Best Songs from Cavalera Conspiracy's Blunt Force Trauma

Blunt Force Trauma is the second studio album by Cavalera Conspiracy. Recording for this album took place from January to May 2010 at The Liar in Los Angeles, California. The album was released on March 29, 2011, through Roadrunner Records.

Max Cavalera shared his thoughts about the 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 (Miret) 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."

Regarding the songwriting and recording process for the 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.

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."

Cavalera Conspiracy Members and Contributors:
- Max Cavalera - Lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Marc Rizzo - Lead guitar
- Johny Chow - Bass guitar
- Igor Cavalera - Drums, percussion
- Guest vocals on "Lynch Mob" by Roger Miret (from Agnostic Front)

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