Conquer

Another winner from Soulfly. These guys keep putting out awesome CDs. If you like their other stuff you'll love this one. I'd recommend them all.

This is one of the best albums I've listened to in years! Crushing one minute, groovin' the next, but consistently heavy! An awesome riff every second. Max is a Metal God and this is some of their best work, EVER!

iv always thought of soulfly as a hit and miss type of band with a few killer singles then i got this album which is possibly the best metal iv heard for a decade it stands up next to chaos ad and roots i was shocked at how good it is Max sings like he did 15 years ago, how sad that metallicas poor excuse for a metal album will sell millions more then this.

This album was a nice surprise when I first listened to it. It rocks from beginning to end. There are parts that remind me of old school Sepultura and Max's growls are even better than Dark Ages. Great album!

2008 is a good year for Max Cavalera. He and his brother recently got together for the first time in nearly 12 years since playing in Sepultura, and recorded the Cavalera Conspiracy album Inflikted. After that, you'd think it'd be enough. Months later, we have Soulfly's sixth album Conquer. While Inflikted was more about Max and Igor letting their punk, thrash, and hardcore influences out, this album is definitely more influenced by the extreme talents of bands like Slayer, Bolt Thrower and Napalm Death. It is a never-ending bulldozer of energy and aggression that keeps rolling and doesn't let up until the instrumental "Soulfly VI" (a tradition on each album, each instrumental numbered by the album: self-titled-Soulfly, Primitive-Soulfly II, 3-Soulfly III, Prophecy-Soulfly IV, Dark Ages-Soulfly V). One thing interesting is that for Soulfly's first three albums, the lineup was always different. The current lineup has been able to maintain itself for three albums, which is great because it's the best one especially because of lead guitarist Marc Rizzo, who is not only excellent at rhythm guitar playing, but lays down amazing guitar solos. Prepare to hear to hear some sick shreddage here. Did I mention that Conquer is the first Soulfly record where mixing duties were handled by Andy Sneap (Machine Head, Testament, Megadeth, Arch Enemy)? The resulting sound is a mixture of old and new: the Soulfly sound of previous albums Prophecy and Dark Ages, but with a heavier overall edge, and quite a few twists.

Who would have thought that Max would able to keep Soulfly together long enough to make six albums? Nobody thought he would do anything worthwhile after leaving Sepultura. Say what you want, but he deserves more credit than he is given.