LABEL: BMG Rights Management
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 12/1/2023
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1998
VARIANT: Black Vinyl LP

Without question, 1998s Soulfly further explored the South American rhythmic bombast of Roots, Max Cavaleras last album with the legendary Sepultura. But the metal icon likewise marched to the beat of his own drum on his next bands self-titled full-length debut.

Cavaleras heavy whims explored the detuned depths of the developing nu-metal movement. He transmogrified the Brazilian samba-funk sound of Jorge Ben Jors Umbabarauma into a rap-metal curio. He even went to-to-toe with guest vocalists like Limp Bizkits Fred Durst, Deftones Chino Moreno and more. A massive first album from a groove-intensified metal veteran