Blunt Force Trauma (album)

Blunt Force Trauma
Studio album by Cavalera Conspiracy
Released	March 29, 2011
Recorded	January–May 2010 at The Liar, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Groove metal, thrash metal, death metal
Length	34:05
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Max Cavalera, Logan Mader
Cavalera Conspiracy chronology
Inflikted (2008) Blunt Force Trauma (2011) Pandemonium (2014)
Singles from Blunt Force Trauma
"Killing Inside" Released: February 20, 2011

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Thrash Hits	3.5/6[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Sputnikmusic	3.0/5[3]
Rockfreaks.net	[4]

Blunt Force Trauma is the second studio album by American groove metal band Cavalera Conspiracy. The album was released on March 29, 2011 through Roadrunner Records.^[5]

Album information

Max Cavalera has this to say about the second Cavalera Conspiracy 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."^[6]

Regarding the songwriting and recording process for the new Cavalera Conspiracy 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. And 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."^[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Max Cavalera, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Warlord"	3:05
2.	"Torture"	1:51
3.	"Lynch Mob" (Featuring Roger Miret of Agnostic Front) (Cavalera, Miret)	2:31
4.	"Killing Inside"	3:28
5.	"Thrasher"	2:49
6.	"I Speak Hate"	3:10
7.	"Target"	2:36
8.	"Genghis Khan"	4:23
9.	"Burn Waco"	2:52
10.	"Rasputin"	3:22
11.	"Blunt Force Trauma"	3:58
Total length:		34:05

Special edition
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Psychosomatic"	3:09
13.	"Jihad Joe"	3:31
14.	"Electric Funeral" (Black Sabbath cover)	5:41
Total length:		46:26

Limited edition vinyl LP[7]
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Six Pack" (Black Flag cover)	1:51
Total length:		48:17

DVD edition: Live at Les Eurockéennes Festival, Belfort, France - July 5, 2008[8]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Inflikted"
2.	"Sanctuary"
3.	"Territory" (Sepultura cover)
4.	"Terrorize"
5.	"The Doom of All Fires"
6.	"Inner Self/Nevertrust" (Sepultura cover/original song)
7.	"Arise/Dead Embryonic Cells" (Sepultura cover)
8.	"Desperate Cry/Propaganda" (Sepultura cover)
9.	"Wasting Away" (Nailbomb cover)
10.	"Black Ark" (featuring Richie Cavalera of Incite)
11.	"Holiday in Cambodia/Biotech Is Godzilla" (Dead Kennedys/Sepultura cover)
12.	"Hearts of Darkness"
13.	"Refuse/Resist" (Sepultura cover)
14.	"Troops of Doom" (featuring Igor Cavalera, Jr. on drums) (Sepultura cover)
15.	"Must Kill"
16.	"Roots Bloody Roots" (Sepultura cover)
17.	"Sanctuary" (music video)

Personnel

Cavalera Conspiracy

• Max Cavalera – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Marc Rizzo – lead guitar
• Johny Chow – bass guitar
• Igor Cavalera – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Guest vocals on "Lynch Mob" by Roger Miret (from Agnostic Front)
• Produced by Max Cavalera
• Co-produced by Logan Mader for Dirty Icon Productions
• Recorded, mixed and mastered by Logan Mader at Undercity Studios, North Hollywood, California

DVD Credits

• Max Cavalera - vocals, rhythm guitar
• Marc Rizzo - lead guitar
• Johny Chow - bass
• Igor Cavalera - drums
• Richie Cavalera - guest vocals on "Black Ark"
• Igor Cavalera, Jr. - guest drums on "Troops of Doom"
• Joe Duplantier - bass in "Sanctuary" music video

Charts

Peak chart positions										Sales
JPN [9]	UK [10]	FIN [11]	GER [12]	AUT [13]	SWI [14]	AUS [15]	NLD [16]	FRA [17]	USA [18]
99	99	35	45	46	59	31	74	92	123	US: 5,000+[19]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

1. Thrash Hits review
2. Allmusic review
3. Sputnikmusic review
4. Rockfreaks.net review
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6. BLABBERMOUTH.NET – CAVALERA CONSPIRACY: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed – Nov. 16, 2010
7. Cavalera Conspiracy – Blunt Force Trauma (Ltd Ed LP/CD/DVD Bundle)
8. CAVALERA CONSPIRACY: 'Blunt Force Trauma' CD/DVD Edition Detailed - Jan. 31, 2011
9. "Cavalera Conspiracy Japanese Albums Chart" (in Japanese). www.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
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12. "Cavalera Conspiracy German Albums Chart" (in German). musicline.de. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
13. "Cavalera Conspiracy Austrian Albums Chart" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
14. "Cavalera Conspiracy Swiss Albums Chart" (in German). hitparade.ch. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
15. "Cavalera Conspiracy Australian Albums Chart". australian-charts.com. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
16. "Cavalera Conspiracy Dutch Albums Chart" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
17. "Cavalera Conspiracy French Albums Chart" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
18. "Cavalera Conspiracy US Albums Chart". www.billboard.com. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
19. "CAVALERA CONSPIRACY: 'Blunt Force Trauma' First-Week Sales Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. Retrieved July 8, 2014.