Prophecy (Soulfly album)
Occupation
- Max Cavalera - vocals, guitar, sitar, berimbau
- Marc Rizzo - Guitar, Flamenco Guitar
- Bobby Burns - Bass
- David Ellefson - Bass on Titles 1, 4, 5, 6 and 10
- Joe Nunez - Drums, Percussion
Prophecy is the fourth studio album by the metal band Soulfly. It was released in March 2004 on Roadrunner Records.
Formation and style
During the recording of Prophecy there were some changes in the line-up of the band. Thus, drummer Joe Nunez rejoined the band, who had already participated in primitives. On bass is heard on some titles Megadeth bassist David Ellefson, the other played Bobby Burns, formerly of primer 55, a. On the band 's website said Max Cavalera, that he had planned the changes for some time. On every Soulfly album had line-up changes to the agenda, this he wanted to continue:
"This is an idea that already I had in mind a long time. I never wanted Soulfly a band like Metallica, always with the same four people. On every Soulfly album, we changed the cast, and that will probably continue to go that way. I always want new musicians to meet and play with them. "
However, he then held fixed some time in the occupation of this album. The album has influences from world music and reggae (Moses). Such a mix of styles there had already been on Roots. In the Meantime is a cover of Helmet.
Reception
Boris Kaiser awarded in the magazine Rock Hard nine out of ten. He described the album as " the best piece of music from the Sepultura / Soulfly environment since the '91 State-of- the-art thrash classics Arise totally uncompromising. "