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| 1.0 awful | Thir13teen | September 28th 09 |
It's really difficult to understand how people have the nerve to call this a "classic". Influenced by the likes of the Deftones and Korn, Sepultura took a downtuned approach to their riffing and simplified their songwriting (even more than they did on Chaos A.D). Add to the mix native Brazilian music influences and you have quite possibly the worst metal record to ever come out from the Brazillian metal scene. There are no redeeming factors whatsoever on listening to this. Riffs are dumb two/three note drivel, lyrics make no sense at all and the vocals sound silly. It doesn't really help that the record is about thirty minutes too long. At least the band recovered from this horror show with their subsequent releases. Stay away at all costs.
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| 3.0 good | Jared Floryan | May 25th 16 |
Oh brother, "Roots Bloody Roots" is one of those old-school jams that doesn't fail to still hit that nostalgic feeling for me. From a recognition perspective, Brazilian heavy metal act Sepultura's sixth full-length offering was huge in the late 90s and early 2000s, as it was influential to the wildly polarizing nu-metal movement which had emerged at the time. Taking its popularity out of the equation, Roots is a fine record that contains solid musicianship and mostly passable vocals via then-frontman Max Cavalera, who later went on to form projects such as Soulfly and Killer Be Killed. The relatively mainstream-esque moments on here don't mesh well with the tribal elements and occasionally the songwriting can falter, not helping matters is the length which could've benefited from being cut down by about 10-15 minutes. In conclusion, when Roots clicks, this LP can certainly click. Definitely Sepultura's most "love-it-or-hate-it" recording alongside a majority of the ensemble's work post-Max era.
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| 2.0 poor | FirstStrikeIsDeadly | December 13th 14 |
Booooo! The first song is cool...but it's the only worthwhile thing here.
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| 0.0 | ConorMichaelJoseph | November 2nd 08 |
Heavy without being very technical,Roots is a solid metal affair from Brazilian mosh factory Sepultura.It was the first album of theirs I got and while the riffs are solid and catchy,they can be generic and not all the songs are really that great.Jasc and Itsari are a very welcome break from the noise before plunging right in again.Overall,Roots is not a terrible album,but my advice is to either hear Chaos AD first or immediately afterwards.
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| 0.0 | metalhead17 | May 16th 07 |
This is overall a great album.The vocals are great,and the lyrics are great but for some reason when your done listening you feel like theres something left to be disired.
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| 3.5 great | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 4.0 excellent | SkapalPes | June 14th 14 |
One of the most brutal and hateful records of metal (and also probably one of the most rcontroversial, what I can understand) with full hardcore feeling, primitive and cut to the bone, respecially in guitar play, really trying to go back to the roots as much as possible. It`s also rvery experimental album including lot of percussions and world music instruments. They have many rinteresting guests on album like Mike Patton, DJ Lethal, Xavantes tribe and especially Carlinhos rBrown, Brazilian musician, co-autor of Ratamahatta - this song is just unbelievable, it`s a burst!rThis is music that comes not from the upper class brownstone houses but from the poors ghettos, rnot from neon-lighted cities but Amazon wildforest and aboriginal fires.r(I have digipack version with 3 bonus tracks instead of hidden jungle track.)
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| 5.0 classic | LakeshoreStrangler | September 26th 12 |
first metal record i ever bought !!! back in 1998 i guess.
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| 4.0 excellent | TurnedInsideOut | August 23rd 12 |
This album has a few songs you could skip but most of them are some of Sepultura's best stuff in my opinion. Roots and Attitude alone are enough to make you tap out from getting your ass handed to you on platter while a Brazilian flag is being used to crack your skull open.
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| 2.0 poor | PedroH | July 19th 10 |
Like Ratamahatta and the bonus tracks. The rest is noise.
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| 0.0 | BornDeadBuriedAlive | December 5th 08 |
It's sad that this was the last Sepultura album featuring Max, if only he had gone out on a better note. It's not the tribal influences, I just don't think it's a very good album. Not a fitting follow-up to Chaos A.D.
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