Omen (album)
Occupation
- Max Cavalera - vocals, guitar, sitar
- Marc Rizzo - Guitar, Flamenco Guitar
- Bobby Burns - Bass
- Joe Nunez - Drums, Percussion
Omen is the seventh studio album by the metal band Soulfly. It was released in May 2010 on Roadrunner Records. It was the last with bassist Bobby Burns and drummer Joe Nunez, which were then replaced by Tony Campos and David Kinkade.
Formation and style
The album was recorded in November 2009, with Logan Mader ( Machine Head ). At this time, Max Cavalera had " skeletons " of about eight songs finished for the time being. The pieces should " energetic " and be shorter than the previous album Conquer. The album had Tommy Victor of Prong ( at Lethal Injection ) with which Soulfly were recently on tour and Greg Puciato of Dillinger Escape Plan (with Rise of the Fallen ) with. Moreover son Zyon Cavalera playing drums at the Sepultura Title Refuse / Resist used as a bonus track (from Chaos AD ). Max Cavalera's brother Igor played drums in the Excel Cover Your Life, My Life, also a bonus track.
Reception
Ronny Bittner awarded in the magazine Rock Hard seven out of ten. He wrote that the differences to its predecessor were " marginal, the really big thrash whip is brought out much less frequently than on" Conquer ". What remains are solid, but rarely outstanding compositions. "