Soulfly - 3 + 4

After nearly two decades of making progressively experimental and powerful heavy metal, singer/songwriter Max Cavalera finds himself at a bizarre point in his career on 3. Where almost every album he has released unveiled a new and exciting direction for Cavalera's unique artistic voice, 3 is one of the first to not really have any place to go. Cavalera is left trying to continue making new music without a specific direction to move into, so he tries a little bit of everything, from the keyboard-laced instrumental "Soulfly III" to the percussion showcase "Zumbi." But little of it sticks, instead sounding like a retread of previous ideas, with his increasingly simplistic lyrics becoming a burden to the music. Read More