Archangel (Limited Edition CD+DVD)

Limited Edition CD with 3 additional tracks + DVD.

The unquenchable fire of inspiration consuming Max Cavalera has blessed the world with arguably the most prolific lifelong achievements in urgent, primal, gut-wrenching, and unapologetically transcendental extreme metal. To commune with the dark muse of heavy music's shamanistic tribal leader is to envelop oneself inside some sort of post-modern sweat lodge.

Brutal riffs, trippy esoteric summoning, unrelenting percussiveness, and diverse world music: whatever Max Cavalera hammers out on his four-string signature ESP, it always sets souls free. Biblical in scope, mystical in purpose, exotic in execution, Archangel sees vocalist/guitarist Cavalera and longtime six-string shredder Marc Rizzo pushing the musical bludgeoning to its very limit while injecting the songs with moments of trippy nuance and ethereal dissonance.

Max's son Zyon, who made his recorded debut in Soulfly with Savages, truly comes into his own, reminding his father of a young Dave Lombardo with his hard-hitting fills and stylish groove. The destruction of Sodom plays out sonically in 'Sodomites.' The Akkadian god of the sun commands his due in 'Shamash.' 'Ishtar Rising' and 'Titans' are as epic as any fantasy trilogy of modern cinema, evoking the same type of emotion as a brutal battle on Game Of Thrones. Max Cavalera manages to revisit the ritualistic engagement of the mystical ruminations on Soulfly's Prophecy and the tribal exploration of Sepultura's Roots while simultaneously doubling down on the most extreme music of his career.