Until Your Heart Stops is the debut album by Metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 band Cave In

Cave In

Cave In is an American rock band that formed in 1995, in Methuen, Massachusetts. After several members changes in the late 90's, their lineup solidified with the 1998 release of Until Your Heart Stops through Hydra Head Records. Their early albums were prominent releases in the independent...

. It was released in 1998 on Hydra Head Records

Hydra Head Records

Hydra Head Records is an independent record label which specializes in heavy metal music, founded in New Mexico by Aaron Turner in 1993...

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Background

Despite being the band's second full-length release, Until Your Heart Stops represents the first time Cave In went into a studio to record a full album together. The album also marks the first time they would play as a four-piece, as it was recorded when a major line-up change was in the midst of taking place; going through two vocalists and one bassist.

The actual writing of the album took place during the recording sessions of Cave In's previous release, compilation Beyond Hypothermia, which was a collection of Cave In's older songs, which they re-tracked, and in some cases, re-recorded.

CD version

Standard edition

1. "Moral Eclipse" – 2:05
2. "Terminal Deity" – 3:13
3. "Juggernaut" – 5:35
4. "The End of Our Rope Is a Noose" – 8:09
5. "Segue 1" – 1:17
6. "Until Your Heart Stops / Segue 2" – 8:08
7. "Halo of Flies" – 5:00
8. "Bottom Feeder / Segue 3" – 2:52
9. "Ebola" – 4:21
10. "Controlled Mayhem Then Erupts" – 13:57

Japanese bonus track

11. "Mr. Co-Dexterity" – 6:35

LP version

Side A

1. "Moral Eclipse"
2. "Terminal Deity"
3. "Juggernaut"

Side B

4. "Until Your Heart Stops"
5. "Segue 1"
6. "The End of Our Rope Is a Noose"

Side C

7. "Informing the Octopus"
8. "Bottom Feeder"
9. "Halo of Flies"

Side D

10. "Ebola"
11. "Controlled Mayhem Then Erupts"
12. "Segue 3"
13. "Casio Killtoy"

Personnel

• Stephen Brodsky – Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
• Adam McGrath – Guitar, Vocals
• Caleb Scofield
  Caleb Scofield
  Caleb Scofield is a bassist and singer mostly known for playing bass & contributing vocals in the alternative metal band Cave In, and is now most active with his own sludge metal band Zozobra. Caleb is also a part of the sludge band Old Man Gloom. He currently lives in Boston with his wife and...
  
   – Bass
• J.R. Connors – Drums, Keyboards

Guests

• Kurt Ballou
  Kurt Ballou
  Kurt Ballou is the guitarist from Massachusetts-based band Converge. Aside from his role in Converge, he is a prolific producer, engineering and producing out of his own Godcity studio.- GodCity studio :...
  
   – Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
• Jacob Bannon
  Jacob Bannon
  Jacob Bannon is the vocalist, lyricist, and graphic artist for the American metalcore band Converge. He is also the founder and owner of the label Deathwish Inc...
  
  – Vocals
• Jay Randall – Vocals
• Travis Shettel – Vocals