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Dante XXI | 
 enlarge | Artist: Sepultura
Label: Steamhammer / SPV
Category: Music
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 85614
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 99812
UPC: 693723998121
EAN: 0693723998121
ASIN: B000E6GCCA
Release Date: March 14, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Lost (Intro) | | • | Dark Wood Of Error | | • | Convicted In Life | | • | City Of Dis | | • | False | | • | Fighting On | | • | Limbo (Intro) | | • | Ostia | | • | Buried Words | | • | Nuclear Seven | | • | Repeating The Horror | | • | Euno (Intro) | | • | Crown And Miter | | • | Primium Mobile (Intro) | | • | Still Flame |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
After losing Max Cavalera to his own ambitions in Soulfly, Sepultura brought in Derrick Green, and then seemed to stumble a bit. But that's not the case here. Dante XXI is a powerful record, on that stands alongside of Sepultura classics like Beneath The Remains and Chaos A.D.. Loosely based on Dante's "The Divine Comedy" and clocking in at less than 40 minutes, this is hardcore thrash with a literary bent. Using the classic Sepultura speed metal churn, "City of Dis" burns along with a strong vocal performance by Green. But it isn't a one-note piece of music either, as the band learned from their more experimental phase: "Fighting On" digs in with a slower torch, while "Ostia" has a beautiful string instrument break. Many people wrote the band off when Max left, but it would be a mistake to dismiss this album, as the band has once again found the same intensity they showed in their earlier years. --Robert Arambel
Album Description
True classics in the history of rock and metal music not only distinguish themselves in terms of great songs and awesome productions but also in terms unusual thematic concepts. Sepultura once travelled to the Xavante Indians on the border between Brazil and Bolivia to find inspiration for their masterpiece, Roots. Now, more or less one decade later, the band have drawn their creative ideas from the content of a book that their vocalist Derrick Green read, or should we say devoured, a good fifteen years ago during his university days: `Divina Comedia' (in English: The Divine Comedy) by the Italian poet and philosopher, Dante Alighieri. Of which explains the album title, Dante XXI, as well as the fact that the recording is an exceptional offering, featuring songs that catapult the classic Sepultura variety of thrash metal into the present. Sepultura anno 2006 celebrate their straightforward, uncompromising metal without concessions, causing a serious adrenalin rush in their listeners' veins, without any frills, directly and unequivocally to the point. Or, to quote vocalist Derrick Green, "Sepultura songs have their own dynamics that you won't find in any other metal act."
Album Description
True classics in the history of rock and metal music not only distinguish themselves in terms of great songs and awesome productions, but also in terms unusual thematic concepts. Sepultura once traveled to the Xavante Indians on the border between Brazil and Bolivia to find inspiration for their masterpiece, Roots. Now, more or less one decade later, the band have drawn their creative ideas from the content of a book that their vocalist Derrick Green read called Divinia Comedia (in English The Divine Comedy), which explains the album title, Dante XXI, as well as the fact that the recording is an exceptional offering, featuring songs that catapult the classic Sepultura variety of thrash metal into the present. Digipak. 2006.
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| Customer Reviews:
 love this album August 12, 2007
RUNARH73 (iceland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this is one of the best sepultura albums i have ever heard.
even if you did not like the last 3 albums i think this will blow you away.
caos ad... 5
roots..... 4
against... 3.5
nation... 3.5
roorback.. 4
hope this helps
 VOCALIST MUST GO!!!! July 14, 2007
Evil Clown (Chicago (Northside))
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
Is it that hard to find good vocalist? This guys sucks donkey balls, plus all this hype went into this cd but it's one boring cd with 3/4 unecessary intro's. You want good heavy album that does stand out get SOULFLY "Dark Ages".
Another step forward for the mighty Sepultura! April 6, 2007
Mr. M. Newbury (Gwynedd, Wales, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dante XXI
What a fantastic album! A huge achievement by a band that continues to produce excellent music despite a huge amount of criticism from fans of Cavalera-era Sepultura.
It's surprising that people can't get over the fact that Max Cavalera left a whole decade ago. Since then Sep have moved on and I doubt they would have made Dante XXI had Max still been at the helm. Frankly, bands should be applauded for pushing the boundaries of themselves and their fans. If you follow a band, it's sometimes worth having a little faith in them, I feel. I guess we fall in love with a band after hearing a couple of albums and that those albums become the band. But the band themselves have a totally different perspective! The music they produce is a product of the dynamics of the members of the band, their abilities, relative strengths, experience, musical preferences etcetera. All of these factors can change over time; indeed SHOULD change over time. Hence, aspects of Sep's music have changed also. How sad would it be to say that Sepultura had learnt nothing new in the last 10 years? That their music had been influenced by nothing that has happened to them? Why would anyone want them to keep copying the sound of their earlier work? Would you really want Sepultura to just regurgitate Arise and Chaos AD tracks? Wouldn't that just put them on a par with bands like Status Quo? How utterly tragic that would be.
When playing live, they play a huge number of older songs because they know we want to hear them too. So, if you want older stuff, don't expect it on a new album - go see them live. They're better live than on a disc any day!
Dante XXI is certainly more consistently thrashy than their other post-Cavalera output. (So, if you've been missing that aspect of Sepultura: here it is!) Green's vocals are awesome; there are terrific riffs and fantastic rhythm. It's hard to pick a favourite, but if pressed, I'd recommend you listen to 'Fighting On' - and turn it up VERY LOUD!
With Dante XXI, Sepultura continue to successfully broaden the musical boundaries of both themselves and their fans.
So, set aside your preconceptions and give this album a good listen - you'll love it.
This is pretty good. February 24, 2007
J. Greenfieldt (nowhere)
Listen to this with open ears. This is a creative album. It is based on the Divine Comedies. When I first heard the songs on this album I instantly thought this was Sepultura's best album with Derrick Green.Some of my Favorites are Convicted In Life, False, Crown and Miter, and Fighting On.
The Perfect Step Forward December 5, 2006
Joel Israel (Cedar City, UT United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sepultura were one of the most influential discoveries for me as a budding metal player and fan in the late '80s. "Arise" was, and still is, for me, a timeless and progressive metal classic, and my most lasting influence in the death metal style. After losing singer Max Cavalera to his project Soulfly, Sepultura seemed to drift a bit, album after album seemed uninspired and uninteresting to me....
Then in 2006, the avant-garde, intellectual and political "Dante XXI" comes along. This is exactly what this band needed to reinvigorate their sound, and it is one of the best and most artistic metal releases this year. A loose storyline juxtaposes modern society alongside Dante's literary legacy, and everything from the eerie soundscapes insterspersed between songs to the surreal and graphic comic-inspired artwork really works together to propel this release to epic, cinematic conceptual heights. Heavy and impassioned playing and absolutely feral singing from vocalist Derrick Green also put this one over the top. A fine job from a very influential band for me, and a huge step in the right direction. I am now looking forward to the next Sepultura album, which is something I haven't said in a long time....nice job, guys!
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