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venerdì 27 ottobre 2023

Sepultura - Schizophrenia

 #FOR FANS OF: Death/Thrash
I'm surprised that I overlooked this album, probably because of the production quality and 'Morbid Visions' I wasn't a fan of though I did have this one on CD. I never ended up getting 'Morbid Visions' but I had built up potential to this band after listening to this one and 'Beneath The Remains.' I wasn't a big fan of their other releases except 'Arise.' Now, I don't follow them at all especially with Max and Igor are out of the band. But it's good what the Caveleras are doing now with re-recording the first two albums I believe. Max had to relearn the early songs and for this release the thrash metal was just flowing with energy!

Without the Cavalera's, Sepultura isn't the same. That's why I stopped following them. And I thought 'Chaos AD' and 'Roots' didn't have the same Sepultura thrash that I was so used to hearing from them. No one can duplicate their early sound.

So 'Schizophrenia' was a good follow-up to their debut 'Morbid Visions' and the riffs were pure thrash with a lot of intensity. The music itself was entirely original as was 'Beneath The Remains.' I had the latter on cassette. 'Schizophrenia' I always had on CD. The music, the leads, the vocals and the drums all showed what talent this band was early on. But after each successive release seemed to be less and less thrash except 'Beneath The Remains.' I guess they didn't want to duplicate albums but they never really progress as time went on. It seemed as though they got kind of lazy especially on 'Chaos AD' and 'Roots.'

There's a lot of history behind this band and the early days where 'Schizophrenia' arrived in the metal scene was about the times was with US thrash bands were emerging aside the success Metallica had with their start to their genre. But Exhorder, Exodus, Testament, et al were seeing to pop up in the scene but with the same problem: production quality. But 'Schizophrenia' was solid. Maybe the guitars were a little bit sloppy but not really to the point where they were really a garage band to the likes of others that were emerging. The songs on 'Schizophrenia' where well constructed though depressing as hell. This is the atmosphere that they wanted! (Death8699)


(Cogumelo Records - 1987/2022)
Score: 80

https://www.sepultura.com.br/

martedì 31 ottobre 2017

Sepultura - Machine Messiah

#PER CHI AMA: Thrash Death
Udite udite, ma soprattutto cominciate a preoccuparvi. Il ritorno del messia è imminente. Altro che Gesù Cristo. Questo qua è uno spietato dio meccanico visibilmente incazzato (cfr. le speculari "Machine Messiah" e "Cyber God" che incorniciano l'album). Sentite la carne mutare in metallo (il singolo "Phantom Self")? Percepite quel senso di impotenza mentale che vi impedisce di fronteggiare la svilente massificazione dell'umanità ("Alethea")? Voi siete voi, giudafinocchio ("I Am the Enemy") e la vostra sofferenza ("Resistant Parasites") sfocerà presto in rabbia e ribellione ("Sworn Oath"). Se non vi sorprende questo sorprendente cyber-concept disto(pi)cazzo, allora affidatevi ai suoni. La inaspettatamente rarefatta "Machine Messiah" in apertura introduce e mistifica: nei suoni operosi orditi dal volonteroso Andreas Kisser distinguerete poi chiari elementi speed-thrash old-school (alla Slayer, ecco), almeno in "I Am the Enemy" e "Vandals Nest", alternati a quel brutale death-bloody-death ("Silent Violence", "Resistant Parasites", "Alathea") che i Sepultura insegnarono al mondo intero nei primi anni '90. In almeno un paio di occasioni si eccede per zelo: il mélange samba + death-metal + violino-maghrebino di "Phantom Self" è davvero troppo, dal momento che né voi né io né men che meno i Sepultura siamo Claude Challe; più interessante il death-flamenco espresso dallo strumentale "Iceberg Dances", in cui rileverete un lavoro di chitarra di assoluto pregio. Ascoltate questo album in digitale domandandovi per quale diavolo di ragione un disco di quarantasei minuti debba essere spalmato forzosamente su ben due vinili. Nelle bonus track una punk-ruffiana versione della sigla del cartoon giapponese "Ultraseven" che suona un po' come suonerebbe "Azzurro" cantata dai Toten Hosen. È per questo che ci estingueremo. Altro che messia meccanico dei miei stivali imbrattati. (Alberto Calorosi)

(Nuclear Blast - 2017)
Voto: 80

https://sepultura.com/