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Sepultura To Release Roorback in August

By Sefany Jones, Contributing Editor
Tuesday, August 5, 2003 @ 3:59 PM

Brazil's Sepultura Ready To Un

For Immediate Release:

Brazilian Metal Titans Sepultura Erupts with Roorback, Released on August 26th through SPV

Few bands have made as notable an impression as Sepultura. Blasting out of Brazil with 1985's Bestial Devastation EP, Sepultura quickly made quite a mark on the world of heavy metal. Sepultura are eagerly poised to unleash their latest testament to musical brutality: Roorback. This monster will hit store shelves August 26th, 2003, and not a moment too soon. Sepultura combines that old-school metal style and battle-hardened musical experience with up-to-date vision and modern sensibilities to create an explosive album that is sure to get some attention amid today's otherwise stagnating musical soundscape.

The band quickly climbed the ladder of hard and heavy music, gaining huge success in the last decade with albums like Beneath the Remains (1989), Arise (1991), and of course, Chaos A.D. (1993) and Roots (1996). Then, Sepultura made a major change in the vocal department, as original vocalist Max Cavalera departed to form Soulfly. Enter Derrick Green. The hulking frontman (both physically and vocally) from Ohio brought a new level of ferocity to Sepultura's already intimidating live shows, and the two ensuing albums, Against (1998) and Nation (2001) added an updated, fiery sound to Sepultura's already impressive repertoire. The 14 tracks on Roorback illustrate the necessary ingredients to a successful venture into today's heavy music world. Featuring cover art designed by acclaimed artist Derek Hess, who has worked with such notable acts as Limp Bizkit, Tommy Lee's Methods of Mayhem, Boy Sets Fire, Converge, Grade, and Snapcase, Roorback demands attention. From the aggressive vocals and thrash-based riffing on "Mind War" to the impressive rendition of U2's "Bullet the Blue Sky," Sepultura are set to reaffirm their position of power on the heavy metal food-chain.

Roorback draws its title from a word meaning "A defamatory falsehood published for political effect, AKA black propaganda." Indeed, Sepultura have always spoken out against prejudice and the abuse of political power, and the lyrics heard on Roorback indicate that they are as furious as ever about the state of the world today. They speak out against war on "Come Back Alive" saying, "Sent in the middle of a war you have to fight / wondering how the f*** you ever landed over here.” The misuse of power is denounced in "Urge": "Revolting manner of handling power / perpetrating lies and misery / Fifty years of progress in five / people living only to survive." These issues and many others are addressed in the lyrical content of Roorback, all backed by the impressive musicianship of longtime members Andreas Kisser (guitars), Igor Cavalera (drums), and Paolo Pinto Jr. (Bass).

Two versions of Roorback will hit the stands; the standard jewel-cased edition will feature the bonus track "Bullet The Blue Sky" as well as an enhanced video track for the same cut, while a limited edition 2-CD digipack will feature the aforementioned bonuses and the previously unreleased Revolusongs EP that features cover versions of songs originally recorded by Jane's Addiction, Public Enemy, Massive Attack, Devo, Exodus, and Hellhammer.

In other Sepultura news, the band collaborated with former Faith No More/Mr. Bungle vocalist Mike Patton on the track "The Waste," which is featured on the upcoming Freddy Vs. Jason movie soundtrack.

Heavy music has reached a point where both a breath of fresh air, and a reminder of what once was good in the world of metal are dearly needed. Sepultura serves both purposes with Roorback. Expect to be blown away by their upcoming North American tour, planned for October 2003. SPV Records is proud to present Roorback.

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jeffro420 - 8/13/2003 11:02:21 PM
ive seen old sepultura live a few times who are they without max , not sepultura!!

emannikcufesin - 8/13/2003 12:21:45 PM
Wel'll see. Expectations are low since the horrible Roots album. When Max blatantly wore the badge of nu-metal. Sepultura has written perhaps....3 good songs since Chaos AD. What a shame. This band USED TO BE kick ass.

fuckinmadpunk - 8/12/2003 6:24:18 AM
Fucking finally. It's good to know that Roorback will finally see the light of day on August 26th. Hell, I'll go out and buy the digipack version just to show how patient I've been awaiting the relase.

Psychophantom - 8/12/2003 4:37:40 AM
It's obvious that a lot of the people on this messageboard haven't heard the new album or haven't seen them live the last couple of months. The new album kicks mucho ass, and during their last live trek they absolutely KILLED EUROPE! Who's Max? Oh you mean that guy who ran off with his wife/manager/witch to start his own Korn ripp off.

Legion666 - 8/12/2003 4:26:32 AM
OLD Sepultura was great!!! They actually used to be Death/Black Metal which was awesome!!!! The music was dark and powerful but unfortunately they decided to change.

deadguy - 8/12/2003 1:06:04 AM
Trevor12, I recognize the fact that their best albums are more than a decade old, but that's exactly where your argument is flawed ("...nothing that hasn't been done better by many other bands"). There was no one doing things in 1990 like Sepultura did with "Beneath..." and "Arise". Vocals notwithstanding, Sepultura was better than most of their contemporaries and they added something fresh to an at-the-time decaying scene.Oh, and Igor's drumming is amazing.

megloman - 8/11/2003 5:41:11 AM
THESE CLOWNS ARE JUST AS MELODIC AS A BEER FART....THEY FUCKING SUCKS DONKEY DICKS

gangbuster - 8/10/2003 9:01:29 PM
These guys were better with Max. though as people have been saying, his new project aint that great now either.

PITT_BULL - 8/8/2003 8:23:41 AM
Y...LOL

PITT_BULL - 8/8/2003 8:21:24 AM
At one time this band was on the right path, but got lost somewhere on the way. Maybe one day the will find there way back. Max needs to come home and scrap Soulfly for good

dtx - 8/8/2003 7:09:04 AM
I thought it was cool when Sepultura started including the steel drums and congas into their music, it gave them a unique identity, although Roots would have been better if they would have put less songs - too much filler. I've yet to hear this new guy.

nuclearskull333 - 8/7/2003 3:17:35 PM
GO NUCLEAR OR DON'T GO AT ALL!!! nuclearskull.com

trevor12 - 8/7/2003 3:07:53 PM
Sorry deadguy, I'm unconvinced. They're vocals are almost laughable,sounding like Cookie Monster on steriods...pretty decent guitar work on some songs, but nothing that hasn't been done better by many other bands.

deadguy - 8/7/2003 8:59:34 AM
trevor12, you don't have a fucking clue. When Sepultura came up with "Beneath..." the whole damn heavy metal world was turned upside down. There's no magic? Maybe you sould check them out live and find that out for yourself...

steve888 - 8/6/2003 10:12:02 PM
No Max No Success. Sorry

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