Primitive [PA]

Soulfly: Max Cavalera (vocals, 4-string guitar); Mikey Doling (guitar); Marcelo D. Rapp (bass, percussion); Joe Nunez (drums, percussion). Additional personnel includes: Sean Lennon (vocals, guitar); Toby Wright (vocals, clarinet, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Larry McDonald, Meia Noite (percussion); Deonte Perry (programming); Tom Araya, Grady, Chino, Corey. Producers: Toby Wright, Max Cavalera, Sean Lennon. Recorded at The Saltmine, Mesa, Arizonia. Personnel: Max Cavalera (vocals, guitar, berimbau); Chino Moreno, Corey Taylor, Grady Avenell, Sean Lennon, Tom Araya (vocals); Joel Nunez (drums, percussion); Meia Noite, Larry McDonald, Marcello D. Rapp (percussion). Audio Mixer: Andy Wallace. Recording information: Saltmine, Mesa, AZ. Photographers: Neville Garrick; Glen LaFerman. To say that Sepultura fans were saddened by the departure of Max Cavalera would be a gross understatement. Max's loyal following skeptically received Soulfly's debut while remaining Sepultura members forged ahead with a replacement vocalist. With PRIMITIVE, it's apparent that Cavalera's "new tribe" isn't a rebound side project. Max and company continue the brutal groovecore assault and stretch even further into experimental realms. The reggae-soaked breakdown in "Bring It" and bittersweet vocal harmonies in "Son Song" (featuring Sean Lennon) are surprises you'd be hard pressed to find on a Sepultura album. Fitting guest vocalists including Slipknot's Corey/#8 and Slayer's Tom Araya, who bring challenging contrasts to PRIMITIVE.

• Genre: Pop
• Format: CD
• Released: 9/25/2000