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Roots is the sixth studio album by Brazilian metal band Sepultura. It was released in March 12, 1996 by Roadrunner Records, and also was the band's last studio album to feature founding member and vocalist Max Cavalera. Following the experimentalism of the album Chaos A.D., Roots has more influence from Brazilian musical rhythms, including the participation of percussionist Carlinhos Brown, the vocalists Jonathan Davis and Mike Patton, along with producer Ross Robinson, known for his work with Korn.
[edit] Background and productionThe majority of the themes presented on Roots are centered on Brazilian politics and culture.[3] The whole concept of the album came after Max Cavalera watched At Play in the Fields of the Lord. The movie inspired a trip to Mato Grosso, Brazil to visit the Xavante tribe.[4] The inspiration for Sepultura's new musical direction was two-fold. One was the desire to further experiment with the music of Brazil, especially the percussive type played by Salvador, Bahia samba reggae group Olodum.[5] Another innovation Roots brought was the inspiration taken from the sound of the Deftones and Korn - especially the latter's debut, with its heavily down-tuned guitars.[6] The band incorporated these elements into almost all songs in the album, and one of them ("Itsári") was actually recorded with the members of the Xavante Indians at their ancestral home. Meeting the Xavante Indians meant a lot to Sepultura. Igor says that the band identified a lot with the natives: "In a certain way, I think that we, as a band, had a lot of things in common with the Xavante Indians. We also lived on the edge of society, and our music and lifestyle is a long way from being assimilated and respected by that society." A spokesman of the tribe declared: "We had seen pictures of Sepultura and we knew that they were different, with their long hair and many tattoos. We also knew that they had been discriminated, like we were. Because of that we were very curious about them." Some songs include participation ("Ratamahatta", "Dictatorshit" and "Endangered Species") and co-writing ("Ratamahatta") from Carlinhos Brown, a popular Brazilian musician. The political theme and Hardcore punk roots is further reflected in the topic of "Dictatorshit", namely the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état.[3] The lyrics to "Attitude" were co-written by Dana Wells, Max Cavalera's stepson, whose death (in part) lead to the events which caused Max to leave the band. Dana also came up with the concept for the video for the song, featuring Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu experts the Gracie family. On "Breed Apart", Max changed the style of his vocals a bit: instead of grunting the lyrics as usual, he decided to experiment a bit with the dynamics of his voice, and even whispered some parts of the lyrics. Max said that this was influenced by Jonathan Davis. Long-time friend Mike Patton (of Faith No More) and Jonathan Davis (of Korn) provided lyrics and vocals on the song "Lookaway". The last words in the song "Cut-Throat" are "Enslavement, Pathetic, Ignorant, Corporations". This spells EPIC, the record company with which Sepultura had some trouble during their previous album, Chaos A.D.[3] [edit] ReceptionRoots was released in February 1996 and was received with unprecedented enthusiasm.[citation needed] Even the popular press, that usually doesn't pay a lot of attention to metal records, halted the presses to appreciate the unusual rhythms mixture of Sepultura. American newspapers like The New Times [disambiguation needed], the Daily News [disambiguation needed] and the Los Angeles Times reserved some space for the Brazilian band: "The mixture of the dense metal of Sepultura and the Brazilian music has a intoxicating effect", wrote a Los Angeles Times' reviewer. The Daily News went even further: "Sepultura reinvented the wheel. By mixing metal with native instruments, the band resuscitates the tired genre, reminding of Led Zeppelin times. But while Zeppelin mixed English metal with African beats, it's still more moving to hear a band that uses elements of its own country. By extracting the sounds of the past, Sepultura determines the future direction of metal".[7] The specialized heavy metal critics treated the record as a masterpiece. Martin Popoff, author of the book "The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal", ranked Roots as the 11th best metal record of all time, after classics by Queen and Black Sabbath and before of any Metallica or Judas Priest record. "This is a spectacular metal and futurist hardcore LP", wrote Popoff, "a masterpiece, accomplished by a band with an enormous heart and an even larger intellect". Kerrang! magazine didn't settle for less: it awarded Roots second place in the list of "100 records that you have to hear before dying", just after In Utero from Nirvana.[7] In 2001 Q magazine named Roots as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time.[citation needed]. Rolling Stone Brasil named it the 57th best Brazilian music album.[8] Rolling Stone (3/21/96, p. 98) - 3 Stars - Good - "Sepultura play a violent game of sonic overload....the band uses its catharsis as a creative force, funneling torrents of noise into a tunnel of hate." Spin (4/96, p. 110) - 6 - Reasonably Good - "...takes the rain-forest chants and street drumming flavor that flickered through the firestorm of Chaos A.D. even further....Sepultura's ethnography...[is] about sound--heavy bloco drumming and crushing guitars were made for each other." Q magazine (3/96, p. 103) - 3 Stars - Good - "...it's constructed of ferocious throat bending and huge riffs that support their growling menace, while simultaneously doffing a cap to their ethnic ancestors." Melody Maker (2/17/96, p. 34) - "...the aural equivalent of being caught in a midfield by a PCP-fuelled defensive line from the Pittsburgh Steelers....this is [not] a mere metal barrage....There's ruthless rap attacks...the murderous electronic whining...the tribal chants and Brazilian ragga metal duets." NME (2/24/96, p. 46) - 7 (out of 10) - "...a host of strange and traditional instruments has given Sepultura new formats for their extreme displeasure." [edit] Track listing
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