‘Evil Empowered’, ‘Bite the Bullet’ and ‘Demonized’ deliver exactly what you could wish for as being an old-school Soulfly fan.
Next to these two titles, there is a lot of Soulfly groove metal in the offer. This new element works really well and fits perfectly into the song. American death metal comes to your mind when listening to this sledgehammer song with Immolation’s Ross Dolan adding some deep growls to the mix. Already the riffing in the beginning expresses some partly new territory for Soulfly. The second song that features a guest is ‘Under rapture’. This setup works nicely and increases the brutality of the song. ‘Dead Behind the Eyes’ is one of the tunes with Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blyth being in a vocal duel with Cavalera. Soulfly often had guest appearances on their albums and also the new release doesn’t make an exception. After some thrashier and more ‘experimental’ years, Soulfly returns to the ‘ritual’ of writing groovy songs, combined with an aggressiveness that fuels each of the track with a lot of power.
One of the key assets of Soulfly always has been an enormous groove factor that characterizes their sound. ‘Archangel’ showed a slight adjustment of direction and it’s ‘Ritual’ showcases a band that returns to the early trademarks. This is mainly due to the fact that the last Soulfly releases didn’t have the firepower of the earlier album, like ‘Dark Age’ and the mind-blowing ‘Prophecy’. (8/10) The announcement of a new Soulfly album led to some curiosity, although the level of excitement wasn’t that sky high.
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