''Conquer'' is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band

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. It saw official release on July 23, 2008, in Australia, although the album had leaked early onto file-sharing networks. It was released on July 29, 2008, in Canada and the United States and debuted at #66 on the U.S.

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— Soulfly's highest ''

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'' peak since their 2002 release, '' 3''.

Production and release

The album was tracked by Tim C. Lau in late 2007 at The Porch Recording Studio in

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and mixed by

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in early 2008. In promotion for the album,

Max Cavalera Massimiliano Antonio "Max" Cavalera (; born August 4, 1969) is a Brazilian musician. He co-founded the heavy metal band Sepultura in 1984 with his brother Igor Cavalera, and was the band's lead singer and rhythm guitarist until his departure i ...

stated that he had been heavily influenced by

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and

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in writing for this album, which he declared would make '' Dark Ages'' sound like a pop album. A bonus edition of the album was released containing three bonus tracks and a DVD. The DVD features a full live concert from

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, Poland and the music video for " Innerspirit" from the previous album, ''Dark Ages''. The album sold over 8,400 copies in the U.S. during the first week of its release.

Songs

" Unleash" was the album's first single with the accompanying

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directed by Robert Sexton. This song and its video features

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of Throwdown. The second single released was ''

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'', the first track of the album, featuring

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vocalist David Vincent. "Touching the Void" is heavily influenced by

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as it contains doom and sludgy riffs, with outro recorded by French dub artist Fedaya Pacha. "Warmageddon" explores war and Armageddon, hence its

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calls it "outstanding", with "great musicianship and songwriting" and "new styles, sounds and experiments, which also hit the mark." Nikos Patelis of ''Metal Invader'' notes the "hardcore beatings, extreme thrash speeds and many implements of weird sounds that have nothing to do with metal" and deems the album "dark as hell". In comparison to Cavalera Conspiracy's debut earlier this year, Dominic Hemy of ''Planet Loud'' considers ''Conquer'' "tighter, heavier, more diverse, more original, and far more engaging than ''Inflikted''".

Track listing

Bonus DVD listing

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" #" Downstroy" #"

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" #"No Hope = No Fear" #"Jumpdafuckup/Bring It" #"Living Sacrifice" #"Mars" #"Brasil" #"No" #"L.O.T.M." #"Porrada" #"Drums" #"Moses" #" Frontlines" #"

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" #" Eye for an Eye" Music Video #" Innerspirit"

Personnel

;Soulfly *

–

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, 4-string guitar,

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Marc Rizzo Marc Rizzo (born August 2, 1977) is an American musician, best known as the former lead guitarist of metal band Soulfly. He has featured on eight Soulfly albums: ''Prophecy'', '' Dark Ages'', '' Conquer'', ''Omen'', '' Enslaved'', '' Savages'' ...

–

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* Bobby Burns – bass *

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–

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;Additional musicians * David Vincent – additional vocals on "

" *

– additional vocals on " Unleash" * Fedayi Pacha –

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, percussion on "Touching the Void", dub outro on "For Those About to Rot" * Jean-Pol Dub -

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on "Touching the Void" * Tim Lau -

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;Production * Max Cavalera -

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* Tim Laud productions -

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* Tim Lau -

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- mixing *

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- mastering *

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- A&R * Logan Mader - mixing on " The Beautiful People" ;Management * Gloria Cavalera -

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* Christina Stajanovic - assistant * Bryan Roberts - assistant ;Artwork *Android Jones -

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*Max Cavalera -

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*Charles Dooher - art direction * Mr. Scott Design inc. -

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* Eddie Malluk - band photography * Leo Zuletta - Soulfly logo

Chart positions

References

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