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Release Date
29 March 2004
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Length
12 tracks
Prophecy is the fourth studio album by the metal band Soulfly and it was released in 2004. Cavalera recruited a whole new line-up for the Prophecy album. Joe Nunez was back behind the drum kit (he had previously played on the Primitive album in 2000, but left the band for the recording of 3), and Marc Rizzo (ex-Ill Niño) was on guitar. There were two bassists playing as members of Soulfly on Prophecy - David Ellefson formerly of Megadeth and Bobby Burns of Primer 55.
Max Cavalera explains on the band's website that he wants 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."
In Sepultura, Cavelera 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 featuring reggae influences from Bob Marley. Cavalera has in fact been described as the Bob Marley of metal and Exodus was one of Marley's definitive records. Other tracks on the album feature instruments from the Middle Ages, sheepskin bagpipes and Serbian Gypsies.
On the band's website, Max Cavelera said that he founded the band "with the idea of combined sounds and spiritual beliefs." The Prophecy album contains the clearest statement of his beliefs with "I Believe" containing a spoken part in the middle where Cavelera expresses his faith. "Moses" is the next track on the record.
The album has gone on to sell over 275,000 copies.
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