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Soulfly - Primitive

Label:
Catalog#:
RR 8565-2
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
US
Released:
2000
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Heavy Metal

Tracklist

1   Back To The Primitive 4:21 X
2   Pain 3:39 X
    Vocals, Lyrics By - Chino Moreno , Grady Avenell
3   Bring It 3:21 X
4   Jumpdafuckup 5:11 X
    Vocals, Lyrics By - Corey Taylor
5   Mulambo 4:19 X
6   Son Song 4:17 X
    Drum Programming [Additional] - Deonte Perry
  Music By, Lyrics By - Sean Lennon
  Producer - Max Cavalera , Sean Lennon
7   Boom 4:56 X
    Vocals [Additional] - Toby Wright
8   Terrorist 3:46 X
    Feedback - Jose Navarro
  Vocals, Lyrics By - Tom Araya
9   The Prophet 2:57 X
    Bass [Synth] - Toby Wright
10   Soulfly II 6:04 X
    Piano, Clarinet - Toby Wright
11   In Memory Of... 4:36 X
    Drum Programming, Music By [Additional] - Deonte Perry
  Lyrics By [Additional] - Babatunde Rabouin , Deonte Perry , Justus Olbert
12   Flyhigh 4:48 X
    Lyrics By [Additional] - Justus Olbert
  Vocals - Asha Rabouin

Credits

Bass [Bazz], Percussion - Marcelo D. Rapp*
Co-producer, Other [Masterminded By] - Max Cavalera
Drum Programming - Toby Wright (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 7, 11, 12)
Drums, Percussion - Joe Munez
Engineer [Additional And Assistant] - Lance Dean
Engineer [Mix] - Steve Sisco
Guitar [Guitarz] - Mikey Doling
Keyboards - Toby Wright (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 12)
Mastered By - George Marino
Mixed By - Andy Wallace
Music By, Lyrics By - Max Cavalera
Percussion [Brasilian Vibes] - Meia Noite
Percussion [Jamaican Vibes] - Larry McDonald
Producer, Recorded By, Edited By [Digitally] - Toby Wright
Vocals, Bass [4 Stringz], Berimbau - Max Cavalera

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Review by Nov 03, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
This album is worth buying for 2 songs -- "Back To The Primitive" and "Terrorist". Both are bombastic anthems - Metal doesn't get much better.

"Back To The Primitive" has quite a heavy tribal influence featuring excellent drums and a brilliant chant like chorus that only Max Cavalera could deliver - with venom!
The riffage is also huge. Quite similar to "Ratamahatta" but better in my opinion.

"Terrorist" features Tom Araya of Slayer and this collabotation makes for an awesome tune. Seriously heavy riffs and drumming combined with a great chorus of "Go Forth And Destroy!" The best part is the unexpected finale where the tempo increases with screams of "Rise...Above This Bullshit!" If this doesn't get you junping and banging your head then nothing will!

Unfortunately those 2 songs are the only real highlights for me as the rest of the album is quite average. "Pain" and "Bring It" are good but not great. There are also a couple of stinkers. "Flyhigh", the finale for the CD features female vocals courtesy of Asha Rabouin. A noble idea which I applaud but it just does not work. It starts off promising with a great riff but the vocals are just completely wrong and out of tune. They should really have decided not to release this as frankly it's embarassing. "Jumpdafuckup" also has some very annoying guest vocals from Chino Moreno. This is a big favourite with other Soulfly fans but I hate it. It's easy to see how Sean Lennons' career hasn't taken off on the evidence of "Son Song". Again a good idea and a promising song but Lennons' warblings completely ruin it.

A good example of the enigma that is Soulfly. Their albums are always a mixed bag but worth buying for those outstanding moments of inspiration.
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