Roots (Expanded)

Description

If Sepulturas album Chaos A.D. established the band as more than just another death metal outfit, Roots expands both its search for identity and its quest for sheer aural destruction. Frontman Max Cavalera explores his past in Roots, Bloody Roots and Endangered Species, and plays with a remote Brazilian tribe on Rattamahatta. Elsewhere, Sepultura experiments with minor-key dynamics and atonal harmonics, imbuing their wall of noise with an oppressive sense of mystery. They also extend their musical horizons, adding clattering tin drums and what sounds like a jews-harp to Breed Apart, and garnishing Lookaway with DJ scratching, half-speed vocals, and a gothic, chiming mid-section. This is a spectacular metal and futurist hardcore LP, a masterpiece, accomplished by a band with an enormous heart and an even larger intellect.

Roots: Expanded Edition features a newly remastered version of the original album, plus 17 bonus tracks. Standouts include demos for Dusted and Roots Bloody Roots, instrumental versions of Dictatorshit and Cutthroat, a version of Attitude recorded live at Ozzfest, and the unreleased first take of Kaiowas.