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Roadrunner Records, RR 8700-2, 1998 10 Track
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Sepultura have seen a nosedive in popularity since Max left, many fans jumping ship to soulfly instead. I like Soulfly, and this is the first output of post-max Sepultura which I have bought, along with the 2001 release Nation. Against was an enjoyable listen, and I'm glad I got it. Green's vocals work really well for the band, and I don't really think they've lost much from that respect. However, individual songs are perhaps not as strong, or as catchy as their older work, maybe because max wrote a lot of their songs.
On the whole though I really like Against. I actually think, as an album, I'd be more inclined to listen to the whole thing than their earlier work. This is partially because the song lengths on the whole are shorter, but also because they run together nicely - though this could be seen as a fault. What I mean really is that the songs go together well, as an album should.
I'm glad that Sepultura have carried on being experimental in the vein of Chaos A.D. and Roots, which were my favourite two albums of the old band line-up. Some say the guitar has been 'dumbed down' and that is a fair statement for the most part, but for me Sepultura have always been more about the interesting brazilian percussive element than complex guitar lines, and to be honest most of the riffs are still catchy.
This album further distances the band from their death metal origins, which is a plus for me, as I'm not really into ridiculously fast music, I prefer the tribal and complex, but listenable beats, which Sepultura are still producing in abundance. I look forward to seeing them at Hammerfest 09!
On the whole though I really like Against. I actually think, as an album, I'd be more inclined to listen to the whole thing than their earlier work. This is partially because the song lengths on the whole are shorter, but also because they run together nicely - though this could be seen as a fault. What I mean really is that the songs go together well, as an album should.
I'm glad that Sepultura have carried on being experimental in the vein of Chaos A.D. and Roots, which were my favourite two albums of the old band line-up. Some say the guitar has been 'dumbed down' and that is a fair statement for the most part, but for me Sepultura have always been more about the interesting brazilian percussive element than complex guitar lines, and to be honest most of the riffs are still catchy.
This album further distances the band from their death metal origins, which is a plus for me, as I'm not really into ridiculously fast music, I prefer the tribal and complex, but listenable beats, which Sepultura are still producing in abundance. I look forward to seeing them at Hammerfest 09!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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this is a good album in places, the down side is that those places arent a close together as they once were, the good songs are brilliant, but the bad ones seem to last forever, and there are too many of them. if any other band released this album as a debut which i suppose technically it is for derrick greene i would have been nicely impressed and on that level i am, but you know that better was still to come.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Yes, the sound is still Sepultura. And it is still great! The departure of Max Cavalera and his replacement by a guy called Derrick (no, it's true) seemed to go without a hitch, so much so that a previous reviewer thought that Max still sung on this album! And he says he is a fan. Oh well.
Not as intense as Roots (could it be?) but a good first album with a new line-up. After Max went to do his own stuff we were all worried that the Seps would lose something. They did, perhaps, but not until Roorback.
Not as intense as Roots (could it be?) but a good first album with a new line-up. After Max went to do his own stuff we were all worried that the Seps would lose something. They did, perhaps, but not until Roorback.
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You really don't know what you're missing..
Whats the best way to put this? Everybody is wrong. Sadly this world is full of people who are afraid of progression. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2008 by Magnum Valentino
A new singer and a new sound.
The first album with new vocalist Derrick Green is certainly a different slice of the Sepultura pie that the die hard fans will be used to. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2006 by Mr. Aaron C. Cottrell
In fairness an ok Album.
I acidently purachased 'Against' by mistake, and in all fairness this is an ok album. I am a Huge Soulfly fan and love Max Cavalera and think he is a legend. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2006 by KottonMouth King
if this had 10 songs instead of 15 we'd all be happier
sepultura returned without max and brought in derrick green who is a better vocalist than many say,the problem with against is the problem that blighted nation,too many songs and... Read more
Published on 23 May 2006 by sean paul mccann
solid transition
after the loss of max cavelera the proclaimed world domination of sepultura looked to have ended, however this was all saved by the against album. Read more
Published on 4 April 2005 by G. Phillips
No change, In all aspects
Never ones to alter the sound of their music in a dramatic way, sepultura have played it safe with this one and so the album features more of the same, with tribal drums mixed in... Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2001
No change, In all aspects
Never ones to alter the sound of their music in a dramatic way, sepultura have played it safe with this one and so the album features more of the same, with tribal drums mixed in... Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2001
It's good, but in a different way.
This is the first Sepultura CD with new singer Derrick Green. It sounds very different than the other Seps albums, but in a good way :o). Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2000
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