VARIOUS ARTISTS "It Came From The Abyss" Volume 1 LP

“It Came From The Abyss” (Volume 1) kicks off a new compilation LP series curated by Dark Operative. The first installment features an A side that highlights bands that encapsulate the best that the underground metal and hardcore genres have to offer, while the B side showcases some of the label’s favorite instrumental, goth, indie, emo, and pop outfits of the past, present, and future. The program encapsulates a range of covers (POWER TRIP’s take on Prong, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN channeling Black Flag, HIGHNESS turning in a Rorschach cover that conjures The Cure’s “Pornography” album), first-time exclusives (a demo track from THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS being heard for the first time ever, a previously unheard BLEACH EVERYTHING track, a brand new song from THIS WILL DESTROY YOU), unearthed/long out of print material (CHRISTIE FRONT DRIVE’s “Bag,” DOOMRIDERS’ “Hell Roaring,” an INTEGRITY track from their split with Gehenna), songs previously only issued in Europe (IRON REAGAN, BLACK MAR