Blunt Force Trauma
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 29, 2011 (2011-03-29)
RecordedJanuaryMay 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

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

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

Cavalera Conspiracy

Additional personnel

DVD Credits

Charts

Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
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UK
[10]
FIN
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GER
[12]
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
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

  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. 1 2 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.
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