Sepultura "Roots" (1996) - got it
Following the integration of traditional Brazilian percussion into their
music on previous album “Chaos AD” (see entry ), Sepultura decided to
plunge further into this direction. They travelled and met with the
Xavante Tribe to record the track “Itsári”.
Many of the other tracks feature interesting, tribal-style percussion, including "Ratamahatta"
and "Roots Bloody Roots". The band still had vestiges of their thrash
metal sound in distorted hellish dervishes like “Dictatorshit", but
mostly it leans more into the 'groove-metal' and 'nu-metal' sounds of
slower, angrier, down-tuned riffs with the thumping tribal drumming.
If the album has any problems it's a lack of editing. The band were
trying a lot of different things and they didn't want to to leave any
stone unturned. The resulting 16 tracks across 72 minutes can get to
be a bit too much Sepultura for one sitting.. even with the mellower
tracks like "Itsári” and "Untitled" mixing up the pot.
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