Soulfly - Dark Ages
89%
Soulfly is back with another album! And for the first time in their history with the same line up as the previous album, it is a bloody miracle I must add. Soulfly is one of those bands who can produce albums constantly, after releasing somewhere around May last year they are facing their fifth release in October. According to Marc Rizzo this will be the heaviest Soulfly record so far. After the interview with Rizzo, which gave Metalrage.com quite some attention, everybody at the Metalrage.com headquarters were curious to the result.
Well, to start this review I must say Soulfly is presenting us the darkest cover they ever had on a release. Finally something that looks like metal. After a brief intro the album starts with Babylon. Instantly you will hear more Sepultura influences into the music; this means the album actually is the most heaviest so far? Maybe it is, the song does leave a great first impression.
And it is only getting better by the song, with the following song I And I and later on Frontlines this album just keeps crushing your brains. This is what a huge part of the Soulfly fans have been shouting for; when will Soulfly make an album with some Sepultura songs on it. Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come! And these songs will do great when they are performed live on stage.
Luckily enough the band still got some of its own unique qualities on the album. For example Riotstarter with the dead old Zumbi thing and the true tribal sounds. This is what makes Soulfly and they better never loose this. After this intro which they used more often the actual songs starts; the thing I notice are a lot of electronic effects on this album, sirens and helicopters.
And back to the fact Max is using the same line up as before; he could not have chosen a better line up, the guitar qualities of Marc Rizzo are something you have to respect. After releasing his solo album a couple of months before he is showing his qualities on this album as well.
Before I start my conclusion I have to make one last remark; Richie, you cannot sing, you probably never can, so STOP IT!!! You are doing it lovely on stage with a great performance but keep it there, now it is on one of my records! The idea behind the song Staystrong is great; it is about Mozes, the recently lost grandson of Max, and it is great to see Max attracting his family on the record but this is too much.
As you might have noticed I dig this record. The combination of Soulfly with Sepultura makes me one happy person! Soulfly is back and this time they really are; they even presented us their best record after their debut!
.: Reactions
You have to login to react, click here to login or create a new account| Raymond666 on Saturday October 1st 2005 15:21 Score: 85% |  |
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yeah i like this album, got that old-school sepultura feeling but also the fresh soulfly feeling. and i agree with you buzz, richie can nót sing. |
| DemonDust on Sunday October 2nd 2005 17:31 |  |
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| must have this!!!!! |
| LiqLight on Monday October 3rd 2005 19:24 Score: 92% | |
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| This album is so Metal it's really fun |
| Raymond666 on Monday October 3rd 2005 19:45 | |
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"I must say Soulfly is presenting us the darkest cover they ever had on a release" funny, the special edition is white :D |
| DemonDust on Monday October 3rd 2005 22:16 | |
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| yeah, and it has three bonus tracks, of which two are live and one I've never heard of. |
| Ditmar on Tuesday October 4th 2005 00:52 | |
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Is this Soulfly album actually different from other ones ??? I thought Soulfly were great at releasing the same album every year. Although nothing's wrong with that, AC/DC have been doing that for the last four decades I think......... Even though I haven't heard it, I think it's not my piece of cake |
| Boek on Tuesday October 4th 2005 14:58 Score: 70% |  |
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| hmm that Richie guy fucks up a lot on this album...as for the rest of the album: it's okay, Soulfly has had its best time for me anyway |
| DemonDust on Thursday October 6th 2005 12:21 Score: 74% | |
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I've finally bought it, and no it's not that refrshing, it's just Soulfly meets sepultura an a bit of nailbomb. all recorded in crappy studio's all over the world, which you can hear very clearly. i find it pretty amusing. max's lyrics are again the same ol shit "I don't give a fuck" bla die bla. to be honest, i like prophecy better. |
| Rijntje on Saturday November 5th 2005 15:49 Score: 82% | |
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Didn't gave my opinion yet... It's definitely a great album. Lot of good songs... Carved Inside is my favorite i think. But this album has the same problem (less than the previous albums, but still) as their previous ones... The songs are getting weaker on the end. You'll get the same old expirimental Soulfly stuff where they copy some slow tunes for minutes... But I have to say it's not so bad on this record. Enough for the whining, it's just another great Soulfly album with some really cool brutal songs and a nice Look-I'm-doing-some-yoga-chill-song on the end, I give it a 82! |
| Anto on Tuesday November 22nd 2005 01:53 Score: 98% | |
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Well I am certainly in the mood to give my 2 cents.....First off I love Soulfly and I think Max is a God sent down to drag Metal into the 21st century!! Best Soulfly offering yet and maybe even dares to rival some seminal Sepultura stuff!! I and I is one hell of a tune and the whole thing comes wrapped up in one of the most impressive album covers I have seen! A must have for all trahsers out there. The even better news for me was of course that Max is finanly bringing Soulfly to Ireland for the first time in the band's history........What goes around, Comes around... |
