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Blunt Force Trauma (album)

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Blunt Force Trauma
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 29, 2011 (2011-03-29)
RecordedJanuary–May 2010 at The Liar, Los Angeles, California
GenreThrash metal, groove metal, death metal
Length34:05
LabelRoadrunner
ProducerMax Cavalera, Logan Mader
Cavalera Conspiracy chronology
Inflikted
(2008)
Blunt Force Trauma
(2011)
Pandemonium
(2014)
Singles from Blunt Force Trauma
  1. "Killing Inside"
    Released: February 20, 2011
  2. "Warlord"
    Released: July 11, 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Thrash Hits3.5/6[1]
Allmusic[2]
Sputnikmusic3.0/5[3]
Rockfreaks.net[4]

Blunt Force Trauma is the second studio album by American Brazilian metal band Cavalera Conspiracy. The album was released on March 29, 2011 through Roadrunner Records.[5]

Album information

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Max Cavalera has this to say about the second Cavalera Conspiracy album on blabbermouth.net:

"Yeah, (we) just got done (in May), so I just got back from the studio. It's finished. We recorded 15 songs, 13 being originals for the album, and then we did a Black Sabbath cover, 'Electric Funeral', that's gonna come out on a Metal Hammer compilation in Europe. And we did a Black Flag cover, a song called 'Six Pack'. We also had a collaboration with Roger from Agnostic Front — he sings on a song called 'Lynch Mob' that we did together in the studio in L.A.; he flew to L.A. to do this collaboration. I was really proud because, to me, Roger is like the godfather of New York hardcore; Agnostic Front is one of the pioneer bands of the whole New York hardcore scene, so it was like recording with a legend of hardcore. The Cavalera album is really intense; that's all I can say about it. It makes the first album sound like pop music."[6]

Regarding the songwriting and recording process for the new Cavalera Conspiracy album, Max said,

"I wrote a lot of the stuff and I sent it to Brazil to (Igor) in the form of a CD — like four tracks of the riffs — so that he would be familiarized with the songs by the time I got to the studio. And then I brought another CD with me, which was, like, newer songs I had just got done (writing) for the album. And everything else we did in the studio together — me and him there on the spot. I told him the idea of making a very intense album with some songs being only a minute and a half, so it's a cross (between) Minor Threat and Slayer and Cavalera Conspiracy. So the idea was really cool — Igor really liked that — and from that point on, the album just grew and song after song, every day a new song came in. And I'm really happy with it. I think people are gonna be blown away when they hear it. I think it's a pretty cool album."[6]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Max Cavalera, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Warlord"3:05
2."Torture"1:51
3."Lynch Mob" (Featuring Roger Miret of Agnostic Front) (Cavalera, Miret)2:31
4."Killing Inside"3:28
5."Thrasher"2:49
6."I Speak Hate"3:10
7."Target"2:36
8."Genghis Khan"4:23
9."Burn Waco"2:52
10."Rasputin"3:22
11."Blunt Force Trauma"3:58
Total length:34:05
Special edition
No.TitleLength
12."Psychosomatic"3:09
13."Jihad Joe"3:31
14."Electric Funeral" (Black Sabbath cover)5:41
Total length:46:26
Limited edition vinyl LP[7]
No.TitleLength
15."Six Pack" (Black Flag cover)1:51
Total length:48:17
DVD edition: Live at Les Eurockéennes Festival, Belfort, France - July 5, 2008[8]
No.TitleLength
1."Inflikted" 
2."Sanctuary" 
3."Territory" (Sepultura cover) 
4."Terrorize" 
5."The Doom of All Fires" 
6."Inner Self/Nevertrust" (Sepultura cover/original song) 
7."Arise/Dead Embryonic Cells" (Sepultura cover) 
8."Desperate Cry/Propaganda" (Sepultura cover) 
9."Wasting Away" (Nailbomb cover) 
10."Black Ark" (featuring Richie Cavalera of Incite) 
11."Holiday in Cambodia/Biotech Is Godzilla" (Dead Kennedys/Sepultura cover) 
12."Hearts of Darkness" 
13."Refuse/Resist" (Sepultura cover) 
14."Troops of Doom" (featuring Igor Cavalera, Jr. on drums) (Sepultura cover) 
15."Must Kill" 
16."Roots Bloody Roots" (Sepultura cover) 
17."Sanctuary" (music video) 

Personnel

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Cavalera Conspiracy

Additional personnel

DVD Credits

Charts

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Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
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UK
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FIN
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GER
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AUT
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SWI
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AUS
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NLD
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FRA
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USA
[18]
99 99 35 45 46 59 31 74 92 123
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

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  1. ^ "Thrash Hits review". Archived from the original on 2011-04-18. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Sputnikmusic review
  4. ^ Rockfreaks.net review
  5. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy: 'Blunt Force Trauma' Artwork Unveiled". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner. January 7, 2011. Archived from the original on January 12, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  6. ^ a b BLABBERMOUTH.NET – CAVALERA CONSPIRACY: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed – Nov. 16, 2010 Archived November 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Cavalera Conspiracy – Blunt Force Trauma (Ltd Ed LP/CD/DVD Bundle) Archived March 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ CAVALERA CONSPIRACY: 'Blunt Force Trauma' CD/DVD Edition Detailed - Jan. 31, 2011
  9. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy Japanese Albums Chart" (in Japanese). www.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  10. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy UK Albums Chart - CHART: CLUK Update 5.04.2008 (wk13)". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
    "Cavalera Conspiracy UK Albums Chart - CHART: CLUK Update 9.04.2011 (wk13)". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  11. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy Finnish Albums Chart" (in Finnish). finnishcharts.com. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  12. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy German Albums Chart" (in German). musicline.de. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  13. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy Austrian Albums Chart" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  14. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy Swiss Albums Chart" (in German). hitparade.ch. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  15. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy Australian Albums Chart". australian-charts.com. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  16. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy Dutch Albums Chart" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  17. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy French Albums Chart" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  18. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy US Albums Chart". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  19. ^ "CAVALERA CONSPIRACY: 'Blunt Force Trauma' First-Week Sales Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. Retrieved July 8, 2014.