Prophecy (Soulfly album)

Cavalera recruited a whole new line-up for the Prophecy album. Joe Nunez was back behind the drum kit having worked on the Primitive album with former Ill Niño lead guitarist Marc Rizzo. There are two bassists playing as members of Soulfly on Prophecy – Megadeth's David Ellefson and Primer 55's Bobby Burns. Cavalera took this decision to have a mixture of old school metal and death metal on the album. Max Cavalera explained on Roadrunner Records' website that he wanted to use different musicians as part of the group for each album. "This is an approach that I've wanted to do for a while. I never wanted Soulfly to be a band like Metallica, with the same four guys. On every Soulfly album, we've changed the line-up and it will probably continue that way. In order to do that, I had to start from the inside out and bring in people who caught my attention, that I had never played with before, and create this." However, with the exception of Ellefson, Soulfly retained this lineup for four consecutive studio albums, with Burns and Nunez departing following the release of Omen, in 2010. ==World music influences==

In Sepultura, Cavalera had shown an interest in world music as shown on the 1996 Roots album featuring elements of the music of Brazil's indigenous peoples. This approach continues on the Prophecy album with Cavalera travelling to Serbia to record with traditional musicians. On the track "Moses", an explicit statement of his religious beliefs, he works with Serbian band Eyesburn and includes reggae influences. Other tracks on the album employ instruments from the Middle Ages, sheepskin bagpipes and Serbian Gypsies. ==Spirituality influences==

On the band's website, Max Cavalera said that he founded the band "with the idea of combined sounds and spiritual beliefs." ==Critical reception==

According to CMJ from 3/22/04 pg. 18, "[T]he tracks on Prophecy have worldly textures and a distinct vibe that furthers Soulfly's status as a fluid musical tribe." John Serba of AllMusic praised Cavalera for their most well-done album possibly since his career with Sepultura. He also praised that there are many organic influences, the album was tagged the "Bob Marley of metal." Adrien Begrand of PopMatters says "Although a bit inconsistent for about half an hour in the album's second half, the magic is indeed back." In 2005, Prophecy was ranked number 306 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. ==Track listing==

Notes • On some digital editions, "Wings" and "Marš na Drinu" are separated tracks, adding up to thirteen tracks. == Personnel ==

;Soulfly • Max Cavalera – lead vocals, four-string guitar, sitar, berimbau • Marc Rizzo – lead guitar, flamenco guitar • Bobby Burns – bass on all tracks (except where noted) • Joe Nunez – drums, percussion ;Additional musicians • Meia Noite – percussion • Ljubomir Dimitrijević – kaval, gemshorn, zurla, gajde, dvojnice, bagpipes, flutes on "Execution Style", "Born Again Anarchist", "Soulfly IV" • Danny Marianino – additional lead vocals on "Defeat U" • Mark Pringle – backing vocals on "Defeat U" • Asha Rabouin – lead vocals on "Wings", backing vocals on "I Believe" • John Gray – keyboards, samples • David Ellefson – bass on "Prophecy", "Defeat U", "Mars", "I Believe" (outro), "In the Meantime" ;Additional personnel • Max Cavalera – production • John Gray – recording, engineering, editing • Terry Date – mixing • Sam Hofstedt – additional engineering • Ted Jensen – mastering • Monte Conner – A&R • Gloria Cavalera – executive production ==Charts==