Sono passati due anni dall'uscita dell'incolore "Against", dal debutto del vocalist Derrick Green come sostituto di Max Cavalera, e dall'enorme pioggia di critiche caduta sul gruppo. Si può pensare che peggio di così non possa andare, e invece, dopo la pubblicazione del nuovo "Nation", nel 2001, anche la Roadrunner Records (trampolino di lancio nei tempi che furono) snobba i Sepultura, nonostante il contratto che li legava prevedesse l'uscita di altri due dischi, e solo questo ci deve far riflettere su quale abisso sia sprofondato il combo brasiliano.
All'uscita, la critica sembrava dare giudizi positivi al full lenght, parlando di un buon sound e di un gruppo rinato, tornato sulla retta via; giudizi che, dopo l'ascolto, vengono spazzati via da un'ondata di tristezza, di inespressività e di nostalgia del passato: questo è tutto ciò che "Nation" mi ha fatto provare.
Un disco inutile e poco originale, che è stato annunciato come l'opera metal dell'anno solo per il nome che la band si porta sulle spalle: tutto fumo e niente arrosto. I Sep suonano davvero male: Paulo Jr. al basso non ne azzecca una, l'axe-man Kisser non crea niente di rilevante e quei piccoli sprazzi di luce di Igor Cavalera, che tentano di trapassare l'oscurità più totale, vengono annientati dal growl a volte fiacco a volte vomitevole di un vocalist incapace. In alcune track come "Revolt" sembrano voler spaccare il mondo, fare gli incazzati, i ribelli nemici del sistema: è tutta una balla colossale, come la copertina che non dice niente, se non il loro pensiero politico. Altre song da cui stare alla larga sono "Who Must Die" e "Politricks", canzoni che danno un non so cosa di già sentito...Una prestazione davvero priva di anima, forse la peggiore del gruppo, che nemmeno nel successivo "Roorback" raggiunge un simile livello di scadenza.
Se devo dire quello che penso, una bella reunion della line-up originale non sarebbe male, altrimenti l'unica alternativa è lo scioglimento, perché non credo che un gruppo di fama mondiale come i Sepultura debba continuare a rovinarsi una reputazione ottima e sudata con dieci anni di grande musica più di quanto abbia già fatto.
Pongo una stella in questo orrore solo per il legame troppo forte che ho nei confronti di questo gruppo.
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01 Sepulnation (04:20)
A Nation Built On Sweat
A Nation Built On Blood
A Nation Built On Dreams
Before The Tongues Are Mute
Before They Hide The Truth
We'll Be The Ones Who Speak
A Nation - A Nation
A Struggle - A Struggle
A Weapon - A Weapon
Our Music!!!
One Mantra - One Mantra
One Prayer- One Prayer
One Belief - One Belief
All Gods!!!
We See Without Our Eyes
We Walk Without A Path
We Fight With Unity
Search For A Better Way
Change What's Been Done Before
Make Our Own History
Rise Up, Rise Up
Resistance Won't Be Stopped
Rise Up, Rise Up
Sepulnation
Rise, Rise
Corruption Undisguised
Rise, Rise
Sepulnation
Confronting With Our Minds
Destroying All The Lies
Unmasked By Purity
Burning The Eyes Of Greed
No Fear, No Disbelief
Our Faith Is Your Misery
A Nation - A Nation
A Struggle - A Struggle
A Weapon - A Weapon
Our Music!!!
One Mantra - One Mantra
One Prayer- One Prayer
One Belief - One Belief
All Gods!!!
Rise Up, Rise Up
Resistance Won't Be Stopped
Rise Up, Rise Up
Sepulnation
Rise, Rise
Corruption Undisguised
Rise, Rise
Sepulnation
One Nation Above All
Founded On Our Faith
03 Revolt (00:57)
This Is The Trench That Never Surrenders
Fighting The Front, Attacking Their Nest
All Out - Holding Our Flag
All Out - Ruling Our Path
Our Revolt!
This Is The Trench That Never Surrenders
This Is A Strike That Targets An Answer
Heads Up - Confronting The Task
Heads Up - We're Wearing No Mask
Look Inside The Truth
It's Our Revolt!
It's Our Revolt!
04 One Man Army (05:27)
Your Greed Is For Money
My Greed Is For Land
Shut Off My Eyes
Clog Up My Ears
Cut Off My Tongue
You'll Still Hear Me Coming
My Blood Is Thicker
My Pain Will Rise
Boycott My Ideas
Fueled With The Hate I Feel
Infiltrated With The Lies
That You're Feeding Me
One Man Army
Our Strength's Your Weakness
Our Truth's Your Lies
Shut Off My Eyes
Clog Up My Ears
Cut Off My Tongue
You'll Still Hear Me Coming
Surrounded By Mistrust
Trapped In Your Mind
All You Hear Is - What You Fear And
All You Fear Is - What You Don't Know
All You Know Is - What You See
And What You See Won't Last Forever
One Man Army
Our Truth Will Echo And Echo Forever
Tormenting You Forever And Ever
You'll Still Hear Me Coming Through To You
Boycott My Ideas
Fueled With The Hate I Feel
Infiltrated With The Lies
That You're Feeding Me
One Man And I'm Coming For You
05 Vox Populi (03:41)
No Soul Over Body
No Body Without Soul
No Brain, No Information
No Vision, No Protection
No Church In Politics
No Profit In Religion
No Suffering Without Cost
All I Believe Is Freedom
No Minds Without Solutions
No Laws Without Our Vote
No Lies In Conversation
Handle Who You Provoked
Cannot Be - Cannot Feel
Cannot Think - Cannot See
Cannot Live In Dignity
Our Life, Our Way
We Are Tired Of Being Denied
We Are Sick Of Being Sick
We Are Feeding All Our Anger
We Are Tightening Up Our Fist
We Are Failing To Prevent
Our Fate From Disillusion
We Are Failing To Protect
Our Lives From Full Destruction
We Are Bowing All Our Heads
To Doubtful Leaderships
We Are Moving All Our Trust
To Judge What Is Unjust
Cannot Be - Cannot Feel
Cannot Think - Cannot See
Cannot Live In Dignity
Our Life, Our Way
Exploitation, Segregation
All Comes Crashing Down
Exploitation, Segregation
All That Is A Falling Nation
Cannot Be - Cannot Feel
Cannot Think - Cannot See
Cannot Live In Dignity
Our Life, Our Way
06 The Ways of Faith (04:43)
The Senseless Painted Room, Excuses From The
Sky
Compassion For Nothing, Purity Was A Lie
Our Souls Have Wounds, Our Sons Will Touch
The Breath Of Life, For All Mankind
By The Faith Of God, Let Me Be My Name
In The Name Of God, Let Me Live My Faith
To Instigate A Fear That Resides In You
The Mystery Of Each And Every One Of Us
Trust To Trust, Teeth To Teeth
Lying Low, Near The Sky
By The Faith Of God, Let Me Be My Name
In The Name Of God, Let Me Live My Faith
Under The Ways Of Faith, Can I Live?
Sacrifice Is Made In Holy Wars
Covered In Blood, The Path We Walked Before
Seeds In Sacred Soil No Longer Grow
Can I Live Without You Killing Me
Under The Ways Of Faith, Can I Live?
07 Uma Cura (03:14)
Looking Face To Face To Find Our Own Face
Talking Mouth To Mouth To Find Our Own
Mouth
While We Step, Unsafe Ground
While Rejecting Knowledge
Blaming Fear In Faith To Weaken Our Own Fate
Starring Eye To Eye To See If We Could Fly
While We Feel So Lonely
While Regretting Knowledge
Uma Cura
Seek A Real Cure To Resolve Our Sick Minds
Fight A Cold War To Live In A Poor Way
While We Made New Nations
While We're Killing Knowledge
Looking Face To Face To Find Our Own Fear
Blame An Open Mouth For Spreading The Real
Truth
What's Our Future Hold?
Will We Gain New Knowledge?
Uma Cura Existe
Breaking All The Time To Find A New Vision
Fighting Destiny To Live What We Believe
While The Sick Are Dying
While The Bricks Are Falling
Bringing Back The Blood That Lives In Our
Hearts
Acting In A Way So We Won't Fall Apart
While We're Holding Secrets
While We Spread New Knowledge
Uma Cura
Take A Broken Dream And Make It What We Will
Keep An Open Mind To Keep True Of What We Feel
(Of?)
While We Deal With Pressure
While We're Taking Action
Looking Face To Face To Find Our Own Face
Starring Eye To Eye To See If We Could Fly
What's Our Future Hold?
Will We Blame New Knowledge?
Uma Cura Existe
09 Saga (04:37)
Intense Fiercing War, Insult No Tolerance
Against One Rule, To Fit 'Em All
To Blur My Eyes Already Blind
To Keep My Hands From Moving Free
The Pulse Of What We Live, The Hate We Build
Inside
Create My Shield, To Fight Them All
They See The Things They Can Not Be
To Understand They Can't Be Free
No Surrender - Still Unhurt, We Fly
We Learned The Way How To Be Real
What We Say We Live
It Keeps Me Sane To Embrace Our Will
And Go Against Inhumanity
My Saga, My Saga - Battle In The Fields Of Fear
Attack Defend - It's Never Over
My Saga, My Saga - No Regrets
It Doesn't Matter Where You Are
Do What You Can With What You Have
It Doesn't Matter Where You Are
Do What You Can With What You Have
No Surrender - Still Unhurt, We Fly
We Learned The Way How To Be Real
What We Say We Live
It Keeps Me Sane To Embrace Our Will
And Go Against Inhumanity
My Saga, My Saga - Battle In The Fields Of Fear
Attack Defend - It's Never Over
My Saga, My Saga - No Regrets
10 Tribe to a Nation (02:35)
We Ova Inna Tribe Haffe Call To A Nation
So Inna Direct Communification
Heal Your Wounds In Dysya Bloody Dimension
Because The End Could Be A Violent Solution
Words Are Not Dead Create Revolution
We Haffe Grow...
Nation We Call, Words Heal Them All
Rock Dem Tribal, Cyan Never Fall
Ram De Dance Hall, Warrior Prepare Fi De End
Tribe To A Nation
We Grow!!
All We Do Is Believe
No Turning Back
We Fall From Our Wounds, But These Words
Aren't Dead
He Who Lives Must Be Prepared For The End
Change Is The Law Of Life
No Falling Back
We Fall From The Wounds, But These Words
Aren't Dead
He Who Lives Must Be Prepared For The End
Push Up - Mash Up - Get Up - Stand Up - Tribe Up -
Feel Up - Rise Up - Turn Up - Sing Up - Shout Up -
Speak Up - Move Up - Hail - Look Up - Free Up -
Crash Up - Jam Up - Seal Up - Sign Up - Stick Up -
Push Up
Tribe To A Nation
We Grow!!
11 Politricks (04:14)
So You Want A Nation?
Your Very Own Nation
Push The Machine Aside
Many Have Tried
We Have Always Been There
We Will Always Be There
Making Sure You Need Us
And Feed Us
We Got The Money
We Got The Power
We Got The Guns
We Got Tv
You Are Our Livestock
We Make You Love It
Slave And Dream For Escape
But Scared To Death Of Change
Want To Hear My Speech?
Want To Share My Thoughts?
Protest! Protest!
...Come Now
Is It Worth The Hassle?
Worth All Your Precious Time?
You'll Grow Old, You'll Give Up
We Farm You
We Milk You
Your Energy's For Us To Drain
Office, Sweatshop, Plantation, The Same
I Know We Can Survive Our Choice
I Know We Can Be What We Want To Be
I Know We Can Survive
I Know We Will Survive
The Only Game We Know
We Must Have More And More
Make More, Take More
Control More
You Are Our Marketplace
Not A Community
No Subcommandante Ski-Mask
Will Lead You To No Promised Land
Want To Hear My Speech?
Want To Share My Thoughts?
Protest! Protest!
12 Human Cause (00:57)
The Slow Death Of Light
Caving In From All Sides
Faces Deformed By Hate
Shaping The Human Condition
Human Cause
Ghettos Of Our Time
A Wall Limits Our Life
Lies Heard By Our Ears
But Truth Seen Trough Our Eyes
Human Cause
13 Reject (02:47)
The Dreams Of Wealth
A Common Fantasy
They're Only Illusions
You See Them On Tv
They Think They Know Everything About Us
Don't Think They Ever Will
Make A Move In The Wrong Direction
Don't Try To Label Us Dead
Confuse What I Think..
Do You Know What's Wrong?
I Don't Know What's Wrong
We Want To Be Free!
We Have To Reject!
Whose Lives Are We Living?
How Many People Are Led?
To Believe Break Your Back For A Buck
Don't Ever Think It Will End
Confuse What I Think!
Do You Know What's Wrong?
I Don't Know What's Wrong
We Want To Be Free!
We Have To Reject!
The Dreams Of Wealth
A Common Fantasy
They're Only Illusions
You See Them On Tv
Whose Lives Are We Living?
How Many Are Led?
In The Wrong Direction
Try To Label Us Dead
14 Water (02:44)
Do Not Believe It Only Because You've Heard It
Before
Simply Because It's Spoken And Rumored
One And All, Live Up To It
One And All
Do Not Believe It Simply Because It's Written In
Books
Let Us Understand Our Own Destiny
The Seekers Will Always Seek Out The Truth
We Are What We Make Of Ourselves
One And All, Live Up To It
One And All
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