Dante XXI

Dante XXI
Studio album by Sepultura
Released	13 March 2006
Recorded	2005
Genre	Groove metal, thrash metal
Length	39:06
Label	Steamhammer
Producer	André Moraes Sepultura Stanley Soares
Sepultura chronology
Live in São Paulo (2005) Dante XXI (2006) The Best of Sepultura (2006)

Dante XXI is the tenth studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, released in 2006 through SPV Records. It is a concept album based on the three sections of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy; Inferno (hell), Purgatorio (purgatory) and Paradiso (paradise).

Album information

Dante XXI was originally titled "Dante 05", but was changed when it became clear that the album would not be released by the end of 2005. The first single from the album is Convicted In Life and won the MTV VMB Best Editing in a Video Award in 2006.^[1] In January 2008 the band released a music video for the song "Ostia". A video for "Convicted in Life" was released in 2006. The album artwork was done by Stephan Doitschinoff, whom the band commissioned to do 10 paintings based on the Divine Comedy.

Covers of Judas Priest's "Screaming for Vengeance", and Sick Of It All's "Scratch the Surface" have been recorded as b-sides. "Screaming for Vengeance" was added as a Japanese bonus track, while "Scratch the Surface" is included on the SOIA tribute album Our Impact Will Be Felt. The Brazilian edition (Krako records), contains two bonus tracks: "Mindwar" (recorded live from Stanley Soares's mixing desk in Ehfurt/Germany, December 3, 2004 on tour with Motorhead) and "False" (demo recorded at High Five Studio Sao Paulo, during pre production for Dante XXI july 2005). Original ideas for the album included a symphonic metal album (like Metallica's S&M album), and a concept album based on the novel A Clockwork Orange, which was applied to their next studio album A-Lex.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Blabbermouth	[3]
BW&BK	[4]
Alternative Press	[5]

Upon the album's release, the majority of critics said that this is the best Sepultura album featuring Derrick Green on vocals thus far. Sales of the album were disappointing, though not unexpected, since all Sepultura's albums since Against have gradually had decreasing sales, selling only 2,300 copies its first week of release in the US.^[6] This is also the last album to feature Igor Cavalera on drums.

After much positive feedback in South American markets, mostly Brazil, Dante XXI has sold 120,000+ copies worldwide as of January 2, 2008 and went Gold in Brazil and Cyprus (their first music industry certification outside of Brazil since Roots).^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Lost (Intro)"	(instrumental)	Kisser, Green, Cavalera	0:59
2.	"Dark Wood of Error"	Kisser	Kisser, Green, Cavalera	2:18
3.	"Convicted in Life"	Kisser, Green	Kisser, Green, Cavalera	3:09
4.	"City of Dis"	Green	Kisser, Green, Cavalera	3:27
5.	"False"	Kisser	Kisser, Green, Cavalera	3:34
6.	"Fighting On"	Green	Kisser, Green, Cavalera	4:29
7.	"Limbo (Intro)"	(instrumental)	Kisser, Green, Cavalera	0:44
8.	"Ostia"	Kisser	Kisser, Green, Cavalera	3:07
9.	"Buried Words"	Green	Kisser, Green, Cavalera	2:35
10.	"Nuclear Seven"	Kisser	Kisser, Green, Cavalera	3:44
11.	"Repeating the Horror"	Green	Kisser, Green, Cavalera	3:11
12.	"Eunoé (Intro)"	(instrumental)	Kisser, Green, Cavalera	0:13
13.	"Crown and Miter"	Green	Kisser, Green, Cavalera, Paulo Jr.	2:12
14.	"Primium Mobile (Intro)"	(instrumental)	Kisser, Green, Cavalera	0:29
15.	"Still Flame"	Kisser	Kisser, Moraes	4:51
16.	"Screaming for Vengeance" (Judas Priest cover; Japanese edition bonus track)	Halford	Downing, Tipton [8]	3:31

Bonus tracks from Brazilian edition : 16. Mindwar - Live , 17. False - Demo

Chart performance

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2006	Top Independent Albums	45

Album - Music recording sales certifications

Year	Country	Award	Number sold
2006	Cyprus	Gold	5,000 copies[9]
2007	Brazil	Gold	50,000 copies

Credits

Sepultura

• Derrick Green - vocals
• Andreas Kisser - lead/ rhythm guitars, horns arrangements, strings arrangements
• Paulo Jr. - bass
• Igor Cavalera - drums
• Luiz Linhares Garcia - horns
• Samuel Hamzem - horns
• Andre Moraes - percussion, piano, programming, sitar, fender rhodes, horns arrangements, strings arrangements, introduction, mini moog, producer,
• Fabio Presgrave - cello
• Bia Rebello - cello
• Guilherme Cersosimo - crew
• Estevam Romera - crew
• Rogerinho Motorhead - crew
• Pedro Verdone - crew
• Stephan Doitschinoff - paintings
• Mauricio Cersosimo - pre-production
• Susanne Kammer - design
• Fragata - assistant
• Helio Leite - assistant
• Stanley Soares - producer, engineer, mixing

References

1. ^ http://www.bonde.com.br/bonde.php?id_bonde=1-2--302-20060929
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ Blabbermouth review
4. ^ BW&BK review
5. ^ Alternative Press review
6. ^ "SEPULTURA: 'A-Lex' First-Week Sales Revealed". http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=113708. 
7. ^ "Sepultura - Dante XXI Certified Gold in Cyprus". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 21 March 2007. http://www.bravewords.com/news/62604. Retrieved 23 January 2009. 
8. ^ http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VICP-63397
9. ^ "Sepultura - Dante XXI Certified Gold in Cyprus". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 21 March 2007. http://www.bravewords.com/news/62604. Retrieved 23 January 2009. 

External links

• Official SPV Dante XXI Site
• Bassist Paulo Pinto Discusses Dante XXI
• Stephan Doitschinof Official Website
• / Article Discussing Dante XXI on Relation to Dante's Divine Comedy