On 12 March, the 15th anniversary of the launch of one of the most important records not only the genre of heavy metal but of Latin American music in general (and himself). Roots Sepultura of not only mean the peak in fame, fortune and good vibes for the band from Belo Horizonte, but under (for better and for worse) a turning point in the history of the band. Sepultura leave having conquered half the planet with its classic also Chaos AD in which timidly began to introduce elements indigenous to his native Brazil, thereby not only gaining attention fans of extreme music.
With Roots not only to further their proposal to join the music of their land which until then were doing, but conceptualize her away from the clichés that until that time were taken into extreme music (death, murder, Satanism, etc. .) making this album a reflection of good and bad that I had (and still is) Brazil. The band was in full swing, in carrying out the most outstanding being the Cavalera brothers: Max songs on this album as I had never sung and not exceeded, and Igor play drums so well that every drummer I know and appointed him this disc, I made a bow.
A significant change was the musical direction taken as regards the far side, away more and more death / metal trhash its inception, with Roots tested another type of rhythm, began to flirt with what then was called "American power-metal" and today are more concerned as "groove-metal" . In Roots can also easily hear the influences of rhythms reagee-dub (later Max Cavalera expand more on his band Soulfly), aggressive punk and other sounds that gave the album classic status.
The album is a complete experience Music in every sense of the word, characterized by a musical violence present in most of the tracks and within a few quiet moments is timely and briefly. Roots begins with the energetic "Roots Bloody Roots" a song that is practically a classic rock music in general. Its so simple and funky riff has been copied ad nauseum, it is impossible to hear the song without at least move a little to their pace. completely rock rhythms ("Cut-Throat" , "Spit" , "Dusted" ) coexist with more distant things as a hardcore punk (Dictatorshit "), songs with light ethnic touches ("Attitude" , "Breed Apart" , "Ambush" , "Endangered Species" ) to sound experiments with results that range from the curious to the remarkable thing: "Straighthate" is literally a reggae song with guitars metaleras, one need only look at the rhythm of the drums and bass to realize that this is not the typical song-metalera partygoers. An experiment that stands out really well Sepultura, revealing the excellent creative they had at the time. "Lookaway" becomes another side edge of the experimenter who has the disc, a song with guests rather than Special (DJ Lethal , Jonathan Davis and Mike Patton ) and has all sorts of influences, which make it a sonic cocktail not for closed minds in music, hear it with headphones recommended (even 11 years always discover something new). "Jasco" is an instrumental Andreas Kisser on guitar sound that falls as a respite from such aggression and acts as an appetizer to "Itsari" , a real surprise in his time: a Sepultura song composed, played and recorded live in the jungle of Mato Grosso with the Indian tribe of Xavantes , with only acoustic guitars and native drums, of just hearing it can evoke the feeling that surely was in the air to burn. Finally, if a song is the album in general that would "Ratamahatta" literally the most bizarre of the album, a damn samba sung in Portuguese with a guitar riff that easily compete with an earthquake. This is where all the native spirit and metal of the band is released to the surface and give us 4 minutes and half of what would be the ideal soundtrack to a carnival in hell.
Anecdotes aside, my trip to Santa Elena and Rio de Janeiro was one of discs that are most heard, and one of the wildest peas that I've missed, we built a fire and 8 drunk with me put "Itsari" pelao belting out on the hill that is near my house.
Despite being in the moment far from the metal (or at least for the time) is an album that never upsets me to hear, is always in my ear disks and never disappoints me. Who has not heard, who hears at least once without wrinkling the face for the band, who heard it is good time to revive it, and loves like me, what are you waiting to put it as you read this?
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