★★★★★
Soulfly have another new record out, after releasing Enslaved in 2012. Does this new album, >Savages, feel rushed? Not really. It's a collection of songs that has enough in it to keep you entertained, even though this is not the band's best work. Like its predecessor, Enslaved, Savages required a few listens before I could enjoy it completely. Every time I listen to Enslaved, I enjoy it more than the last time I heard it...
- www.musicreview.co.za
2013-12-12
★★★★★
Originally formed by Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera in 1997, following his dramatic and acrimonious departure from the band he formed as a youth with his brother Igor, Soulfly has undergone a pretty dramatic journey. Still written off by many due to the nu metal leanings of their early days (indeed, online metal database of choice, The Metal Archives, has only recently accepted the band), Sepultura actually made a pretty convincing shift back toward the more brutal side of Max's musical...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-10-10
★★★★★
Review: Soulfly -- Savages
Sammi Chichester | Oct 01, 2013 | Comments 0 | Tags: Soulfly
Rated:
3/5
With a new drummer--main man Max Cavalera's son Zyon--wielding especially heavy beats, and a fresh fascination with cannibalism, Soulfly show no signs of softening on this ninth album...
- www.revolvermag.com
2013-10-03
★★★★★
Everything about this album reeks of effort. There's a lengthy press release, making a point of saying that guitarist Marc Rizzo has been in Soulfly longer than Max Cavalera was in Sepultura (rather glossing over the fact that the latter band produced Arise, Chaos AD, and Roots in much less time). Songs on Savages mostly clock in at five to eight minutes, exploring a wide variety of metal styles well beyond Soulfly's traditional tribal groove - an eclecticism further bolstered by the handful of...
- www.musicomh.com
2013-09-30
★★★★★
Nine albums in, and it's been fun watching Max Cavalera and his merry crew go from disaffected nu-metal cavemen to respected heavy groove thrashers. The most interesting change this time is an impressive backbeat provided by Zyon Cavalera, Max's son, who we last heard from when his in-utero heartbeat was featured as the intro to Sepultura's Opener "Bloodshed" gets things going with a whimper, the seven-minute cut an anti-climactic way to start off another sprawling and varied Soulfly effort...
- exclaim.ca
2013-10-01
★★★★★
Soulfly has been Max Cavalera's bully pulpit for 15 years now, and with very few exceptions, he hasn't wasted it. Undoubtedly, Soulfly has been one of the most active and consistent metal bands in the world since 2004's Prophecy, touring constantly and releasing a new album seamlessly when the time was right. Sure, Max did set aside time for his Cavalera Conspiracy project when he needed to, but Soulfly has been and continues to be his main focus...
- www.popmatters.com
2012-05-24
★★★★★
Enslaved is Max Cavalera's first foray into the world of the concept album, with the album based thematically around the concept of, you guessed it, slavery. Since their formation in 1998 after Max's departure from the legendary Sepultura, Soulfly has slowly evolved with each album, moving from the tribal, dub-infused nu-metal heard on early albums such as Soulfly and Primitive, into darker and more extreme territories with their last couple of outings...
- www.beat.com.au
2012-05-07
★★★★★
Sound: Primitive is a pretty heavy album. It has some killer riffs and deafening vocals. It's heavy almost all the way through, but then there just had to be a rap song. It's still a hard-rockin, heavy-hittin album, though. // 8 Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics are great. The experimentation with all of the different featured vocalists (example: Chino Moreno, Corey Taylor, etc.) is awesome. I also think it's great that Max put a Portuguese song on the album (Mulambo)...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: Amid a war of words in 1996 when Max Cavalera left Sepultura, the metal world was left deprived of one of its leading acts. As Max tried his best to create something to rival the Sepultura legacy. It is with this album that I believe Max finally steps out of the shadow of his past. After a few miserable attempts this is the CD that Sepultura should have made after "Roots." It's cutting edge, it's experimental, it's really out there...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
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