SEPULTURA - Under A Pale Grey Sky

October 21, 2002, 22 years ago

(Roadrunner)

Martin Popoff

Rating: 8.5

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SEPULTURA - Under A Pale Grey Sky

One wonders why archive pieces this cool are held back so long, Under A Pale Grey Sky being the chomping last concert by the band with Max still heading the charge. The sound is amazing, and fully 28 tracks are offered, capping a string of three of the greatest ramp-up and explode albums of all time: Arise, Chaos A.D. and Roots beginning and ending the prodigious, classic run of this productive, useful, inspirational band and band chemistry. Recorded just before Christmas '96 at the Brixton Academy in London, this is Sepultura in all its percussive glory, crisp as a fake hundred dollar bill, Max exhorting the crowd to riot for change, his backline matching his battle cries with a subconsciously roiling performance built from years sweating it out with their tribe of headbanged followers. Nice artwork, but could have used a little more from the packaging in terms of liner notes. Closes in fetching fashion with the band's legendary, crowd-pleasing cover of 'Orgasmatron'.


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