Product Description

The Cavalera Conspiracy is about a sense of being unleashed, says vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera. You bottle a monster for 10 years and then let it out. It s explosive, and we waited a long time for this beast to be set free.
It s true. The wait is over. And the time is now. Many said it would never happen, that Max and Iggor Cavalera, the Brazilian brothers and visionaries that formed the groundbreaking metal band Sepultura in 1983 would reunite to make electrifying music together again. Despite having spent 12 years apart, the inescapable fact remains: Max and Iggor share blood and are musical soulmates. Their time away from each other fostered musical growth leading to the newly inspired metallic magic. Hence, the Cavalera Conspiracy was born. While the Cavalera Conspiracy and their Roadrunner Records debut Inflikted may seem like the closest we ll get to a Sepultura reunion, make no mistake. The Cavalera Conspiracy is its own maniacal, untamable beast with its own set of rules.

Track Listing

1. Inflikted
2. Sanctuary
3. Terrorize
4. Dark Ark
5. Ultra-Violent
6. Hex
7. The Doom of All Fires
8. Bloodbrawl
9. Nevertrust
10. Hearts of Darkness
11. Must Kill

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13017 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Customer Reviews

A more than welcome new project from Max & Igor
The golden days of Sepultura had been long gone, and no matter what former frontman Max Cavalera did, Soulfly could never fill the void. Now, Max has re-united with his brother and Sepultura drummer Igor to produce Cavalera Conspiracy's "Inflikted"; an album that isn't perfect, but harkens back to the glory days of Sepultura more so than anything you'll currently hear. Standout tracks include the opening title track, "Sanctuary", "Terrorize", "Ultra-Violent", and the closing "Must Kill" display some screeching guitar work and Igor's machine gun drumming, and will be pure, beautiful music to any Sepultura fan's ears. It's loud, fast, and often brutal enough to make any metal fan smile with glee, and is a step in the right direction for Max Cavalera, and possibly a Sepultura reunion. Well, maybe not, but a guy can dream right? All in all, if Soulfly was never your thing and you've been yearning for classic Sepultura, pick up "Inflikted"; you'll be glad you did.

As you'd guess, pretty much the same as Sepultura or Soulfly
Same old Max. This seems to basically pick up where Sepultura left off. There are a few sort of new approaches, but certainly nothing you wouldn't expect if this was the new Sepultura album. My biggest complaint is that Max sounds a little watered down and when he repeats somewhat cheesy choruses it can basically ruin the song. As soon as I start to recognize what chorus is involved it's like... weak, "oh that's this song". They would benefit so much from some guest vocals like Mike Patton and Chino did for them and I guess quite a buit of Soulfly had guest vocals - Max just works great with a complimentary vocalist.

"Hex" is a really great song. That song sounds like an expansion of their sound. I wish there was more of that on here.

Cavalera Conspiracy
Thrashing, battering and flogging their way into your cd player is Cavalera Conspiracy's new cd "Inflikted". For the dilettantes out there, Cavalera Conspiracy (CC) is a groove/thrash metal band with a United Nations flare as the band features members from Brazil, France, and the United States. Veteran thrashers may be especially excited that the band is a reunion of the Cavalera brothers after a12 year hiatus and this marks the first time they have made music or shared a stage together since the infamous Sepultura break up twelve years ago.

Featuring Max Cavalera (Soulfly, ex-Sepultura) on vocals and rhythm guitar, Iggor Cavalera (ex-Sepultura) on drums, Soulfly guitarist Marc Rizzo and Joe Duplantier (Gojira) on bass "Inflikted" is not only true to thrash with its speed riffing , in your face, down your throat aggression, and fast, percussive and low-register guitar riffs, coupled with very impressive shredding-style lead work from Rizzo, it manages to lend a innovative sound and feel that some thrash bands rarely reach, unfortunately staying in the predictable mire- this is not so with CC.

"Inflikted" benefits not only from the perfect temperature melting pot of the Cavalera brothers with Rizzo and Duplantier but the engineering and co production of Logan Mader. The result is a tight, unyielding 11 track cd, with notables such as "Black Ark", `Hex" and "Nevertrust" that showcase the band in total but Max's unforgettable vocal style.

Touring worldwide and with Judas Priest in September of this year; if Cavalera Conspiracy is as good on stage as they are on "Inflikted" then for those about to thrash, Cavalera Conspiracy salutes you.

4.5 Stars

Review by Kim Thore All Access Magazine