Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted
Roadrunner Records (03/24/08)
Metal
While it may have seemed inevitable, no one was quite sure how long the world would have to wait before Max and Iggor Cavalera, the brothers behind the founding of Sepultura, would reunite. Max had left the band to form Soulfly in 1996, while Iggor left the group more recently, in 2006.
A blistering combination of Arise-era Sepultura and Nailbomb, Cavalera Conspiracy merges thrash metal with a punk ethos, to great result. Iggor, a vastly underrated metal drummer, is a force to be reckoned with on Inflikted, incorporating a mix of thrash and straight-up metal drumming with tribal beats and elements (listen to "Black Art" for the best example of Iggor's method of attack). And after sounding a little stunted on the past couple of Soulfly albums, Max seems rejuvenated, with more explosive riffs and intense vocals.
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