Soulfly – Archangel [Green, Orange & Brown Splatter Vinyl]

Description

Soulfly drive Archangel through Max Cavalera’s four-string guitar attack, death-metal weight, and groove-metal rhythm, giving the album a harsher edge than the band’s tribal-metal reputation alone suggests. The songs use biblical and mythological titles while staying built around short, heavy riffs, shouted hooks, and direct momentum. This indie exclusive vinyl record uses green, orange, and brown splatter and includes three bonus tracks.

“We Sold Our Souls To Metal” opens with a title built for a live chant, then pushes into a compact statement of purpose. “Archangel” brings the album’s central image forward with a heavier pace and a larger chorus, while “Sodomites” adds guest vocals from Todd Jones and keeps the attack blunt. “Ishtar Rising” shifts into a mythological reference point, “Live Life Hard!” uses a more direct survival message, and “Mother Of Dragons” closes the main album with a darker final stretch before the bonus tracks.

The album’s language keeps circling war, judgment, survival, and spiritual conflict, matching Cavalera’s long-running use of ritual imagery and heavy music as confrontation. Marc Rizzo’s lead guitar work and Zyon Cavalera’s drumming give the record a modern Soulfly lineup stamp. The bonus cuts “You Suffer,” “Acosador Nocturno,” and “Soulfly X” expand this anniversary edition.

• Format: Vinyl LP
• Standout tracks: “We Sold Our Souls To Metal,” “Archangel,” “Sodomites,” “Mother Of Dragons”
• Pressing details: Limited edition, indie exclusive, green, orange and brown splatter vinyl, 3 bonus tracks
• Genre/style: Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal
• UPC: 727361362713

Archangel suits Soulfly listeners who want the band’s heavier side, especially through “We Sold Our Souls To Metal,” “Archangel,” and “Sodomites.” The splatter vinyl edition adds an indie-exclusive variant to a compact late-period Soulfly album.

* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.

Track List:

Side A:

1. We Sold Our Souls To Metal
2. Archangel
3. Sodomites
4. Ishtar Rising
5. Live Life Hard!
6. Shamash

Side B:

1. Bethlehem’s Blood
2. Titans
3. Deceiver
4. Mother Of Dragons
5. You Suffer
6. Acosador Nocturno
7. Soulfly X