Rating: 3.5/5

They say that two points determine a line; three points confirm it. Now, Soulfly’s fourth album in a row with the Cavalera-Rizzo-Burns-Nunez combination solidifies the core of this band. Co-produced by Logan Mader (ex-Machine Head), “Omen” continues to comfortably reintegrate thrash into their groove-heavy arsenal, and demonstrates how well they have developed.

Soulfly - “Conquer” [Roadrunner] … a more solid and less experimental outing–the sixth for Max Cavalera’s brainchild–boasts the same lineup as 2005’s Dark Days … still lots of variation, from the first trio of thrashers (1 feat. David Vincent of Morbid Angel and 2 has Dave Peters of Throwdown) to the downtempo dirge of ‘Touching the Void’ which is dedicated ‘To Black Sabbath’ … French dub artist Fedayi Pac contributes to 9 & 10 … Note:  there is some residue from the Cavalera Conspiracy project, released earlier this year … 11 is an instrumental … FCC clean disc … Try 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10 … 2008Jul29 [...read more]