 
With Max Cavalera having so many different musical
projects I was expecting Cavalera Conspiracy to
sound exactly the same as Soulfly or Sepultura;
this however is not the case in the slightest.
When they released “Inflikted” back
in 2008 it was abundantly clear this was something
else entirely!
The first track “Warlord” expands
on the impression the Cavalera brothers made with
their first release laying down power and speed
with the drumming, chunky dirty guitar work overlaid
with some sleazy metal vocals. That’s everything
that we need right there already if the rest of
the album follows suit we’ve got a beast
of an album here.
They experiment with different aspects of their
sound with songs like “Lynch Mob”
which features Roger Miret of Agnostic Front;
they try to get a certain groovy vibe into their
sound with a fair bit of success yet still being
metal as hell. They also try incorporate this
style in “Burn Waco” and “Genghis
Khan” which again comes out with great success,
gives their material some distinction and bounce.
Not all the songs on the album are amazing though;
some of the songs feel like they are lacking the
certain hook that the other songs have, like “Torture”
which doesn’t have the most creative lyrics
or musical hooks and then there’s “Thrasher”,
parts of that song do just blend in amongst other
thrash bands without standing out whilst also
feeling a bit messy and rammed. This doesn’t
make them bad songs it’s just they don’t
par up to the standard of some of the more creative
tracks.
Some very good tracks just for the riffs and pure
musicianship are “Target” and “Killing
Inside”; the music for both of these songs
is very technical and heavy but all put together
perfectly. Nothing feels rushed or overworked
and it all flows together beautifully through
each different change and section.
On the whole this is another collection of great
tunes by the God of thrash Max Cavalera. Not anything
like his other 2 bands, just 2 brothers making
some technical heavy thrash metal! Eagerly await
to see them play a live show now, festivals anybody?
4/5
Review by James Webb
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