Cavalera Conspiracy. Inflikted.
March 31, 2008 – 10:30 am
Cavelara Conspiracy is the reunion of two legendary brothers of the Thrash metal scene. They split their union in 1996 when Max Cavalera leaved Sepultura because of a fight between his wife (the manager of the band) and the rest of Sepultura. He formed Soulfly while Sepultura get a new singer a change their sound a bit more to Hardcore metal. Soulfly got a bit of popularity but the fans of sepultura were not happy with a bordline new-metalish nound. In 2006 Igor decided to quit Sepultura because he wanted to get a break. In 2007 the two brothers decided to reunite and their first jams were magic. They formed Cavalera Conspiracy.
Max Cavalera - Vocals, Guitars
Marc Rizzo - Guitars
Joe Duplantier - Bass, Vocals
Igor Cavalera - Drums
Inflikted is a good mix of both Soulfly and Sepultura. In fact, songs like Nevertrust, Sanctuary, Black Ark and Bloodbrawl could have been taken from Chaos A.D. or Roots. Nevertrust is a short song that reminds me a lot of Biotech Is Godzilla. The song is fact, punkish guitar riff, engaged lyrics. Sanctuary is more Refuse/Resist sounding with a catchy chorus and strong riffing during the bridge. The Soulfy sound is coming from songs like Inflikted, Ultra-Violoent, Hex and The Doom of all Fires. Those songs add the more tribal hardcore sounding of Soulfly. The album also features some typical electro-industrial sound as usual.
One of the first thing that made me appreciate this record is the way Max produce his vocals. Almost all of the songs have infectious lines. The Doom of All fire features some strong metaphors and references from older soulfly records or sepultura stuff. Terrorize features also a catchy chorus: «terror rise/terror rising/terrorize…». Joe Duplantier got his chance to shine on Black Ark while is singing the chorus. He actually did a good job with this other infectious chorus.
Marc Rizzo also got a chance to show all of his talent. Is shredding is almost inhuman in some part. Bloodbrawl, Inflikted and Black Ark features great solos. He’s also throwing some interesting leads in Terrorize and Nevertrust. Marc is versatile player and he proves it in Bloodbrawl with his amazing acoustic playing during the outro. The album also features lots of great riff that will remind you great memories of Sepultura. Like I said earlier Sanctuary features an amazing bridge with lots of chugging riffs. Terrorize got a riff similar to Escape to the Void which is kinda cool. Bloodbrawl also features a lot of good riffs.
One of the big turnoff for this album is Igor work. He always had been an awesome drummer, especially on Arise and Chaos A.D. It’s not that he did a bad job, but he’s drumming is not in the front row even if he’s one of the two reunited brothers. Some grooves like the opening of terrorize are great and fresh he’s mostly doing the typical metal drumming thing.
Overall this album is a huge surprise for me. Max still got some good riffs in his bag and his unique voice that made him famous. Some might find it repetitive but I don’t think it is actually. This is not the record of the year but it’s a fun listen and you should give it a chance. I hope they’ll continue with another record.
One Response to “Cavalera Conspiracy. Inflikted.”
Cool news!
Max Cavalera rulez!!!
By )|(oR on Mar 31, 2008