Track Listing

1. The Dark Ages
2. Babylon
3. I And I
4. Carved Inside
5. Arise Again
6. Molotov
7. Frontlines
8. Inner Spirit
9. Corrosion Creeps
10. Riotstarter
11. Bleak
12. (The) March
13. Fuel The Hate
14. Stay Strong
15. Soulfly V

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7746 in Music
• Released on: 2005-10-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

CD Description
Ex-Sepultura member Max Cavalera and his ultra-heavy outfitSoulfly deliver their fifth album: 2005's DARK AGES. Cavalera and company show no signs of mellowing with age, and, even more impressively, bear not the slightest trace of the nu-metal and emo tendencies that seem to dominate the genre. Instead, Soulfly stick to extreme, intense, eardrum-shatteringthrash metal full of pummeling bass and drum, throaty, visceral vocals, and guitars that pierce and churn like the world's most dangerous machinery. Everything from its title to its apocalyptic lyrics makes DARK AGES seem brooding and scary, yet the music is meticulously constructed, at times atmospheric, melodic, and even beautiful.

From the Label
Somewhere between where life's uncertainty and nature's fury collide, Dark Ages resides. Singer/guitarist Max Cavalera, conductor of the innovative metal mavens Soulfly and co-founder of the renowned band Sepultura, returns with Soulfly's heaviest, most flammable work to date. Dark Ages marries the band's aggressive driving force with disarming experimentation - Soulfly hallmarks that are as unpredictable as they are brave. Armed with the same core band as found on last year's Prophecy (guitarist Mark Rizzo, drummer Joe Nunez, bassists Bobby Burns and Dave Ellefson), Cavalera also continues the tradition of adding guests into the mix and blowing sonic boundaries out of existence.

Customer Reviews

Classic thrash album!
This is an absolutely rocking heavy metal album and possibly a little underrated. It's easily Max Cavalera's best work since leaving Seplultura and in my opinion better than anything they did. (Though I realise that's a controversial statement!) It's beautifully produced (by Max himself) and literally every tune is of the highest quality.

Unlike Soulfly's previous albums this doesn't get bogged down in endless lounge doodles and ethnic beats. Instead it goes from one crushing riff to another, with some almost dance-music like flourishes such as 'Riotstarter.' Tracks like 'Arise Again' and 'Frontlines' are pure classic brutal thrash.

If you're looking for no-nonsense, straightforward quality heavy metal then I would strongly recommend this. Don't be put off if you don't like previous Soulfly albums, this is much better. There's no rapping and virtually no guest-singers! There's enough variety and brutality to keep you happy for ages.

5 stars and beyond...
This album IS for max cavalera fans all round but those who loved him when hes mood was - thrash thrash destroy - rather than kinda experimental nu metal then get this. Sounds like it should had been chaos a.d's follow up, i think it is better than chaos because it is more emotional and thrashy than chaos a.d. The speed at some parts of this album reminds you of sepultura of old, not going as far as beneath the remains, but this is truly max gone back to his thrasher roots. If u like soulfly kool! get this,(tho ive heard of some soulfly fans who think the rather nu metal sounding first album(s) were the best, not liking this thrash masterpiece to much, so beware if you like nu metal better than thrash). If you loved sep but werent too keen on soulfly for the simple fact max's new music wasnt fast enough, thrashier enough or techniqual enough, lacking those shredding solos heard alot by Andreas Kisser in sep, forget what you knew b4, this is a new start and its cruel! vitriolic and bloody sweet too!The (bitter/sweet)mix of this album is chilling.This is for the thrash heads.

Class
Max Cavalera is a genius and this album shows why. This a great metal album. Definetly soulfly's best. I highly recommend this album.