SOULFLY entered
Edge Of The Earth studios in Hollywood, California on November 6 with producer
Logan Mader (
MACHINE HEAD,
DIVINE HERESY,
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY,
GOJIRA,
DEVILDRIVER) to begin recording its new album, tentatively titled
"Omen", for an early 2010 release.
The second video update from the studio can be viewed below (courtesy of
MetalInjection.net)
In a recent interview,
SOULFLY mainman
Max Cavalera stated about the songwriting process for the band's next album, "We're thinking about making the songs a little shorter, so if you can imagine maybe a little bit like
MINOR THREAT mixed with [
SLAYER's]
'Reign In Blood' mixed with
SOULFLY, with still some world music, but much smaller, and the songs not so long — shorter. It'll be more aggressive than
'Conquer' [album] even, because it'll be shorter — it'll be like when
SLAYER did
'Reign In Blood', [that] kind of thing."
Working songtitles set to appear on the follow-up to last year's
"Conquer" include:
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Bloodbath And Beyond*
Soulfly VII*
Off With Their Heads*
Omen*
Rise Of The Fallen*
Great Depression*
Apocalyptic Clash*
Vulture Culture*
Lethal Injection*
7 DaggerzBonus / B-side tracks:
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Four Sticks (LED ZEPPELIN cover)
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Refuse/Resist (SEPULTURA cover; feat. Max's son Zyon on drums)
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Your Life, My Life (EXCEL cover; feat. Max's son Igor on drums)
"Conquer" sold around 8,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 66 on The Billboard 200 chart. This number is in line with the opening tally of the CD's predecessor,
"Dark Ages", which shifted a little more than 8,000 copies during its first week of release in October 2005 to enter the chart at No. 155.
