Random: "Inflikted" by the Cavelara Conspiracy marks the reunion of the two brothers at the core of the original Sepultura. Albums such as Chaos A.D. and Roots had a remarkable groove for thrash music. This tune comes very close (closer than the current Sepultura) to achieving that easy groove at times, but never seems to cross the line. The growling vocals in this genre of music have always struck me more as performance art than honest music; however, Max Cavelara sounds like he is trying to honestly drag you into his dark and tragic world. I believe him for some reason. The tune has no real rhythmic changes, but has a nice bridge section to prevent monotony from settling in. The brothers construct the other tunes on the album similarly.
Selected: Apparently there is a new genre of music "bluegrass-chicks teamed with Led Zepplin alums" This could be fine thing except that thus far the genre has been dominated by slow ballads. The instrumental "Freiderick" jumps out with most energy early. John Paul Jones moves between harmony vocal, organ, and bass throughout the disc. "Any Old Time" adds a little vocal energy, but maintains the slow traditional country feel. Heavily applied pedal steel drapes most tracks. Tom Waits' "Pony" doesn't speed things up any, but Sara's voice is great here; there is a lot of room for subtlety. The addition of Gillian Welch to "Lord Won't You Help Me" makes for a beautiful vocal tune. This is another new disc with lots of great moments, but has a need more stylistic (or at least tempo) diversity... more bluegrass... a lot less pedal steel.
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