Artist: SOULFLY
Album: PROPHECY (CD)

Release date: 2004
Media type: CD

Max Cavalera's fourth outing under the Soulfly banner finds the former Sepultura frontman as fierce as ever. Beginning with the wailing siren riffs of the title track, PROPHECY combines new-world issues with old-world religion. Throughout the album, the dreadlocked Cavalera conjures up images of Zion, using spiritual themes as an intriguing counterpoint to razor-sharp guitar lines and tight rhythms.

As on past Soulfly records, the songs often consist of movements, rather than more conventional structures; "Living Sacrifice" features a dub-like breakdown, while "Mars" incorporates an extended flamenco guitar solo that morphs into a reggae jam. However, there's still room for some pure, undiluted metal, as revealed on a powerful, straightforward version of Helmet's "In the Meantime." In a surprising conclusion, "Wings" features soulful, R&B-tinged lead vocals by Asha Rabouin, and a horn-laden instrumental finale, proving yet again that Cavalera aims to keep Soulfly as unpredictable as possible.

TRACKLIST:

1. Prophecy
2. Living Sacrifice
3. Execution Style
4. Defeat U
5. Mars
6. I Believe
7. Moses
8. Born Again Anarchist
9. Porrada
10. In The Meantime
11. Soulfly IV
12. Wings

LINE-UP:

Max Cavalera (vocals, guitar, sitar, berimbau)
Marc Rizzo (guitar)
Bobby Burns (bass)
Joe Nunez (drums, percussion).

Additional personnel:
Asha Rabouin, Danny Marianino (vocals); Ljubomir Dimtrijevic (flute, bagpipes, percussion); David Ellefson (bass); Meia Noite, Kaval (percussion); John Gray (samples); Mark Pringle (background vocals).

Recorded at The Salzmone Studio Oasis, Mesa, Arizona.