Dante XXI
Occupation
- Derrick Green - Vocals
- Andreas Kisser - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
- Paulo Jr. - Bass
- Igor Cavalera - drums, percussion
Dante XXI is the tenth studio album by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura. It was released in March 2006 Steamhammer / SPV.
Formation
It is in Dante XXI is based on Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, a concept album. Originally planned title Dante was 05, but this was discarded after the 2005 album could not appear. The album tells Dante's journey to not exact, but provides a rough outline of the same. The individual pieces are not directly connected. Singer Derrick Green said the first six pieces representing the section Inferno / Hell of the Divine Comedy. Limbo mark the beginning of Part Purgatorio / The Purgatory:
"It was our idea from the beginning process of working with this album to have a division in between the songs. The first six songs (including the intro) are representations of Hell. The song Limbo (Intro) is the start of Purgatory. The song Still Flame is a representation of Paradise. "
The video for the piece Convicted in Life won the VMB Best Editing in a Video award from MTV in Brazil.
Reception
The album reached number 64 on the charts in Germany. In Brazil and Cyprus, it reached gold status. Conny shipbuilder called Dante XXI in the magazine Rock Hard, the strongest since the departure of Max Cavalera. She wrote: "The concept is coherent, the implementation of sophisticated sounds, and the balancing act between exotic orchestral sound experiments and an oriented on the thrash / hardcore base songwriting is successful. " 8.5 out of ten points were awarded. Greg Prato of Allmusic also called Dante XXI one of the strongest albums with vocalist Derrick Green. He forgave 3.5 out of five stars. In a scientific review of the album wrote Matthew Teutsch from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, the album creates a "new vehicle" to study the Divine Comedy. The album was different from the part of the template and as modern references to. Musically it fully pull the changes after that would be offered in Dante's work, from the discordant sounds of hell up to the order in paradise.
Title list
The Japanese edition contained Screaming for Vengeance by Judas Priest as a bonus. The Brazilian edition included an additional 16 Mindwar - Live, 17 False - Demo.