Dark Ages (album)

Dark Ages
Soulfly studio album
Publication (s)	October 4, 2005
Label (s)	Roadrunner Records
Format (s)	Record , CD
Genre (s)	Thrash metal , groove metal , death metal
Title (number)	15 18 (digipak)
running time	66 min 34 s 78 min 40 s (Digipak)
occupation	Vocals , electric guitar , sitar , berimbau : Max Cavalera Electric guitar, background vocals , acoustic guitar , flamenco guitar : Marc Rizzo E-Bass : Bobby Burns, David Ellefson ( Riot starter ) Drums , percussion : Joe Nunez Acoustic guitar, synthesizer , mandolin , sitar: Stefan Goldman Balalaika : Alexsander Hrenov, Vitali Hrenov Tabla : Alexsander Yushin Singing with Molotov : Billy Milano Mixing : Terry Date Mastering : Ted Jensen Sound Engineer : John Gray, John Bilberry, Justin Salter, Matt Marksbary
production	Max Cavalera
Studio (s)	The Saltmine Studio Oasis, Mesa , Arizona
chronology Prophecy (2004) Dark Ages Conquer (2008)

Dark Ages is the fifth studio album of Metal - band Soulfly . It was released on October 4, 2005.

Emergence

During the creation phase of the album, Max Cavalera worked with many international artists from different musical genres, for example with Billy Milano from SOD and MOD , the Megadeth bassist David Ellefson and the Serbian reggae / dub musician Nemanja "Kojot" Kojić, guitarist and Singer of the band Eyesburn . The latter already worked with Cavalera on the Soulfy album Prophecy in 2004. Furthermore, Cavalera undertook trips to different countries (Turkey, Serbia, Russia and France) in order to include country-specific or elements of foreign cultures in the album. At Carved Inside , Frontlines and Inner Spirit were music videos produced.

The album cover was designed by the tattoo artist Leo Zulueta .

reception

Jason Birchmeier from Allmusic attested the album consistently powerful and experimental sound with no low points and awarded 4 out of 5 possible points in his album review.

“The 15-song album never does hit a lull. It arcs slightly, kicking off with a punch to the face and peaking with 'Molotov', “Frontlines”, and “Innerspirit” before drifting into edgier waters of experimentation that ultimately recede with the album closer, the ten-minute instrumental 'Soulfly V '. ”

- All music

In his review for laut.de Michael Edele complains about the function of some pieces as album fillers, but emphasizes the mixture of hardness and experimental sounds. Michael Edele awards Dark Ages 3 out of 5 possible points in his album review .

“[...]“ Bleak ”is too inconsequential and incoherent, a typical filler. Even the short “(The) March” is somehow superfluous, […] but it is above all “Innerspirit” (with guest vocals by the singer of the Serbian band Eyesburn) that makes you sit up and take notice, and once again shows why Soulfly are so unpredictable. "

- laut.de

Editions

Dark Ages appeared in two different editions in stores. Both the 15-track regular album and a digipak containing 3 additional bonus tracks were released . The album artwork also differs in the choice of color in both editions.

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Dark Ages   DE 29 10/17/2005 (8 weeks)   US 155 10/22/2005 (1 week)

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 - 1:58
7. Frontlines - 4:34
8. Inner spirit - 5:15
9. Corrosion Creeps - 4:27
10. Riot starter - 5:00
11. Bleak - 4:57
12. (The) March - 1:19
13. Fuel the Hate - 4:12
14. Staystrong - 8:14 am
15. Soulfly V - 10:54

• Total playing time of the regular album: 66 min 34 s.

Bonus tracks

16. Salmo 91-4 :24
17. Prophecy (live) - 3:27 ¹
18. Seek 'n' Strike (live) - 4:15 ¹

• Total playing time of the digipak edition of the album: 78 min 40 s.

¹ live recording from the Metalmania Festival in Katowice, Poland on March 13, 2004.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dark Ages ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. soulfly.com; Retrieved August 29, 2010 
2. ↑ Soulfly - Dark Ages - Description. roadrunnerrecords.de; Retrieved August 29, 2010
3. ↑ official Soulfy YouTube channel YouTube.com; Retrieved August 29, 2010
4. ^ Artists. metal-archives.com; accessed on October 3, 2019
5. ↑ Jason Birchmeier: Album review. Allmusic; Retrieved August 29, 2010
6. ↑ Soulfly: Dark Ages - "The dark mood is program here". Laut.de review, accessed on August 29, 2010
7. ↑ Dark Ages in the German charts. ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. musicline.de; Retrieved August 28, 2010 
8. ↑ Dark Ages on the US Billboard Charts. billboard.com; Retrieved August 28, 2010
9. ↑ Release: Dark Ages. MusicBrainz
10. ↑ Release: Dark Ages. MusicBrainz

Web links

• Dark Ages on the official Soulfy website
• Dark Ages at Allmusic (English)
• Dark Ages at Discogs (English)
• Dark Ages on MusicBrainz (English)
• "The dark mood is program here." - Review of Dark Ages by Michael Edele at laut.de.
• Peter Schiffmann: "After five in the jungle" - Review of Dark Ages at Plattentests.de
• Dark Ages at Roadrunner Records