Machine Messiah
by Sepultura
- Type: Album
- Released: 13 January 2017
- Label: Nuclear Blast
- Country: Brazil
- Length: 1:18:39
- Community rating: 3.29/5 from 4 ratings
Artists on this release: Wadada Leo Smith, Marion Brown, Elliott Schwartz
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Produced by Jens Bogren in Sweden, the fourteenth studio album from the Brazilian heavy metal veterans addresses the increasing digitization and robotic automation of human society. The tracking displays an ambitious progressive scope, introducing orchestral string sections, cinematic pacing, and clean vocal passages alongside their trademark aggressive thrash and groove metal foundations. The release was highlighted as a creative resurgence for their modern era.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, conceptual
Tracklist
- Centering (1:12)
- Njung-Lumumba Malcolm (18:05)
- And Then They Danced (16:05)
- Rhythmus #1 (3:30)
- Soundways (19:33)
- Soundways Part 2 (20:14)
Credits
- Andrea Klein - cover
- Marion Brown - primary artist, alto saxophone, percussion, producer, clarinet, piano
- Elliott Schwartz - primary artist, piano, synthesizer, producer
- Wadada Leo Smith - primary artist, trumpet, percussion, producer
- Michael Cuscuna - coordinator [u.s. production coordination]
- Steve Backer - coordinator [u.s. production coordination]
- Robert L. Heimall - design, art direction
- Lee Quimby - engineer
- Raymond Ross - photography by