Dark Ages (Album)
Occupation
- Vocals, electric guitar, sitar, berimbau: Max Cavalera
- Electric guitar, background vocals, acoustic guitar, Flamenco Guitar: Marc Rizzo
- E -Bass: Bobby Burns, David Ellefson ( Riotstarter )
- Drums, percussion: Joe Nunez
- Acoustic guitar, synthesizer, mandolin, sitar: Stefan Goldman
- Balalaika: Alexsander Hrenov, Vitali Hrenov
- Tabla: Alexsander Yushin
- Singing with Molotov: Billy Milano
- Mix: Terry Date
- Mastering: Ted Jensen
- Sound engineer: John Gray, John Bilberry, Justin Salter, Matt Marksbary
Production
- Max Cavalera
Dark Ages is the fifth studio album by the metal band Soulfly. It was released on 4 October 2005.
Formation
Max Cavalera worked during the development phase of the album along with many international artists and from different genres, for example, with Billy Milano of SOD and MOD, the Megadeth bassist David Ellefson and the Serbian Reggae / Dub musician Nemanja " Kojot " Kojić, guitarist and singer of the band Eyes Burn. The latter worked with Cavalera together already on the Soulfy album Prophecy in 2004. Furthermore undertook Cavalera traveling to different countries (Turkey, Serbia, Russia and France) to accommodate typical or elements of other cultures in the album. At Carved Inside, Frontlines and Inner Spirit Music videos were produced.
Reception
Jason Birch Meier of Allmusic certified the album consistently powerful and experimental sound with no low points and awarded in his album review 4 out of 5 possible points.
"The 15 -song album never does hit a lull. It arcs slightly, kicking off with a punch to the face and peaking with " Molotov ", "Front Lines", and "Inner Spirit " before drifting into edgier waters of experimentation did Ultimately recede with the album closer, the ten- minute instrumental " Soulfly V ". "
In his review for laut.de Michael Edele complains the function of some pieces as an album filler, but stresses the mixture of hardness and experimental sounds forth. Michael Edele awards in his album review 3 of 5 possible points for Dark Ages.
" [ ... ] " Bleak " but even this too trivial and incoherent, a typical filler. Also, the short " (The) March" is somehow superfluous [ ... ] However, it is mainly "Inner Spirit" ( with guest vocals of the singer of the Serbian band Eyes Burn ), the sit up can be confused and once again shows why Soulfly are so unpredictable. "
Editions
Dark Ages was published in two different editions on the market. Were published in both the 15 pieces comprehensive regular album, as well as a digipak, containing 3 additional bonus tracks. Even the album artwork is different in two editions in the color choice.
Title list
- Total playing time of the regular album: 66 min 34 s
- Total playing time of the digipak edition of the album: 78 min 40 s
1 Recorded Live from the Metal Mania Festival in Katowice in Poland on 13 March 2004.