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░ ██ ██ Artist: Cavalera Conspiracy ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Psychosis █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-11-18 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Napalm Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Most of you reading this are likely intimately █
█ familiar with the convoluted and sordid history █
█ surrounding Sepultura and both current and former █
█ members. No need to really get into that whole █
█ thing. Yeah, it sucks. Yeah, we want a reunion. █
█ Yeah, right. We'll see. In the meantime, we make █
█ do with what we've got. It's strange to think that █
█ it's been just over twenty years since the █
█ original incarnation of the band ceased to exist. █
█ If you've been counting, in that time we've been █
█ hit with approximately 24 post-Roots releases û a █
█ combined total comprising all the various █
█ projects. That's a lot of damn tunes. Some of it █
█ good, some of it not so much. █
█ █
█ With each successive release û be that a Sepultura █
█ or Cavalera bros. effort û it becomes increasingly █
█ unlikely we will ever see that much-anticipated █
█ reformation of the original lineup. Why? Well, █
█ it's clear both camps have moved in completely █
█ different directions if the last Sepultura, and █
█ this latest Cavalera Conspiracy, are any █
█ indication. As it relates to the latter, the music █
█ is reaching near boiling point, encroaching on the █
█ unholy zenith of early Sepultura epic-ness! █
█ █
█ Celebrating just over a decade of brotherly love, █
█ Max and Igor Cavalera are back with their fourth █
█ full-length Cavalera Conspiracy effort, aptly █
█ monikered Psychosis. Where the previous three █
█ albums didn't stray too far from Soulfly-like █
█ territory: an odd-yet-welcome mix of jumpdafukup █
█ groove, death/thrash, and grindcore riffing û this █
█ latest adventure prefers instead to revel in the █
█ effrervescent days of the late 80's through mid █
█ 90's. █
█ █
█ In perhaps the album's most ferocious moments û █
█ the death/thrash hysteria of openers "Insane" and █
█ "Terror Tactics" û the guys have quite literally █
█ patched together a pair of songs comprised of the █
█ best bits littered throughout 91's Arise. Just as █
█ was heard in the caustic opening notes of "Arise", █
█ right through the crushing mid-song breakdown of █
█ "Dead Embryonic Cells", all the way to the █
█ chest-exploding, downstroked gallop of "Altered █
█ State", 2017 sees the Cavalera Bros. arise from █
█ the chaos, unearthing their roots buried for far █
█ too long beneath the remains. █
█ █
█ Moving away from the face-ripping ferocity of the █
█ album's first two tracks, we find the guys opening █
█ their history books once again û this time █
█ flipping straight to the chapter on Chaos AD. To █
█ be more specific, "Impalement Execution" and █
█ "Spectral War" (tracks three and four, █
█ respectively) are a pair of songs that û in █
█ another dimension paralleling our own û could █
█ comfortably exist as bonus tracks on Sepultura's █
█ pioneering '93 effort. Both tracks are built █
█ around a caustic, paralyzing death/thrash attack █
█ mixed with the slightly subdued anarchy-groove █
█ found on classics such as "Territory" and "Slave █
█ New World". This is the kinda groove that only the █
█ brothers Cavalera can pull off: █
█ crushing-yet-danceable (in a tribal dance sorta █
█ way). The latter track, "Spectral War", is the █
█ definite highlight of Psychosis. In much the same █
█ way as songs such as "Troops Of Doom", "Inner █
█ Self", "Arise", "Territory" and "Roots Bloody █
█ Roots" defined each era of Cavalera Bros. █
█ songwriting, so too does this song. It's a literal █
█ homage to their formative years; though, presented █
█ with a contemporary-yet-crushing sheen. The outro █
█ solo alone is enough to qualify this song as an █
█ anthem. Yes, it's that good. In fact, I think it's █
█ safe to say that Max and Igor have intentionally █
█ unearthed an ancient Brazilian sepulchre û if the █
█ artwork accompanying the "Spectral War" single is █
█ any indication (that font, and its orange █
█ iridescence, are a carbon copy of Beneath The █
█ Remains' iconic typeface). █
█ █
█ Winding one's way through the album's mid-section █
█ proves to be even more archival, as audibly █
█ witnessed within the songs "Hellfire" and "Judas █
█ Pariah". The first of two is an unmistakable ode █
█ to Max's mid-90's industrial metal project, █
█ Nailbomb. The Godflesh, Ministry, Fudge █
█ Tunnel-isms are present in spades, sounding like a █
█ newfangled version of Nailbomb's "World Of Shit". █
█ The song is certainly a lone duck when stacked-up █
█ against the album's massive wall of extremity. █
█ Nevertheless, it's a welcome reprieve. In a █
█ completely mindblowing turn of events, "Judas █
█ Pariah" digs even deeper into the vaults, █
█ unearthing the blackened death metal attack of █
█ Sepultura's debut full-length, Morbid Visions. The █
█ song is constructed around a particularly violent █
█ proto-black metal riff, one that weaves itself █
█ into an incredibly brutal Napalm Death-like █
█ fabric. This thing is fucking vicious, evil, and █
█ all-consuming in a Harmony Corruption meets █
█ Sarc≤fago kinda way. Stunningly ferocious. █
█ █
█ Quite honestly, one would be hard-pressed to find █
█ fault with Psychosis. It is, by far, the best █
█ post-Chaos AD material to be released by any █
█ former, or current, member of Sepultura. It is the █
█ album many of us have been waiting patiently for: █
█ a spirtual successor to those long ago days when █
█ Max and his Brazilian compadres were on top of █
█ the world. Psychosis reiterates how incredibly █
█ important both Max and Igor are to the entirety of █
█ extreme metal, nay, metal. It is now more apparent █
█ than ever that Cavalera Conspiracy are Sepultura. █
█ Welcome back, fellas. █
█ █
█ http://www.cavaleraconspiracy.net/ █
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░ 1. Insane 3:50 ░
░ 2. Terror Tactics 4:57 ░
░ 3. Impalement Execution 4:25 ░
░ 4. Spectral War 5:03 ░
░ 5. Crom 5:29 ░
░ 6. Hellfire 3:10 ░
░ 7. Judas Pariah 3:52 ░
░ 8. Psychosis 3:59 ░
░ 9. Excruciating 6:22 ░
░ 41:07 ░
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