Soulfly (album)

Soulfly
Studio album by Soulfly
Released April 21, 1998
Recorded Indigo Ranch Studios, Malibu, California
Genre Nu metal, groove metal
Length 67:57
71:22 (Digipak)
77:45 (2005 reissue)
Label Roadrunner
Producer Ross Robinson
Soulfly chronology
Soulfly
(1998)		 Tribe
(1999)
Alternative cover
Digipak Edition
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Soulfly is the first LP by metal band Soulfly released in 1998 through Roadrunner Records. The record was released in memory of Max's murdered stepson. Both CDs have the message In Loving Memory Dana printed across them.

Contents

Album information

The record features many guests, including members of Fear Factory, Limp Bizkit, Cypress Hill, Deftones, and Skindred. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on 16, November 2005.[2]

'The Song Remains Insane' is pieced together by two other songs, opening with a cover of 'Caos' by Ratos de Porão and secondly a brief reckless hardcore rendition of 'Attitude' by Sepultura. 'Umbabarauma' is a cover of a 1976 song by Brazilian musician Jorge Ben Jor, which originally featured on his album África Brasil.

The breakdown riff in 'Tribe' originated during Max's time still in Sepultura - most likely created during on-the-road demo jams during the Roots tour though evidently never recorded in any complete demo form. As such, the riff was also used by Sepultura members Andreas Kisser and Igor Cavalera as the main riff to 'Walkman' during their scoring of the movie No Coracao Dos Deuses, recorded the same year as Soulfly's 'Tribe'.

Track listing

All songs composed by Cavalera, except "Bleed" (Cavalera, Durst), "Umbabarauma" (Jorge Ben Jor), "The Song Remains Insane" (Cavalera, D-Low, R.D.P.) and "Prejudice" (Cavalera, Webbe).

No. Title Length
1. "Eye For An Eye" (Feat. Dino Cazares and Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory) 3:34
2. "No Hope = No Fear"   4:35
3. "Bleed" (Feat. Fred Durst and DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit) 4:06
4. "Tribe"   6:02
5. "Bumba" (Feat. Los Hooligans) 3:59
6. "First Commandment" (Feat. Chino Moreno of Deftones) 4:29
7. "Bumbklaatt"   3:51
8. "Soulfly"   4:48
9. "Umbabarauma" (Feat. Los Hooligans) 4:11
10. "Quilombo" (Feat. Benji Webbe of Skindred and DJ Lethal) 3:43
11. "Fire"   4:21
12. "The Song Remains Insane" (Feat. D-Low and Chico Science) 3:39
13. "No" (Feat. Christian Olde Wolbers) 4:00
14. "Prejudice" (Feat. Benji Webbe) 6:52
15. "Karmageddon"   5:44

Digipak Edition released on October 19, 1999 bonus disc track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Tribe" (Fuck Shit Up Mix) 5:35
2. "Quilombo" (Extreme Ragga Dub Mix) 3:23
3. "Umbabarauma" (World Cup Mix) 3:43
4. "No Hope = No Fear" (Live) 4:16
5. "Bleed" (Live) 4:35
6. "Bumba" (Live) 3:27
7. "Quilombo" (Live) 4:08
8. "The Song Remains Insane" (Live) 2:20
9. "Eye For An Eye" (Live at Indigo Ranch) 3:32
10. "Tribe" (Tribal Terrorism Mix) 4:17
11. "Umbabarauma" (Brasil 70 Mix) 4:27
12. "Quilombo" (Zumbi Dub Mix) 3:24
13. "Soulfly" (Eternal Spirit Mix) 5:27

Roadrunner Records 25th Anniversary Reissue bonus disc track listing

The album was also released on August 30, 2005 as part of the Roadrunner Records 25th Anniversary Reissues with the Limited Edition bonus tracks and a new one ("Blow Away") added to the first disc and a different 2nd Bonus Disc with live performances at the 1998 Roskilde Festival, spoken word live performances and a four-track demo. The track listing for the second disc is:

No. Title Length
1. "Eye for an Eye (Live)"   3:46
2. "No Hope = No Fear (Live)"   4:08
3. "Spit (Live)"   2:44
4. "Bleed (Live)"   4:28
5. "Beneath the Remains/Dead Embryonic Cells (Live)"   3:41
6. "Tribe (Live)"   6:33
7. "Bumba (Live)"   3:10
8. "Refuse/Resist (Live)"   3:43
9. "Quilombo (Live)"   4:00
10. "Roots Bloody Roots (Live)"   3:24
11. "Attitude (Live)"   3:51
12. "The Song Remains Insane (Live)"   3:54
13. "No (Live)"   5:08
14. "Max Cavalera Spoken Word Performance" (Crossing Border Festival 1997) 17:28
15. "Spoken Word Jam" (Crossing Border Festival 1997) 4:19
16. "Eye for an Eye" (4-track Demo Version) 3:29

Personnel

Chart positions

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1998 The Billboard 200 79[3]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "GOLD AND PLATINUM - Searchable Database". RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH. Retrieved 2009-03-02. 
  3. ^ "Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales". Billboard Music Charts. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=305&cfgn=Albums&cfn=The+Billboard+200&ci=3030563&cdi=7317434&cid=05%2F09%2F1998. Retrieved 2009-03-02. 
Soulfly
Max Cavalera · Marc Rizzo · Tony Campos · David Kinkade
David Ellefson · Logan Mader · Roy Mayorga · Mikey Doling · Marcello D. Rapp · Jackson Bandeira  · Bobby Burns  · Joe Nunez
Studio albums
Soulfly · Primitive · 3 · Prophecy · Dark Ages · Conquer · Omen · Enslaved
Extended plays
Videos
Singles
"Eye for an Eye" · "Umbabarauma" · "Bleed" · "Tribe" · "Back to the Primitive" · "Son Song" · "Jumpdafuckup" · "Seek 'N' Strike" · "Downstroy" · "Prophecy" · "Frontlines" · "Carved Inside" · "Innerspirit" · "Unleash" · "Blood Fire War Hate" · "Rise of the Fallen"
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