Primitive EX

The 2nd album from Brazilian metallers Soulfly with some sick songs and amazing amount of collaborations. This album picks up where Soulfly(1st cd) left off,with ferocious lyrics and experimental drumming and tribal instruments. The approach is just as heavy as the first album,relentless and fast paced with killer guitar grooves and thick bass. The version i got is a digipak version with bonus 4 songs(i suggest you pick this version up) and it has enhanced artwork & is actually cheaper than the standard version. Album kicks off with Back to the Primitive which is just fast and aggressive with buzzsaw guitars then Pain kicks in and just sets the pace faster. Bring It is a mosh song,Jumpda****up with Corey Taylor from Slipknot. This is 1 of the best tracks on the album. Son Song is great with amazing lyrics,Boom is explosive and fast paced. Terroristo with Tom Araya from Slayer. The Prophet is another favorite track of mine it is so beautiful. Soulfly 2 the beautiful instrumental piece is another favorite. In Memory Of.. is great with Sean Lennon as a guest vocalist. Flyhigh is another beautiful song. Then the bonus tracks are Eye for an Eye & Tribe live,the sound quality is excellent. Then you get the masterful Soulfire and a remixed version of the first Soulfly instrumental entitled Universal Spirit Mix and it is amazing it just makes that instrumental more beautiful with exrltra layers of depth. Extra artwork is beautiful and the album has great mix of tribal precussions and flutes and bongos and such djembe(i don't know if that is spelled right. Great mix of guitar with Max & Mikey Doling,killer thick bass from Marcello D. Rapp and some amazing drumming from Joe Nunez. This is the sophmore album from Soulfly and even here you see progression from the first album,it has the Roots vibe too it but this is Soulfly not Sepultura. I personally like both bands and enjoy Derrick Greens albums i don't understand the petty feuding between "fans". All in all this is a great album and if you are a fan of Max Cavalera and his work i suggest you get the digipak version it is such a good album

Cd came in great condition!

Awesome album...early Soulfly rocks

"Energy in the purest form" isn't only a line shouted by Tom Araya in "Terrorist", it's also the perfect way to describe this album. "Primitive" is nothing short of sheer grade-A energy and excitement. Full to the brim with roaring riffs, energetic vocals and bouncy drums. After the opening acoustic guitar of the opening track, Max and Co. push the pedal to the metal and don't let up until track six.In a lot of ways, "Primitive" picks up where Soulfly's debut left off (with its hard hitting songs, four chord guitars and tribal drums), but this album also encorporates a few new elements into Soulfly's wall of sound: keyboards, samples, and a slew of guest vocalists (Chino Moreno of the Deftones guests on "Pain", John Lennon's son Sean Lennon contributes vocals and keyboards to "Son Song", Corey Taylor of Slipknot shows up on "JumpDaF**kUp" and Slayer's Tom Araya helps out on "Terrorist".) If you think it's clever of Max to blend these things into death metal, you haven't seen anything yet (check out Soulfly's latest album "Prophecy.")Highlights include:Chino begins his cameo on "Pain" with a spittle-flecked rap, but, as the song progresses, he really lets loose. He and Max trade off yelling "You can't mask. Pain! My pain! Our pain!""Bring It" begins as an unrelenting monster of a song, but midway through an almost reggae interlude intervines. Don't fear, though, because all of the heaviness comes back after the interlude."Jumpdaf*ckup" is probably a personal favorite. If there was ever a song that was made for the mosh, this is it. Corey Taylor croons gently throughout most of the song, until he erupts for the chorus."Boom"'s chorus ("Whachu got, whachuwachu got, whachu got, boom!") will be stuck in your head all day long."Terrorist" has shredding vocals by the aforementioned Tom Araya. But his voice sounds like Slayer circa 2001, not 1986 (he is not yelling so fast, here, that you can't make out the words.)The only two songs I could have done without are "Soulfly 2" and "In Memory of...". "Soulfly 2" is a six minute instrumental and, while it is nice to have an oasis after such hard hitting metal, this one is no where near as creative or pretty as "Soulfly 3" or "4." And "In Memory of..." has an almost hip-hop beat for a couple of guest singers (one of whom sounds like Fred Durst at one point) to rap over. This song has it's heavy points, but the rap just doesn't work, here.Some skeptics say gathering a bunch of guest vocalists is a move a nu-metal band would make. I don't disagree with this statement, but "Primitive" is much more (and much more heavy) than a typical nu-metal album. I'd call it "tribal beat metal", "nu-death metal" or even "artsy metal".To conclude, if you're looking for a fun, aggressive listen that gets your blood pumping, look no further than "Primitive".

Very minor damage on case, disc was in NEW condition... couldn't find a better buy!

Bueno disco, suena bien

Even though this album gets cheesy and lacks the swag that of American standards I still think it is on point in its own special way. In memory of .... is a song that hits hard for me and reminds me to carry on strong in honor of a fallen brother whom I miss dearly daily and feel he is here guiding me into making me at least half the man he was.I tattooed the cover art on my arm only the Phoenix is blue.

Item was perfect. Cd had no scratches what so ever. Shipped super fast. Very happy thank you.