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Sepultura - Roots (1996) [Special DCD Edition 2005]
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2 CDs | Metal | 129:56 minutes | Label: Roadrunner Records | Catalog Number: RR 8154-5

Roots is the sixth studio album by Brazilian metal band Sepultura. It was initially released in March 1996 by Roadrunner Records, and 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, and features Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown, percussionist David Silveria, and vocalists Jonathan Davis and Mike Patton.

The majority of the themes presented on Roots are centered on Brazilian politics and culture. The concept for the album was inspired by the film At Play in the Fields of the Lord. The inspiration for Sepultura's new musical direction was twofold. One was the desire to further experiment with the music of Brazil, especially the percussive type played by Salvador, Bahia samba reggae group Olodum. Another innovation Roots brought was the inspiration taken from the sound of Deftones and Korn - especially the latter's debut, with its heavily down-tuned guitars. The style of Roots incorporates elements of death metal, nu metal and thrash metal.

Specialized heavy metal critics also reviewed the album positively. Martin Popoff, author of the book The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal, ranked Roots as the 11th best metal record of all time. "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 awarded Roots second place in the list of "100 records that you have to hear before dying". In 2001 Q magazine named Roots as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time. Rolling Stone Brasil named it the 57th best Brazilian music album.


“Listeners intrigued by the rhythmic innovations and Brazilian influences of Chaos A.D. will be quite pleased by Sepultura's sprawling, frequently brilliant follow-up. True to its title, Roots wholeheartedly embraces Sepultura's native Brazilian rhythms, augmenting their music with field recordings of the Xavantes Indians, vocalist/percussionist Carlinhos Brown, and expanded percussion sections. The guitarists create an array of noisy, textural effects, so their technique and riff writing are not as impressive for fans of old-school thrash, but that's more due to the growing influence of alternative metal on the band, with Korn being a particular touchstone (vocalist Jonathan Davis even guests on one track). The songs sacrifice the tight structure of Chaos A.D. for extended percussion jams, plus some acoustic instrumental work. At 72 minutes, Roots inevitably loses focus in spots, but when the music connects (and it does so often), it carries tremendous visceral impact. Roots consolidates Sepultura's position as perhaps the most distinctive, original heavy metal band of the 1990s.

-- Steve Huey, allmusic.com / 4,5 stars”
Tracklist

disc one:

01. Roots Bloody Roots
02. Attitude
03. Cut-Throat
04. Ratamahatta
05. Breed Apart
06. Straighthate
07. Spit
08. Lookaway
09. Dusted
10. Born Stubborn
11. Jasco
12. Itsari
13. Ambush
14. Endangered Species
15. Dictatorshit
16. Canyon Jam

disc two:

01. Procreation (Of The Wicked)
02. Mine
03. War
04. Lookaway (Master Vibe Mix)
05. Mine (Andy Wallace Mix)
06. Dusted (Demo)
07. Roots Bloody Roots (Demo)
08. R.D.P. (Demo)
09. Untitled (Demo)
10. Attitude (Live)
11. Roots Bloody Roots (Megawatt Mix 1)
12. Roots Bloody Roots (Megawatt Mix 2)