Psychosis

Title
Max Cavalera chose the title Psychosis due to his current worldview. He said we are living in an "age of psychopathy" with psychopaths everywhere. These are reflected in lyrics in seven of the songs.

Music and lyrics
This is mainly considered a album. The album has other genres on top of that, including (such as in "Terror Tactics"),  (especially prominent in "Hellfire"),  (such as heard in "Judas Pariah"),, and some tribal elements (such as in the instrumental title track). The first five tracks of this album resemble late 80s/early 90s Sepultura mentioning the albums ', ', and  The second half of this album has greater assortment of sounds. There are occasional use of synthesizers and couple other unusual instruments like on "Excruciating" and  on "Judas Pariah". Many tracks have ambience in the end that segue into next tracks.

Many reviewers and fans say this is the closest album the Cavaleras get to Sepultura fronted by Max and Igor. Despite the album cover is in the same class as , the album is not quite similar musically to Roots. Numerous Max Cavalera fans say Psychosis is like a spiritual successor to Arise, nicknaming that Arise II.

The lyrical themes of this album are war, terror, the current psychotic state of the world, and touches of history conspiracies from Max's beliefs that governments were responsible for those, such as the assassination of JFK and 9/11. The only song of the album that does not discuss any of these topics is "Crom", which mentions about the events that take place in the movie .

Tracklist

 * 1) "Insane" – 3:50
 * 2) "Terror Tactics" – 4:57
 * 3) "Impalement Execution" – 4:25
 * 4) "Spectral War" – 5:03
 * 5) "Crom" – 5:29
 * 6) "Hellfire" (feat. of ) – 3:10
 * 7) "Judas Pariah" – 3:52
 * 8) "Psychosis" (instrumental) – 3:59
 * 9) "Excruciating" (feat. Jose Mangin) – 6:22

Reviews

 * Kyle McGinn of Dead Rhetoric (8.5/10) – "Psychosis is an exciting and frenetic album that successfully merges the abrasion of their previous/retro material and brings it up to speed with a more modern finish. Without question, the strongest Cavalera Conspiracy release to date, and sure to excite fans both young and old."
 * Brendan 'Unholydarklotus' Fisher of Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life (9.5/10) – "Psychosis is nearly faultless. Mixing fast and furious metal would produce a feeling of nostalgia around the old Sepultura sound. The drums, guitars and vocals married together to perform a ruthless assault on your body and mind. It is Cavalera Conspiracy’s best release so far. The Cavalera brothers are an unstoppable force."
 * Vaim of GRIMM Gent (8.4/10) – "Cavalera Conspiracy really hit its stride with Psychosis! It feels like we're on a trip through memory lane with some of the strongest tracks they've done since Sepultura and that could've perfectly featured on the albums of said band. And all of that without sounding old, dull or outdated... absolutely crushing!"
 * Dave Griffiths of HEAVY Magazine (4/5) – "This is brutal music at its best and shows that the Cavalera brothers are genuine modern day geniuses."
 * Joshua Bulleid of Heavy Blog Is Heavy – "Psychosis is a virtually flawless and surprisingly varied and experimental release that stands alongside ', Inflikted and ' as one of the best records either of the Cavalera brothers have produced following their initial separation, and arguably beyond."
 * Chad Bowar of Loudwire – "Psychosis is an extremely streamlined album. They've pared off nearly every inch of fat and filler, leaving straightforward and focused slabs of grade A metal.
 * Jason Deaville of Metal Injection (9.5/10) – "It is a spiritual successor to those long ago days when Max and his Brazilian compadres were on top of the world. Psychosis reiterates how incredibly important both Max and Igor are to the entirety of the extreme metal genre. It is now more apparent than ever that Cavalera Conspiracy are Sepultura."
 * Zoran of Metal Revolution (70%) – "Songs are stripped down of just about any unnecessary fat, which serves them extremely well. It’s a welcoming addition to Max Cavalera’s post-Sepultura discography"
 * Carl O'Rourke of Metal Wani (9/10) – "Cavalera Conspiracy's Psychosis is a musical force of nature, as well as a reflection on, and of, the chaos of our time."
 * Fausto Casais of Music and Riots – "Psychosis is a masterful album, undeniably fresh, strangely weird and full of contemporary methods of sonic brutalization."
 * SonicAbuse (10/10) – "This is the most exciting, adventurous Cavalera Conspiracy album to date. Embrace the darkness – Psychosis is one hell of a ride."
 * travislausch of Ultimate-Guitar.Com (7.7/10) – "Psychosis is an incredibly solid record, with tight songwriting and production, a high degree of musicianship, a huge amount of mosh-pit-inducing fun, and just enough raw brutality to keep any fan of extreme metal happy, but also enough variety in tempos and atmospheres to keep the record sounding fresh and interesting the whole way through."


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Personnel
Band performers
 * Max Cavalera – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
 * Marc Rizzo – lead guitar, backing vocals
 * Igor Cavalera – drums, percussion

Guest/session musicians
 * Arthur Rizk – bass, noise, synthesizer
 * Jason Tarpey – vocals on "Crom"
 * Roki Abdelaziz – spoken intro on "Crom"
 * – vocals on "Hellfire"
 * Jose Mangin – spoken outro on "Excruciating"
 * – synthesizer on "Spectral War", "Hellfire" and "Excruciating"
 * Christian Cavalera – on "Judas Pariah"
 * Aaron Jaws Homoki – on "Excruciating"
 * Roy Young – on "Excruciating"

Songwriters
 * Max Cavalera – music, lyrics
 * Igor Cavalera – intro music on "Psychosis"
 * Laima Leyton – intro music on "Psychosis"

Production
 * Produced, engineered and mixed by Arthur Rizk
 * Engineered by John Aquilino
 * Mastered by Joel Grind

Management
 * Managed by Gloria Cavalera of Oasis Management
 * by Monte Conner

Artworking
 * Artwork by Peter Sallai
 * Illustrations by
 * Layout by Branca Studio
 * Cover created by Péter Sallai

Booking
 * Booking for North America by Dan Rozenblum of
 * Booking for worldwide by Steve Zapp of