Dark Ages (album)

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Dark Ages
Dark Ages cover
Studio album by Soulfly
Released October 4, 2005
Recorded  ?
Genre Heavy Metal
Nu Metal
Alternative Metal
Groove Metal
Thrash Metal
Length 66:22
Label Roadrunner Records
Producer(s) Max Cavalera
Professional reviews
Soulfly chronology
Prophecy
(2004)		 Dark Ages
(2005)



Dark Ages is the fifth LP for metal band Soulfly. The album was released on October 4, 2005, more than a year from the previous one Prophecy. The album was strongly influenced by the death of Max and Gloria's (Max's wife) 8 month old son, Moses, who died on December 10, 2004.

Contents

[edit] The sound

Many critics have described Dark Ages as a return to to Cavalera's thrash and death metal roots of the early Sepultura days, its sound also has been compared to his Chaos A.D.-era, however the world metal influence found on the first four Soulfly albums is definitely present. This time, Cavalera traveled to five different countries - Serbia, Turkey, Russia, France, and the United States - in order to record all the sounds that he desired to have on the new album. The album also features a didgeridoo on 'Carved Inside' and a Jamaican thumb piano on 'Riotstarter' (Cavalera's favourite song on the record'), which further showcase Cavalera's desire to experiment within metal.

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed by Cavalera except "Molotov" (Cavalera, Fillipenko, Milano), "Innerspirit" (Cavalera, Kojic, Stojanovic) and "Staystrong" (Cavalera, Cavalera).

  1. "The Dark Ages" – 0:48
  2. "Babylon" – 3:53
  3. "I and I" – 3:15
  4. "Carved Inside" – 3:35
  5. "Arise Again" – 4:10
  6. "Molotov" – 1:57
  7. "Frontlines" – 4:34
  8. "Innerspirit" – 5:15
  9. "Corrosion Creeps" – 4:26
  10. "Riot Starter" – 5:00
  11. "Bleak" – 4:56
  12. "(The) March" – 1:18
  13. "Fuel the Hate" – 4:12
  14. "Stay Strong" – 8:13
  15. "Soulfly V" – 10:50

[edit] Bonus tracks

The limited edition of Dark Ages contains additional tracks:

  1. "Salmo-91" – 4:23
  2. "Prophecy" (Live) – 3:27
  3. "Seek 'n' Strike" (Live) – 4:14

[edit] Personnel

  • Billy Milano - Vocals
  • John Watkinson Gray - Engineer, Digital Editing, Mixing, Prophet V Programming
  • June Murakawa - Assistant
  • Max Cavalera - Guitar, Sitar, Vocals, Group Member, Producer, Berimbau
  • Michael Whelan - Illustrations
  • Joel Nunez - Percussion, Drums, Group Member
  • Leo Zulueta - Logo
  • Stefan Goldman - Acoustic Guitar, Korg Synthesizer, Sitar, Mandolin
  • Gloria Cavalera - Executive Producer, Management
  • Milan "Bare" Barkovic - Engineer
  • John Bilberry - Assistant Engineer
  • Paul Fillipenko - Vocals
  • Alexsander Hrenov - Balalaika, Spoons
  • Darya Jubenko - Engineer
  • Nemanja "Coyote" Kojic - Vocals
  • Matt Marksbary - Assistant Engineer
  • Justin Salter - Assistant Engineer
  • Christina Stojanovic - Management
  • Alexander Yushin - Bayan
  • Monte Conner - A&R
  • Terry Date - Mastering, Mixing
  • David Ellefson - Bass
  • Ted Jensen - Mastering

[edit] Chart positions

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2005 The Billboard 200 155
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