Thrashing, battering and flogging their way into your cd player is Cavalera Conspiracy’s new cd “Inflikted”. For the dilettantes out there, Cavalera Conspiracy (CC) is a groove/thrash metal band with a United Nations flare as the band features members from Brazil, France, and the United States. Veteran thrashers may be especially excited that the band is a reunion of the Cavalera brothers after a12 year hiatus and this marks the first time they have made music or shared a stage together since the infamous Sepultura break up twelve years ago.
Featuring Max Cavalera (Soulfly, ex-Sepultura) on vocals and rhythm guitar, Iggor Cavalera (ex-Sepultura) on drums, Soulfly guitarist Marc Rizzo and Joe Duplantier (Gojira) on bass “Inflikted” is not only true to thrash with its speed riffing , in your face, down your throat aggression, and fast, percussive and low-register guitar riffs, coupled with very impressive shredding-style lead work from Rizzo, it manages to lend a innovative sound and feel that some thrash bands rarely reach, unfortunately staying in the predictable mire- this is not so with CC.
“Inflikted” benefits not only from the perfect temperature melting pot of the Cavalera brothers with Rizzo and Duplantier but the engineering and co production of Logan Mader. The result is a tight, unyielding 11 track cd, with notables such as “Black Ark”, ‘Hex” and “Nevertrust” that showcase the band in total but Max’s unforgettable vocal style.
Touring worldwide and with Judas Priest in September of this year; if Cavalera Conspiracy is as good on stage as they are on “Inflikted” then for those about to thrash, Cavalera Conspiracy salutes you.
4.5 Stars
