Comments on: Sepultura – The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart

By: F. Rini

F. Rini — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:11:08 +0000

Mastodude-thx for your well thought out response. Nation is the absolute worst post max sepul release. Dante XXI is not too bad, the opening track on that album is pretty cool. Yeah, at the end of the day I think people, me included just want the f’in band to release a non stop thrash fest, like yrs past. Enough of these groove oriented boring ass songs. Really! Cause when they kick into the thrash attacks, they sound killer-so i will agree with you on that. Just always wanting that part to be their main focus, but it has not been for some time now. In terms of still better than half the stuff out there now, I’ll have to politely disagree with you there. I think of bands like Warbringer, Skeletonwitch, Municipal Waste, Gama Bomb, Gravehill, Craven Idol ( I can go on all day), of bands that play thrash, blackened thrash or death/thrash metal-these bands destroy Sepultura, in terms of quality albums, thrashing hard etc. But to each his own, as they say. Happy new year dude. \m/

By: Mastodude

Mastodude — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:39:38 +0000

Honestly, I think new Sepultura gets way more shit than they deserve. No, they’re not as good as old Sepultura, but neither is Soulfly, and both bands have put out some pretty shitty material since Max left the band in the mid 90s. However, I’ve taken it upon myself to give all the post-Max Sepultura albums a listen over the past few weeks and haven’t really been that disappointed. Nation was a piece of absolute garbage, but the rest of their releases haven’t been that bad. I enjoyed Against, Roorback, and to a lesser extent, A-lex and Kairos. Still haven’t given Dante XXI a listen, but everyone is telling me it’s their worst album, so I’m a little worried about checking it out.

On to this new release, I really do think it’s one of the best they’ve released since Max left. Much better than the new Soulfly, too, which surprised me. Derrick gets a lot of hate for his vocals, but I’ve always thought they were cool (other than his cleans, Jesus those are terrible). He sounds absolutely ferocious on this release. Andreas hasn’t played this well on an album in years, the new drummer is fantastic, and I’m sure Paulo did something worth mentioning but who the fuck cares, lol.

It was a lot easier for me to like this band after I stopped comparing it to the Sepultura of old and just accepted it for what it became after Roots, which was basically a mix of Hardcore Punk, Groove Metal, and occasional Thrash / Death Metal stuff. So what if it sucks compared to old Sepultura? It’s still better than half the shit that similar bands are putting out right now.

By: F. Rini

F. Rini — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:00:26 +0000

Osh-yeah, I’m glad I saved you some extra $!/Black Death-yeah, you know it’s not like sepul does not have any fans out there, but for me I just felt it was like listening to the same album over and over, like their last ones. And I do not mind some hardcore in there, I grew up in NY and love the NYHC sound, but for Sepul, just not the right mix for me. Hebus-I only go on facts and what I know and would not comment on Max’s marriage, but he has released alot of Soulfly albums that were pretty amazing, Prophecy, Dark Ages and Enslaved are incredible. thx to you all for your comments on here-we all appreciate your comments and reading the articles/ frank \m/

By: osh

osh — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 05:27:34 +0000

Glad your singing the truth brother. Almost wasted a few minutes of my time listening to this. Time way better spent on your review Frank!

By: Black death

Black death — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 01:42:15 +0000

I bought this album after never listening to any Sepultura after “Arise”, and I loved it. I always heard they turned into some kind of shit hardcore band, but this album sounded like classic death metal to me…Derrick Green is a wonderful vocalist and while he doesn’t do growls, he fits the music well. The riffs are also very memorable, such as in “Manipulation of Tragedy” and “Obsessed”. Sure, there is a bit of hardcore, but anyone who hates hardcore as much as I do will be fine with just skipping those tracks, haha!!!

By: F.Rini

F.Rini — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 01:13:55 +0000

yeah, skip this at all costs. Roorback kicks effin ass. Thx for reading!/frank

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:42:56 +0000

second album this year to use Metropolis as its foundation. first was Cult of Luna’s Vertikal. well actually that came out in very late 2012 but that’s splitting hairs. I am off to check out Roorback but will skip on this!

By: hebus

hebus — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:39:01 +0000

Cavalera married yoko ono.thats why he left.and soulfly is just a joke.keep ripping off roots max.good job ya loser.