Dark Ages (album)

Dark Ages
Studio album by Soulfly
Released	October 4, 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Groove metal
Length	66:22
Label	Roadrunner Records
Producer	Max Cavalera
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Metal Reviews 89 / 100 link MetalReview.com Favorable link Blabbermouth.net 8/10 link
Soulfly chronology
Prophecy (2004) Dark Ages (2005)
Alternate Cover
Re-issued Digipak cover

Dark Ages is the fifth LP for the metal band Soulfly. The album was released on October 4, 2005, more than a year from the previous one Prophecy. The album was strongly influenced by the death of Max and Gloria's (Max's wife) 8 month old grandson, Moses, who died on December 10, 2004. As of October 21, 2007 Soundscan reported Dark Ages has sold 100,000 copies.

Sound

Many critics have described Dark Ages as a return to to Cavalera's thrash and death metal roots of the early Sepultura days, its sound also has been compared to his post-thrash album Chaos A.D.-era, however the world metal influence found on the first four Soulfly albums is definitely present. This time, Cavalera traveled to five different countries - Serbia, Turkey, Russia, France, and the United States - in order to record all the sounds that he desired to have on the new album. The album also features a didgeridoo on 'Carved Inside' and a Jamaican thumb piano on 'Riotstarter' (Cavalera's favourite song on the record), which further showcase Cavalera's desire to experiment within metal.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Cavalera except "Molotov" (Cavalera, Fillipenko, Milano), "Innerspirit" (Cavalera, Kojic, Stojanovic) and "Staystrong" (Cavalera, Cavalera).

1. "The Dark Ages" – 0:48
2. "Babylon" – 3:53
3. "I and I" – 3:15
4. "Carved Inside" – 3:35
5. "Arise Again" – 4:10
6. "Molotov" – 1:57
7. "Frontlines" – 4:34
8. "Innerspirit" – 5:15
9. "Corrosion Creeps" – 4:26
10. "Riotstarter" – 5:00
11. "Bleak" – 4:56
12. "(The) March" – 1:18
13. "Fuel the Hate" – 4:12
14. "Staystrong" – 8:13
15. "Soulfly V" – 10:50

Bonus tracks

The Digipack and Japanese editions of Dark Ages contain additional tracks:

1. "Salmo-91" – 4:23
2. "Prophecy" (Live) – 3:27
3. "Seek 'n' Strike" (Live) – 4:14

Credits

• Max Cavalera - Guitar, Sitar, Vocals, Producer, Berimbau
• Marc Rizzo - Guitar, Flamenco Guitar
• Joel Nunez - Percussion, Drums
• Bobby Burns - Bass

• Billy Milano - Vocals
• John Watkinson Gray - Engineer, Digital Editing, Mixing, Prophet V Programming
• June Murakawa - Assistant
• David Ellefson - Bass
• Michael Whelan - Illustrations
• Leo Zulueta - Logo
• Stefan Goldman - Acoustic Guitar, Korg Synthesizer, Sitar, Mandolin
• Gloria Cavalera - Executive Producer, Management
• Milan "Bare" Barkovic - Engineer
• John Bilberry - Assistant Engineer
• Paul Filipenko - Vocals
• Alexsander Hrenov - Balalaika, Spoons
• Darya Jubenko - Engineer
• Nemanja "Coyote" Kojic - Vocals
• Matt Marksbary - Assistant Engineer
• Justin Salter - Assistant Engineer
• Christina Stojanovic - Management
• Alexander Yushin - Bayan
• Monte Conner - A&R
• Terry Date - Mastering, Mixing
• Ted Jensen - Mastering

Chart positions

Album - Billboard (North America)