The album where shit hit the fan aka Max's last stand. Rdleased in early 1996, you either acknowledge that Roots created #worldmetal or you feel they made a desperate jump on the then-emerging nu metal band wagon for a quick buck. And it's easy to see why. Oh yeah, they band downtuned all the way to Bb, making the songs heavy as BALLS. But producer and early nu metal darling Ross Robinson slowed the band down. On one hand it gave Igor the chance to truly shine. He's a GOD on drums and I can never take that away from him. One the other hand the track "Lookaway" features Jonathan Davis, DJ Lethal AND even Mike Patton. So in one song you have the lead singer of the band that create nu metal, the House Of Pain DJ who'd soon stoop even lower, and the Faith No More singer who is often cited as a direct influence by the early nu metal Jerkoff. But regardless of which side you're on, we can all agree on one thing: Sepultura are absolutely dead to us after Roots. Months later, Max Cavalera left the band after the final night of the tour in England after getting into a drunken fight with the band backstage and storming out with his Yoko - I mean his wife/manager. https://www.instagram.com/p/BrMKQwsFMKu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=e9kacmjwo4dz
