Roots

by Sepultura

Roots cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 February 1996
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Country: Brazil
  • Length: 2:24:14
  • Community rating: 3.86/5 from 16 ratings

Artists on this release: Max Cavalera, Jonathan Davis, Xavantes Tribe, Paulo Jr., Andreas Kisser, Carlinhos Brown, Igor Cavalera, Mike Patton

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On 'Roots', Sepultura radically intertwines crushing groove metal with traditional Brazilian folk music and heavy tribal percussion. The album is incredibly aggressive and politically charged, delivering down-tuned, nu-metal-influenced anger grounded in raw, naturalistic energy.

Genres

Descriptors: political, nature, percussive, rhythmic, guttural, riff-heavy, distorted

Tracklist

  1. Roots Bloody Roots (3:32)
  2. Attitude (4:15)
  3. Cut-Throat (2:44)
  4. Ratamahatta (4:29)
  5. Breed Apart (4:01)
  6. Straighthate (5:21)
  7. Spit (2:45)
  8. Lookaway (5:26)
  9. Dusted (4:03)
  10. Born Stubborn (4:07)
  11. Jasco (1:57)
  12. Its谩ri (4:48)
  13. Ambush (4:39)
  14. Endangered Species (5:18)
  15. Dictatorshit (1:26)
  16. Canyon Jam (13:17)
  17. Ratamahatta - 2 Meter Sessions (5:26)
  18. Roots Bloody Roots - 2 Meter Sessions (3:37)
  19. Attitude - 2 Meter Sessions (5:58)
  20. Kaiowas - Take 1 (3:37)
  21. Procreation (Of the Wicked) (3:38)
  22. Roots Bloody Roots (3:32)
  23. Attitude - Instrumental Rough Mix (4:16)
  24. Cut-Throat - Instrumental Rough Mix (2:45)
  25. Dictatorshit - Instrumental Rough Mix (1:28)
  26. Untitled (4:14)
  27. Esquadrao Da Morte (1:15)
  28. Dusted (4:26)
  29. War (6:40)
  30. Mine (6:21)
  31. Lookaway (5:35)
  32. Roots Bloody Roots (4:00)
  33. Attitude (5:02)

Credits

  • Sepultura - primary artist, co-producer, composed by, lyrics by, percussion [additional]
  • Paulo Jr. - bass, percussion [timbau grande]
  • Andreas Kisser - composed by, guitar, lyrics by, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, sitar, backing vocals
  • Carlinhos Brown - composed by, lyrics by, percussion, vocals
  • DJ Lethal - composed by, co-producer
  • Xavantes Tribe - composed by, performer [outro]
  • Igor Cavalera - drums, percussion [additional], percussion [rusted propane tank], djembe, percussion [timbau]
  • Chuck Johnson - engineer
  • Rob Agnello - engineer [2nd]
  • Richard Kaplan - engineer [additional]
  • Steve Sisco - engineer [mix]
  • D-Low - lyrics by
  • Jonathan Davis - lyrics by, vocals
  • Max Cavalera - lyrics by, vocals, guitar, berimbau, acoustic guitar
  • George Marino - mastered by
  • Andy Wallace - mixed by
  • Ross Robinson - producer, percussion [additional]
  • David Silveria - percussion [additional]
  • Mike Patton - vocals

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