Just over a year ago, the metal community lost one of our most colossal innovators, Caleb Scofield. An unrestrained creative force, the bassist and singer helped in outlining the blueprint of metalcore in the late 90s in aid of his involvement with alternative metal chieftains, Cave In. A regular collaborator with Converge and Isis, Caleb’s contribution to not only his primary band’s success, but with post-hardcore experimentalists Old Man Gloom and post-sludge revisionists Zozobra, continues to resonate and influence modern players to this day.

But while his passing will never fully heal over, the boys from below, Matt and Tom take more of a celebratory retrospective of Scofield’s life and cultural impact. With Cave In’s last ever record with Caleb’s involvement, The Final Transmission, set to drop within the forthcoming weeks, let’s use this opportunity to remember a man with a bass tone like the ringing of Satan’s bells and a voice like...more ringing of Satan’s bells.