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After the release of the cross-pollinating metal landmark
Roots, Brazilian metal giants
Sepultura acrimoniously splintered, with frontman Max Cavalera--the instigator of the primal rhythms that made
Roots such a ferocious prospect--striking out bravely with Soulfly. Their eponymous debut picks up where
Roots left off, as "Bleed" opens with a fearsome patter of drums--and then the floodgates open with a seldom-rivaled burst of speed-metal riffing. By no means is this Cavalera standing still, though;
Soulfly skips tempo with virtuosic ease, showing a loose affinity with the harshest grooves of crossover hip-hop/metal groups such as
Korn. The aforementioned "Bleed" features a spittle-flecked rap from
Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, and Chino Moreno of the
Deftones turns up in "First Commandment" engaging in a duel with Cavalera. They're brave men, for few can take him on in his own turf.
--Louis Pattison
Product Description
Limited edition reissue of the 1998 debut album by Brazilian metal group fronted by former Sepultura leader Max Cavalera, complete with new artwork, double digipak packaging and a 13 track bonus CD featuring live cuts & remixes. The extra disc contains 'Tribe' (Fuck Shit Up Mix), 'Quilombo' (Extreme Ragga Dub Mix), 'Umbabarauma' (World Cup Mix), 'Tribe' (Tribal Terrorism Mix), 'Umbabarauma' (Brasil '70 Mix), 'Qui lombo' (Zumbi Dub Mix), 'Soulfly' (Eternal Spirit Mix) and live versions of 'No Hope = No Fear', 'Bleed', 'Bumba', 'Quilombo', 'The