The Max Cavalera cash-in continues......

1993:
Sepultura release Chaos AD on CD.
Sepultura re-relase Chaos AD on Digipak CD with a bonus track.
Sepultura re-release Chaos AD ina boxed metal tin with brazilian flag, and a repress of the so-called limited CD.

1996.
-Sepultura release the "Roots" album on CD, preceded by a single with exclusive tracks on all 3 formats...

- Sepultura simulataneously release "Roots" on CD digipack with 4 bonus tracks

- Sepultura release "ramahatta" as a single, exclusive tracks on all 3 formats

-Sepultura release "Attitude" as a single, exlcusive tarcks on all 3 formats

- Sepultura re-release "Roots" as "the Roots of Sepultura" with a Bonus CD of exclusive rarities.
- Max leaves.

1997.
- Sepultura release in the US "blood-Rooted" , yet another compilation of B-sides, in the UK. Max forms Soulfly.

1998.
- Soulfly release Debut CD, "Soulfly"/
- Soulfly simultaneuusly release "Soulfly" as a limited edition CD with bonus tracks
- Soulfly re-release "Soulfly" with a bonus CD of remixes and live tracks, only WITHOUT the 4 bonus tracks off the original digipack.
-Sepultura (without Max) release "Choke" on CD single, 1 format.
-Sepultura (without MAx) release "against" on CD album, no limited editions with bonus tracks.
- Sepultura release "against" on Cd single, 1 format.

1999:
Sepultura back catalog extensively remastered, and re-issued in new editions with bonus tracks; such as the "Under Siege" (drum pattern only before any other instruments overdubbed on).
- Max Calvalera records an advert fro Sprite, only to be shown in brazil. For all his anti-corporate no sell-out stance, he is endorsing a product for a cool $1 million.

2000
-Soulfly release "back to the Primitive" CD
- Soulfly release "back to the Primitive" Cd with bonus 4 tracks in digipack.

2001.
Sepultura release their last labum on roadrunner with no promotion, no single, no video, no tour support. They get dropped for not selling enough , apparently.

2002.
Soulfly return with yet another album
Sepultura "live at brixton" ( recorded with max) is scheduled for release, now that the other members of Sepultura are no longer signed to the label, they cannot veto its release.

the point im trying to make here:
max calvalera has never ever stopped trying to make a quick buck, never stopped trying to fleece his fans with continual and repetitve re-issues of albums and multi-formatted singles on which his band plays, forcing fans to buy the same albums over and over again for 1 or 2 bonus tracks, to be fleeced liek cash cows. Sepultura without max have done no such thing.

Therefore, max Calvalera has to be, been cashing-in, while Sepultura have done their best to respect their fans by not multi-formatting and not continually re-releasing the same album over and over again with bonus tracks (since Max left).

I'd say that the above is pretty damn conclusive!

I'm not saying that the fans are just thick. im saying that the reasons for this release are just so Roadrunner can cash-in; as they have continually, and its not just with Sepultura: Tho' had Max had some of the artistic integrity he claims to posess, he would have gone some way to ensuring that the continual exploitation would have been less intensive.


look at the how often fear Factory (THE (the last 3 albums both came in standard and didgipak extra track versions), Dog Eat Dog (again, reiussed with bonus tracks), Slipknot have had albums reissued . (the original version of "slipknot" for example was issued 3 times, each time with seperate and otherwise unavailable new tracks). Sad thing Is, i own most of these re-releases for the bonus track things!

I do think Roadrunnr have always taken marketing to a point whereby they are exploititing thier fans :its beyond taking the piss. But the artists don't seem to do much to try to prevent it....