SOULFLY Albums RANKED Best To WORST
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- Ranking the albums of Soulfly through their new 2022 release 'Totem' best to worst Tier List style. Albums in this tier list include:
00:00 Intro
00:12 Soulfly (1998)
01:22 Primitive (2000)
02:42 3 (2002)
04:06 Prophecy (2004)
05:09 Dark Ages (2005)
06:06 Conquer (2008)
07:07 Omen (2010)
08:15 Enslaved (2012)
09:30 Savages (2013)
10:25 Archangel (2015)
11:15 Ritual (2018)
12:14 Totem (2022)
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I pretty much agree with most of your ranking. The biggest disagreement I have is that I would have ranked Dark Ages at the top of S tier. That is one intnese album and I definitely thought it was stronger than their first two despite the nostolgic bias.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who likes Soulfly more than Sepultura. Some albums are better than others, but I don’t think they really have a bad one. And the new album is so good! Been blasting it all day.
🤘🏻
Totem is unbelievable. I wasn’t expecting it to be as heavy and unrelenting as it is. One of the best metal albums of the year, hands down. It’s a perfect blend of death/thrash/groove with perfectly placed solos. Max crushed it, yet again!
The first 2 albums are classics for sure. Dark Ages is a very aggressive and angry album.
Soulfly VIII was featured on the Enslaved (Special Edition).
I found it weird that it didn't have a guaranteed spot on the initial track list but, oh well.
Great review btw.
Can't go wrong with Arthur Rizk's production on Totem either. He's infamous for take a really good album and making it great.
It does sound great
Soulfly is pretty good and consistent. I'm looking forward to checking out Totem when it comes out. They did start off as nu metal but for the most part they seem to be a groove metal band with tribal elements. Here would be my tier-ranking:
S - Primitive, Prophecy, Dark Ages
A - Soulfly, Conquer, Enslaved, Savages
B - 3, Omen, Archangel, Ritual
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Looking forward to Totem! What I've heard so far is pretty damn fantastic. Nice job as always with the tier ranking. Always enjoyable.
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Going to have to check the new album out! Love your channel! 🤘🏻👊🏻
Thanks 🖤
Been waiting on this one! Excellent video! Pretty damn excited for the new one!
Thanks. Hope it lives up
I absolutely love 3! It's my favorite Soulfly album next to their self titled. I remember rushing out to Best Buy on the release date and playing it non stop for a month straigh!
The fact that soulfly today is some seriously good death metal makes me very happy and intrigued by their massive shift in sound and style over the years, it’s really diff but a great trajectory.
Soulfly is a career band. They started as nu-metal because that's what was popular. They then transitioned into more of a groove metal sound for a bit when bands like Chimaira and Lamb Of God were blowing up. At some point I think they realised that Max had become enough of a metal legend that they can just do what they want without having to worry so much about trends.
That's not to take care away from elements that have been consistent throughout, eg their world music instrumentation and heavy use of guest vocals
I'm glad to see Enslaved so high, it was a great album after a couple of duds
I totally agree with your ranking Man!!
The first two Albums me and my friends play it to death!!
Those were the days!!
🤘🤘🤘
They were
I got to jam on some Soulfly since Totem came out so my list changed:
S tier: Prophecy, Soulfly, Dark Ages
A tier: Totem, Enslaved
B tier: Ritual, Primitive, Conquer
C tier: 3, Archangel
D tier: Omen, Savages
I pretty much agree with this ranking. I was there from the beginning, so 1998's Soulfly and Primitive will always be my top two along with Nailbomb were essential listening for me back in the day. Its amazing how much content Max Cavalera is able to come out with since Sepultura's early days up until now. I don't really listen to the newer Soulfly albums now, because Max's other bands like Killer be Killed and G.A.A.D. really caught my attention. After this ranking, I think I'll give them a listen. Thanks for this.
S - (Soulfly) - (Dark Ages) - (Enslaved) - (Primitive)
A- (Prophecy) - (Ritual) - (Savages)
B - (3) - (Archangel) - ( TOTEM)
C - (OMEN)
D- (Conquer)
Good job,man! ❤️🔥
Solid list! You kept mentioning a lack of "tribal elements" in later releases. I couldn't agree more! Like Dimmu did with an orchestra for Death Cult, I'm still hoping Soulfly will lean into the Brazilian heritage, full on, for an album. More native instruments! OR do something very anti commercial and sing an entire album in Portuguese.
Would love that
I think that the reason Dark Ages gets such a high audience score on Metal Storm is due to the fact that it is the first Soulfly album to feature the recognizable Cavalera thrash sound along with the nu metal.
My personal list.
S. Dark Ages, Self Titled, Ritual
A. 3, Prophecy
B. Primitive
C. Enslaved, Archangel
D. Savages, Omen.
Can you rank the Sick Of It All records?
Great video, you should rank inquisition next
I’ll get to em at some point
I have Totem preordered. Looking forward to getting that and hearing the album. My favorite of theirs is probably Primitive. Great band overall.
Great times
Primitive is my favorite too, and I have feelings that Totem will be even better than Ritual.
@@mindful2864 what do you think
@@billsinthehouse The new album Totem is amazing and I think their best since Savages.
Totem Ritual Enslaved Soulfly and Dark ages are my favourites. Great new album. 🤘🇬🇧
Thanks for reminding me about the new album coming out tomorrow that seems promising
It’s pretty 🔥
@@MetalTrenches extra 2 year effort into the album from COVID. Longest period between soulfly albums ever
We need an updated tier list video of Amon Amarth since they got a new album coming!
Friday
I think your ranking is pretty accurate. I would just put Prophecy on the A tier and dropped Totem down to B.
I remember the hype around the first album. My friends were really into Sepultura and had bands that covered their songs. One friend managed to get a few Soulfly songs before the album dropped and we liked what we heard. Then the album dropped and they didn't like it but I did. Haven't really kept up with them but what I've heard I've liked.
No time like the present...
I don't know if you know or if this is what you meant, but enslaved does have the soulfly jam, but it's a bonus track, and it's probably my favourite one, it's the most emotional imo.
Soulfly is hit or miss for me. Totem is really cool, prob A tier for me. But Prophecy is untouchable!
I would say there primative album was just as important to me getting into metal as Korns early work and Slipknot, and if anything learning more about Soulfly got me into Roots by Sepultura which then progressed into albums like Arise and Beneath the Remains. If anything I think Soulflys only problem is near the end they released albums so often and close together that Maxs lyrics took a hit and became repetitive. I would like to know how many times Max uses Insane as a lyric in there whole discography 😂. My favourite album is probably Dark ages, also I think Prophecy gets abit too much hate I like the experimentation with mellower sections on that album. So i like the fact you've put it S, good to know someone agrees with me
Prophecy is a certified BANGER
3, prophecy, dark ages and conquer are my favourites.
First commandment and prejudice are two best Soulfly songs imo!
Ritual is a really solid album. It's up there for sure
Totem was tracked at my house! Not trying to name drop, I’m just super proud of it lol
YO that’s awesome
@@MetalTrenches What do you think of the guitar sounds on it???
Loves the spirituality of Prophecy such good stuff and love that drummer
Aaaa que sacas los vídeos de la MTV
Dude i love you!!!!!!
Soulfly tribe!!..in love seeing them live
Totem is probably my favorite I feel like it’s one where he just sat down and said “fuck it” and just wrote riffs and music he loved it’s very reminiscent of the Arise/Beneath The Remains Sepultura days.
My only difference would be switching soulfly and primitive for dark ages and conquer. But like soulfly and primitive were your high school jams, dark ages and conquer were mine. That might be the reason why 😅
I saw Soulfly at Ozzfest in 2000. So long ago I don't remember it very well now, but that whole festival was NeuMetal AF.
Jealous. I remember watching footage from that.
Yeah, 2000 was the peak of nu-metal, it was everywhere, literally. You could buy Soulfly armbands on bloody fun fairs.
Pretty cool tier list... I would interchange Profecy with Dark Ages though - Soulfly I and Dark Ages are for me the strongest Soulfly albums
I love that you embrace all styles of metal, unlike a certain reviewer on BangerTV. If it's good, it's good. So many narrow-minded people in metal. It's a shame.
Yo Max Cavalera in that thumbnail looks like if you mashed Kyle Gas and Jack Black together into one dude.
😂😂🤣
Sepultura's Arise is the technically perfect metal album, but Chaos AD, Roots and the Soulfly albums are more colorful and interesting.
The breakdown in the title track completely threw me off guard. Better than what a lot of core bands have been coming out with.
Dark ages and ritual are goated imo my two favorite albums of theirs
Agreed. Dark ages for me is dare I say, perfect. Front to back every single song slaps hard.
@@SnipE_mS totally agree same with ritual with the exception of maybe feedback but feedback has grown on me
Conquer is insane, at least A! and definitely better than Primitve ...
Max can be one of the most hit or miss guys in the whole metal scene just look at both the killer be killed albums but enslaved is the top for me and archangel is really a mixed bag of songs but the song archangel and a couple of others awesome also archangel is really short barely 30mins long
Sometimes less is more
Agreed 🤘.. definitely n upgrade album. Like WOW. MAX🤯..
Banger
Max Cavalera was my main vocal inspiration towards the end of elementary school. I remember Soulfly being announced and myself going crazy about their first records in the hey day of nu-metal. Especially the song Primitive - always brings me back to 2000, what an awesome world it was back then just before 9/11 happened.
I followed them until Dark Ages, which is still a very enjoyable record. Whatever Max and company recorded afterwards was just meh, I appreciate he went back to making thrash/death metal lately but won't be actively pursuing listening to their records past Dark Ages.
Try totem, i agree most of what he did after Dark Ages isn't really worth mentioning, but Totam is one of the most memorable albums he ever did
@@galosniper7010 I tried every single record he released, I just never felt like going back to anything post Dark Ages...
@@Goryptor fair enough, well at least we can agree the first 2 soulfly albums are the work of a mad genius
@@galosniper7010 They're the work of Roadrunner Records and Gloria Cavalera in their peak and to be fair, they're forever going to be in the history book of nu-metal...
Dark Ages is peak soulfly imo. Its my fav soulfly record along with conquer. My least fav is Enslaved. I know its Rizzo's fav, but i dont like the sound on this one. Too much death metal influence or something. Anyway, my list is:
S: Dark Ages, Conquer, Omen
A: Prophecy, Archangel, 3
B: Primitive, Soulfly
C: Savages, Ritual
D: Enslaved
I think you're gonna dig Totem
been a huge fan of soulfly since I was 1 since I was a baby because of my dad my dad had soulfly soulfly and primitive I have the song remains insane dvd since I was 5 so since 2005 16 years I have had the song remains insane dvd even met max cavalera with his other band cavalera conspiracy at wake metal fest on Toronto island June 2009 then in 2016 saw soulfly in Norwich England United Kingdom at waterfront venue on the archangel tour February 2016 yeah been a huge fan of soulfly and max in general all my life so since 2001 because of my dad so 22 years still listening to soulfly 22 years later at 21 years old as a young adult male metalhead and longtime soulfly fan my favourite soulfly albums soulfly soulfly 1998 primitive 2000 3 2002 prophecy 2004 dark ages 2005 conquer 2008 omen 2010 savages 2013 archangel 2015 and looking forward to the new album today totem already heard superstition whilst taking a holiday in Canada in a holiday rental car on a metal radio station called Sirius XM liquid metal 🤘👍🙂
Late 90's Sepultura < 90's Soulfly
00's Sepultura < 00's Soulfly
10's Sepultura > 10's Soulfly
For me dark ages is the best album so dark so impressive ❤
I pretty much agree..everything after 2008 has been forgettable too me..the band went stale but with the pandemic and rizzo leaving Max is back in form and totem is a album too get excited about
I prefer Soulfly than Sepultura and I consider Roots as their proto-Soulfly album. I place Soulfly and Prophecy as their bests albums. I love especially the five firsts albums.
First 3 albums are why i joined the tribe and got logo as a tattoo
Boy you crazy 3 is one of me favorite.
I personally rate Ritual above Totem, but still a good list lml
Yes! I liked it too and it’s a fuck load better than the Amon Amarth album which I’m still shocked as to how bad that is
Amon Amarth have unfortunately been declining for a while
Omen definitely deserves a better ranking. Amazing album.
Love Savages.
Soulfly é foda!
first two are definitely the best imo
Pretty cool. Id put "Dark Ages" at S, "3" higher in the list, and "Archangel" higher for sure.
I listened to "Totem" once, i couldn't get passed all the effects on guitar and his voice, made me not care. Way too over-produced. Im gonna give it another chance but... First impression was not good.
Genuine question. Can anyone tell me why people consider soulfly nu metal?
I did a video on this but in short: the groove focus + hip influence especially on the early albums as well as the many guest features from other nu metal artists are 100% nu metal. The later stuff is now groove metal but the first 3-4 are nu metal.
@@MetalTrenches thanks for clearing that up for me and I’ll have to check out your vid on it. I assumed it had something to do with those early albums, I just couldn’t piece it together on the later albums but then again I feel like everyone has their own definition of nu metal so I chalked it up to that lol
I don't get why 3 is hated so much, it would be my fave if it wasn't for enslaved and dark ages
Pero no ves que son todos iguales. O no te da
Max's step son who was the same age as him.. Lol
S: Enslaved, Totem, Ritual
A: Dark Ages, Conquer
B: Arch Angel, Omen
C: Savages, Prophecy, 3
D: Soulfly, Primative
That being said. I don’t particularly like nu metal and much prefer Max making thrash/death and groove metal albums.
I'd personally bump Dark Ages to S and Ritual and Conquer to A, but regardless I actually think Soulfly has a pretty consistently cool and honestly underrated discography. Some people can't seem to get over hating on nu metal and end up missing out on some of Max's best material.
Based
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Archangel with the athmosphere is an A album for me, As long as you skip track1
Soulfly were one of my fave bands few years back but after enslaved i kind of lost interest quite a bit. I dont know why, I listen to the the new records, i dont hate what I hear but nothing sticks with me. Its like max lost his touch and he is not inspired. I think the band needs to explore some new ssounds.
I think their best albums are dark ages and prophecy for me is second.
I really really loved Omen when it came out too. Its one of my fave of theirs lol.
As someone who also hasn't really been into the last few records, Totem feels like a return to form.
Listen to the three singles
I'm a basic bitch, my favorite Soulfy album is Dark Ages lol
Que son todos iguales. Campeon
i personally think spirit animal is one of if not the best song soulfly has ever made
Soulfly cannot fly without Mark Rizzo
Really miss the 1st & 2nd album.. after Nailbomb, Max bring out Soulfly with awesome music.. I love sepultura but Soulfly is something different,I stop listening to Soulfly since Max bring the sepultura sound into Soulfly tribal nu metal
Todo MTV
my least favourite being ritual 2018
Dark Ages I always thought was their best so I’m with metalstorm on that one. I’m not a nu metal guy so I don’t like the early work much.
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Por eso te tapas la cara
Primitive was very weak as a follow up. Heavily nu metal and clean compared to the raw energy of the first album it relied on guest features and the rap track was an epic failure, it was of it’s time- in a bad way
The burning red of the Soulfly catalog.
Worth a relisten I’d say
Oddly I enjoy it more now than I did back in the day, I remember being disappointed when it first came out. It's mostly a silly, dated album, but I really enjoy it
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I'm listening to "Savages" for the first time, today (2024)... So far, I ain't impressed at all 😟
Encima los peores discos para ti son los mejores. No te entiendo
objectively speaking Enslaved is their best record. If I were to be subjective I would say Dark Ages followed by Prophecy. first 2 records are nowhere near as good as Enslaved. just because you grew up listening to them doesn't mean they are S tier.
There’s no such thing as an “objectively” best album.
@@MetalTrenches yes there is. not everything is "personal taste". there are objective meters you can analyze stuff through. Omen is objectively a weak record. most people have it as their last for example.
@@tibicostea2029 what are the objective meters, and how were they agreed (and by whom)?
@@rorz999 songwriting, technicality, overal flow of the record. by most critics and reviewers I've noticed. what do you mean how :)) by listening to the music.
The Firsts 4 albums is classics (From Soulfly to Dark Ages, less 3, 3 is weak)
From me Conquer to Archangel only shit😅
Ritual and Totem is first 3 songs of these albums
Prophecy
Dark Ages
Primitive
Soulfly
Ritual
Totem
The rest only B quality
Are you saying conquer is shit?
Pones el primero el que más criticas
No tienes ni idea
🧂
Sorry it is not nu metal
🙄
😂lol
Totem is great. My first experience with Soulfly and I think it rips ass 🤌🏾🔥
S: Enslaved, Totem, Ritual
A: Dark Ages, Conquer
B: Arch Angel, Omen
C: Savages, Prophecy, 3
D: Soulfly, Primative
That being said. I don’t particularly like nu metal and much prefer Max making thrash/death and groove metal albums.