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Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
1993 Roadrunner Records
Track
Listing:
1. Refuse/Resist
2. Territory
3. Slave New World
4. Amen
5. Kaiowas
6. Propaganda
7. Biotech Is Godzilla
8. Nomad
9. We Who Are Not As Others
10. Manifest
11. The Hunt
12. Clenched Fist
Line-Up:
Vocals:
Max Cavalera
Guitars: Max Cavalera,
Andreas Kisser
Bass: Paulo Jr.
Drums: Igor Cavalera
Website: sepultura.com.br Horatio's Rating:
A
Average Album Rating: A Also be sure to read:
Sepultura
- Dead Embryonic Cells by
Uncle Meat
Sepultura
- Morbid Visions & Bestial Devastation by
Uncle Meat
Sepultura
- Roots by Horatio & Shev
Death
Metal's Greatest Hits by Horatio
Nativity
In Black: A Tribute To Black Sabbath by
Shev
Soulfly - Dark Ages (Max Cavalera) by Horatio |
Horatio's Review:
Sepultura's gradual success had seen them rise to Slayer-like proportions
in the thrash world, a process which began with 1989's masterpiece 'Beneath The
Remains', which indicated there was life outside of the big four in terms of heaviness and quality control.
It was a complete turnaround from the crude early albums, which were adequate but letdown
by poor production. Brazil's finest scored again with 1991's 'Arise', another
thrash classic with one of the best drum sounds ever heard in the genre.
By 1993 the band had outgrown the confines of routine thrash, however, and
'Chaos A.D.' saw the band take their first steps in a slower, but no less
heavier, direction. In many ways this could almost be their most savage
offering, as Max took on every social inhumanity known to mankind to a backdrop of musical violence.
1993 reminds me of a skinny freak wearing a long sleeved, oversized, black
metal shirt with either Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Metallica or
Sepultura on the front. This album catapulted Sepultura into the realms of metal
heavyweights, also endearing them to legions of metal fans worldwide who perhaps in the preceeding years had pegged
Sepultura unfairly as a death metal act. 'Chaos A.D.' upped the production values several notches which
rid the band of a sometimes rough sound. The diminishing of their past
speed wasn't a bad thing either, as the riffs are some of the most brutal I've
ever heard in the thrash catalogue. Instead then of a relentless thrasher
the band out of nowhere would pull a titanic riff out of nowhere, 'Nomad' a
key example, the shredding riff at the 4:30 point, positively mind blowing.
When the band opts for brief bursts of speed they are as devastating as ever, particularly the thrash segment during
'Clenched Fist' which is on par with Slayer for intensity.
Music of the gods it is.
The utter rage of 'Refuse/Resist', 'Territory', 'Slave New
World', 'Manifest' and 'Biotech Is Godzilla' is almost without equal, a statement of one
man's anger against his own country's political injustice. 'Propoganda' is a
musical blow to the bollocks, tempered by the acoustic 'Kaiowas' which
indicated the direction the band was heading. The inclusion of a cover,
The New Model Army's 'The Hunt' is dubious, but that's the only slip up.
For all purposes this masterpiece was the end of Sepultura's career.
'Roots' was devoid of melody and the band's trademark sound, Max ruining it with his
downtuned fetish. Since then the band has released only one worthy effort
in 1998's 'Against' with Derrick Green. 'Chaos A.D.' was the last real
Sepultura album, but a blast of heaviness that every Maori in the North
Island is still headbanging to in 2005, oblivious to what year it is.
A rare example of the real deal.
Horatio's Rating: A
Discography (last updated 11.5.05):
Bestial Devastation/Século XX split with Overdose -
1985
Morbid Visions - 1986
Schizophrenia - 1987
Beneath The Remains -1989
Arise - 1991
Arise EP - 1991
Dead Embryonic Cells EP -
1991
Desperate Cry EP - 1991
Morbid Visions
& Bestial Devastation - 1991
Under Siege (Regnum Irae) EP - 1991
Third World Posse EP - 1992
Chaos AD - 1993
Refuse/Resist EP - 1993
Territory EP - 1993
Slave New World EP - 1994
Attitude EP - 1996
Natural Born Blasters EP - 1996
Ratamahatta EP - 1996
Roots - 1996
Roots Bloody Roots EP - 1996
The Roots Of Sepultura - 1996
B-Sides - 1997
Blood Rooted - 1997
Procreation Of The Wicked EP - 1997
Against - 1998
Choke EP - 1998
Against EP - 1999
Tribus EP - 1999
Nation - 2001
Revolusongs EP - 2002
Under A Pale Gray Sky - 2002
Roorback - 2003
Live In São Paulo - 2005
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