OUR FIRST TASTE OF THE NEW SEPULTURA ALBUM
Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 4:17pm by Axl Rosenberg
I never would have known had Blabbermouth not told me, but apparently Sepultura performed at the Latin Grammy Awards last night (Something else I never would have known: there’s a Latin Grammy Awards. Are the regular Grammys too good for Latin music? I don’t understand.). After performing a brief cover of “Girl from Ipanema” (Um… why???), the band launched into “We’ve Lost You,” a song which will appear on the band’s forthcoming album, A-Lex.
A-Lex is a concept album which apparently takes its cues from Anthony Burgess’ novel A Clockwork Orange (And, presumably, Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of that novel.). I’ve read Burgess’ book and seen Kubrick’s film, and what the fuck the album cover art has to do with either is not clear to me at this time; in fact, it makes me kinda worried that Sepultura are about to join the club of a few million people who seem to have somehow completely missed the point of the story.
But I digress. This new song – the first we’ve heard from A-Lex – sure does sound heavy and Sepulturian, which is not to say its good; in fact, it seems kind of generic. As much as I enjoyed Sep’s last offering, Dante XXV, I already find my optimism for A-Lex being any good draining. But I guess I should give the band the benefit of the doubt.
After the jump, check out Sepultura’s performance of “We’ve Lost You” (And, um, “Girl from Ipanema.”).
A-Lex will be released on SPV here in the States on January 27 and the rest of the world a few days prior. It will be the first Sepultura album in which the name “Cavalera” appears nowhere in the liner notes.
-AR
How fucking horrible is it to play a song like that and have the room sit still? Fuck that. Good song, but I can’t say I’m too excited for the new album to come out.
The term “concept album” should be fucking banned.
Is Andres trying to be Max with the fucking guitar. Max has the fucking flag of Brasil and not a shitty Sepultura album cover like nation.(Though Sepulnation was the only good song off that album).
Wow, that’s some bad singing. Is that Derrick Green? He can’t carry a tune in a bucket. Metal singers really do have no talent…
Doesn’t the cover look kinda look like Killing Season by Death Angel?
It does sound generic, but also alot slower.reminds me of one of the songs on Dante that I can’t remember the name of at the moment.Let me just say, I’ve never really been a fan of Sepultura, and in all honesty *bends over so everyone can tear me a new asshole* I really enjoy more of the Derrick shit than the Max shit.I can’t explain why.
^….What…the…fuck???
Why oh why wont they just change thier name already??! This is not Sepultura anymore. Without the Cavalera name this isnt Sepultura point blank.
And to who posted the question about the artwork looking like Death Angel, Yes it does look like it and also Deicide 1st album too. This is pure crap.