – guitar *

Caleb Scofield Caleb Mark Scofield (October 6, 1978 – March 28, 2018) was an American musician who was a bassist and singer mostly known for the alternative metal band Cave In, and his own sludge metal band Zozobra. He was killed in an auto accident. Caleb wa ...

– bass, vocals *John-Robert Conners – drums ;Production *Tracks 1–3 produced by

Brian McTernan Brian McTernan is an American musician and record producer from Baltimore, Maryland. McTernan was the lead vocalist in the hardcore punk band Battery, the guitarist in Ashes, and is the singer in Be Well. In 2009, he was named one of "the 50 ...

*Tracks 4–6 produced by

Kurt Ballou Kurt Ballou (born February 1, 1974) is an American musician and record producer based in Massachusetts, best known as the guitarist for metalcore band Converge and for his recording and production work at his own GodCity Studio. Early and pe ...

*Track 7 produced by Andrew Schneider

References

External links

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