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''Roots'' is the sixth studio album by Music/{{Sepultura}}, released in 1996. A NewSoundAlbum in every sense of the word it featured the HeavyMetal band experimenting with Brazilian traditional music, featuring Carlinhos Brown, percussionist David Silveria, turntablist DJ Lethal and vocalists Jonathan Davis and Mike Patton. Apart from these traditional influences the album also dealt with Brazilian politics and culture. The album received excellent reviews, even from outside the metal fanbase. On the other hand, the album has been retroactively criticized by some people in the metal community for straying pretty far from the band's DeathMetal [[StealthPun roots]] along with its influence on the much maligned NuMetal genre.
''Roots'' would also be the last studio album released by the group with vocalist Max Cavalera. After this album he founded Music/{{Soulfly}} and left the group.
''Roots'' was released in February 1996, with a second double-disc album being brought out in November 1996, ''The Roots Of Sepultura'', collecting a series of unreleased tracks, B-sides, alternate mixes and live recordings. This [[GreatestHitsAlbum compilation album]] had a different series of tracks, yet the album cover looks almost exactly the same, save for a different background color. To add even more confusion, the 25th anniversary of the label Roadrunner series edition of ''Roots'' added even another different bonus disc.
'''Tracklist'''
# "Roots, Bloody Roots" (3:22)
# "Attitude" (4:15)
# "Cut-Throat" (2:44)
# "Ratamahatta" (4:30)
# "Breed Apart" (4:01)
# "Straighthate" (5:21)
# "Spit" (2:45)
# "Lookaway" (5:26)
# "Dusted" (4:03)
# "Born Stubborn" (4:07)
# "Jasco" (1:57)
# "Itsári" (4:48)
# "Ambush" (4:39)
# "Endangered Species" (5:19)
# "Dictatorshit" (1:26)
# "Canyon Jam" (13:16) (unlisted hidden track)
'''Personnel'''
* Max Cavalera: vocals, guitar, berimbau
* Igor Cavalera: drums, percussion, timbau, djembé
* Paulo Jr.: bass guitar, timbau grandé
* Andreas Kisser: lead guitar, sitar, backing vocals.
* [[Music/FaithNoMore Mike Patton]] and [[Music/{{Korn}} Jonathan Davis]]: vocals on "Lookaway".
* Carlinhos Brown: vocals, percussion, berimbau, timbau, wood drums, lataria, xequere, surdos on "Ratamahatta".
* [[Music/LimpBizkit DJ Lethal]]: scratching on "Lookaway".
* The Xavante Tribe: percussion and chanting on "Itsári".
!! ''Tropes Bloody Tropes''
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''R'''oots Bloody '''R'''oots".
* BilingualBonus: Some tracks are in English, others have Portuguese (Brazilian dialect) lyrics and the Xavante Tribe sings in their native tongue on "Itsári".
* CelebrityCameo: The music video of "Attitude" features the UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu experts the Gracie Family.
* ConceptAlbum: The record pays tribute to Brazil by going back to their roots.
* EpicRocking: The 13:16 "Canyon Jam".
* FunWithAcronyms and MusicIsPolitics: "Cut-Throat" ends with the words "'''E'''nslavement, '''P'''athetic, '''I'''gnorant, '''C'''orporations", which spell out their former record label EPIC.
* GenreMashup: Musically elements from bahia samba, {{Reggae}}, PunkRock and tribal music from the Xavante Indians at their ancestral home.
* HiddenTrack: "Canyon Jam" is an unlisted instrumental track near the end of the album.
* {{Instrumental}}: "Jasco", "Itsári" and "Canyon Jam".
* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: While the album celebrates Brazilian culture it also criticizes the dictatorships from the past, poverty in the ''favelas'' and the disrespectful treatment of the Indian tribes in the country.
* NewSoundAlbum: Sepultura, well known for being a metal band, can be heard incorporating different styles of music. They even went so far as going to the rainforest and record the album there with help from the Xavante people.
* NuMetal: The album is seen as influential to the genre, though whether it actually counts as part of it is up for debate.
* OneWordTitle: ''Roots'' and the songs "Cut-Throat", "Ratamahatta", "Attitude", "Straighthate", "Spit", "Lookawau", "Dusted, "Jasco", "Itsári", "Ambush" and "Dictatorshit".
* PatrioticFervor: While metal and rock have become a universal music genre this album brings homage to the country where the band members grew up in.
* {{Portmantitle}}: Some of the {{One Word Title}}s of its songs, are compounds, "Straighthate", "Dictatorshit".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Dictatorshit" reflects and criticizes the 1964 coup d' état in Brazil.
* RecordProducer: Ross Robinson and Sepultura.
* ShoutOut:
** The concept of the album was inspired by the 1991 film ''Literature/AtPlayInTheFieldsOfTheLord''.
** "Roots Bloody Roots" was covered by German metal band J.B.O., where half of the lyrics are sung in operatic style by one "[[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Luciano Pabarotti]]". Both bands appeared together on stage at a festival in 2007, performing said song.
* SpecialGuest: Carlinhos Brown co-wrote the song "Ratamahatta" and performs on "Ratamahatta", "Dictatorshit" and "Endangered Species". David Silveria performs drums on "Ratamahatta". Mike Patton (Music/FaithNoMore) and Jonathan Davis (Music/{{Korn}}) wrote the vocals and lyrics for "Lookaway" and sing both on it. DJ Lethal did the scratching on that track. The Xavante Tribe provides percussion and chanting on "Itsári".
* TakeThat: "Cut Throat" from ''Music/{{Roots}}'' has one towards their former recording label:
--> ''Integrity will free our soul from [[FunWithAcronyms Enslavement! Pathetic Ignorant Corporations]]!''.
* TitleTrack: "Roots Bloody Roots".
* VerbedTitle: The song, "Dusted".
* VisualPun: The album cover has the title in both the literal and antropological senses, as in tree roots surrounding an Indian.
* WordSaladTitle: "Ratamahatta", even though it's sung mostly in Portuguese.
* WorldMusic: The album combines traditional Brazilian music with metal.
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''Roots'' is the sixth studio album by Music/{{Sepultura}}, released in 1996. A NewSoundAlbum in every sense of the word it featured the HeavyMetal band experimenting with Brazilian traditional music, featuring Carlinhos Brown, percussionist David Silveria, turntablist DJ Lethal and vocalists Jonathan Davis and Mike Patton. Apart from these traditional influences the album also dealt with Brazilian politics and culture. The album received excellent reviews, even from outside the metal fanbase. On the other hand, the album has been retroactively criticized by some people in the metal community for straying pretty far from the band's DeathMetal [[StealthPun roots]] along with its influence on the much maligned NuMetal genre.
''Roots'' would also be the last studio album released by the group with vocalist Max Cavalera. After this album he founded Music/{{Soulfly}} and left the group.
''Roots'' was released in February 1996, with a second double-disc album being brought out in November 1996, ''The Roots Of Sepultura'', collecting a series of unreleased tracks, B-sides, alternate mixes and live recordings. This [[GreatestHitsAlbum compilation album]] had a different series of tracks, yet the album cover looks almost exactly the same, save for a different background color. To add even more confusion, the 25th anniversary of the label Roadrunner series edition of ''Roots'' added even another different bonus disc.
'''Tracklist'''
# "Roots, Bloody Roots" (3:22)
# "Attitude" (4:15)
# "Cut-Throat" (2:44)
# "Ratamahatta" (4:30)
# "Breed Apart" (4:01)
# "Straighthate" (5:21)
# "Spit" (2:45)
# "Lookaway" (5:26)
# "Dusted" (4:03)
# "Born Stubborn" (4:07)
# "Jasco" (1:57)
# "Itsári" (4:48)
# "Ambush" (4:39)
# "Endangered Species" (5:19)
# "Dictatorshit" (1:26)
# "Canyon Jam" (13:16) (unlisted hidden track)
'''Personnel'''
* Max Cavalera: vocals, guitar, berimbau
* Igor Cavalera: drums, percussion, timbau, djembé
* Paulo Jr.: bass guitar, timbau grandé
* Andreas Kisser: lead guitar, sitar, backing vocals.
* [[Music/FaithNoMore Mike Patton]] and [[Music/{{Korn}} Jonathan Davis]]: vocals on "Lookaway".
* Carlinhos Brown: vocals, percussion, berimbau, timbau, wood drums, lataria, xequere, surdos on "Ratamahatta".
* [[Music/LimpBizkit DJ Lethal]]: scratching on "Lookaway".
* The Xavante Tribe: percussion and chanting on "Itsári".
!! ''Tropes Bloody Tropes''
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''R'''oots Bloody '''R'''oots".
* BilingualBonus: Some tracks are in English, others have Portuguese (Brazilian dialect) lyrics and the Xavante Tribe sings in their native tongue on "Itsári".
* CelebrityCameo: The music video of "Attitude" features the UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu experts the Gracie Family.
* ConceptAlbum: The record pays tribute to Brazil by going back to their roots.
* EpicRocking: The 13:16 "Canyon Jam".
* FunWithAcronyms and MusicIsPolitics: "Cut-Throat" ends with the words "'''E'''nslavement, '''P'''athetic, '''I'''gnorant, '''C'''orporations", which spell out their former record label EPIC.
* GenreMashup: Musically elements from bahia samba, {{Reggae}}, PunkRock and tribal music from the Xavante Indians at their ancestral home.
* HiddenTrack: "Canyon Jam" is an unlisted instrumental track near the end of the album.
* {{Instrumental}}: "Jasco", "Itsári" and "Canyon Jam".
* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: While the album celebrates Brazilian culture it also criticizes the dictatorships from the past, poverty in the ''favelas'' and the disrespectful treatment of the Indian tribes in the country.
* NewSoundAlbum: Sepultura, well known for being a metal band, can be heard incorporating different styles of music. They even went so far as going to the rainforest and record the album there with help from the Xavante people.
* NuMetal: The album is seen as influential to the genre, though whether it actually counts as part of it is up for debate.
* OneWordTitle: ''Roots'' and the songs "Cut-Throat", "Ratamahatta", "Attitude", "Straighthate", "Spit", "Lookawau", "Dusted, "Jasco", "Itsári", "Ambush" and "Dictatorshit".
* PatrioticFervor: While metal and rock have become a universal music genre this album brings homage to the country where the band members grew up in.
* {{Portmantitle}}: Some of the {{One Word Title}}s of its songs, are compounds, "Straighthate", "Dictatorshit".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Dictatorshit" reflects and criticizes the 1964 coup d' état in Brazil.
* RecordProducer: Ross Robinson and Sepultura.
* ShoutOut:
** The concept of the album was inspired by the 1991 film ''Literature/AtPlayInTheFieldsOfTheLord''.
** "Roots Bloody Roots" was covered by German metal band J.B.O., where half of the lyrics are sung in operatic style by one "[[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Luciano Pabarotti]]". Both bands appeared together on stage at a festival in 2007, performing said song.
* SpecialGuest: Carlinhos Brown co-wrote the song "Ratamahatta" and performs on "Ratamahatta", "Dictatorshit" and "Endangered Species". David Silveria performs drums on "Ratamahatta". Mike Patton (Music/FaithNoMore) and Jonathan Davis (Music/{{Korn}}) wrote the vocals and lyrics for "Lookaway" and sing both on it. DJ Lethal did the scratching on that track. The Xavante Tribe provides percussion and chanting on "Itsári".
* TakeThat: "Cut Throat" from ''Music/{{Roots}}'' has one towards their former recording label:
--> ''Integrity will free our soul from [[FunWithAcronyms Enslavement! Pathetic Ignorant Corporations]]!''.
* TitleTrack: "Roots Bloody Roots".
* VerbedTitle: The song, "Dusted".
* VisualPun: The album cover has the title in both the literal and antropological senses, as in tree roots surrounding an Indian.
* WordSaladTitle: "Ratamahatta", even though it's sung mostly in Portuguese.
* WorldMusic: The album combines traditional Brazilian music with metal.
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