Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Cavalera Conspiracy ≠ Sepultura


I have been bothered to no end by this little bit of controversy over the new flavor of metal created by the Cavalera brothers. For all the haters, the Cavalera Conspiracy is not supposed to be a reinvented version of tribal infused death metal cult that is Sepultura. It seems that people are so hung up on the fact that Max and Iggor left Sepultura separately, went on to different projects, but are now back together that they should just rehash the old stuff they're known for. So many people get upset because they're unimpressed by this un-Sepultura creation. The Cavalera brothers aren't going back to Sepultura, get over it. Instead of tribal death metal, the Cavalera brothers bring a whole new form of fucking hateful music to the table, what I like to call curb-stomping metal. Self-explanitory songs like "Must Kill" and "Nevertrust" are two especially hateful tracks worth checking out for the titles alone. With mind numbingly fast guitar work and blistering drumming, Cavalera Conspiracy are unrelenting, fierce, unstoppable and every other adjective necessary to describe primal rage. And with the help of Mark Rizzo of Soulfly and Joe Duplantier of Gojira, the four musicians are able to create a bludgeoning assault of gruesome fury. They are not Sepultura or Soulfly, but they should not be overlooked.

Focus Tracks:
Inflikted, Sanctuary, Ultra-Violent, The Doom of All Fires, Nevertrust, Must Kill

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