Best Songs on Soulfly's Omen

Omen is the seventh studio album by Soulfly. It was recorded in November 2009 and released on May 18, 2010, through Roadrunner Records.

The seven figures in the album art of Omen (three figures on the cover of the standard edition and four on the back), created by David Ho, are meant to represent that this is Soulfly's seventh studio album. Each of the seven figures, inspired by the fictional Star Wars creatures known as Tusken Raiders, also represents one of the seven deadly sins through the objects they hold. Cavalera saw Ho's stylized depiction of Tusken Raiders created for LucasArts and requested an album cover in a similar style.

"Rise of the Fallen" features a Static-X-like riff with cyber tones before a sitar signals the beginning of a death metal riff. The song also features Greg Puciato of The Dillinger Escape Plan.

"Great Depression" plays a thrashy riff that sounds like a train derailing before abruptly settling into a Hellhammer-like riff for the chorus.

"Kingdom" is a unique song for Soulfly due to the melodic vocals by Max Cavalera.

"Vulture Culture," with its rhyming title, carries hints of Nailbomb sounds and punk-influenced riffs.

Like the previous albums, Omen includes a sequel to the instrumental track "Soulfly." On this album, it appears as track number seven, stylized in Roman numerals.

It also includes three cover songs as bonus tracks. One of them is a cover of "Refuse/Resist," originally by Sepultura, which Max Cavalera sang during his time with the band.

The other two covers are "Four Sticks" by Led Zeppelin and "Your Life, My Life" by Excel.

Album genres: Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal

Soulfly members at the time of Omen:
Max Cavalera - lead vocals, four-string guitar, sitar
Marc Rizzo - lead guitar, flamenco guitar
Bobby Burns - bass guitar
Joe Nunez - drums, percussion

The Top Ten

  1. Rise of the Fallen

  2. Refuse/Resist

  3. Bloodbath & Beyond

  4. Off With Their Heads

    The title of this song sounds like it belongs on a Cannibal Corpse album.

  5. Kingdom

  6. Great Depression

  7. Jeffrey Dahmer

  8. Lethal Injection

  9. Your Life, My Life

  10. Mega-Doom

    11. The Newcomers
  11. ?

    Vulture Culture

  12. ?

    Soulfly VII

    13. The Contenders

  13. Four Sticks

  14. Counter Sabotage

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