Review by Saxy S for Cavalera Conspiracy - Bestial Devastation (2023)

It's been a long time since I listened to either Bestial Devastation or Morbid Visions. A large reason for that is that those original records by Sepultura were never received well in comparison to Beneath the Remains or Chaos A.D. and a lack of clean production made them sound really lazy and slapdash, even if for this style of thrash metal that would toe the line towards early death metal, the sloppy production was apart of the appeal.

Well rejoice Sepultura fans as those two original releases have been re-recorded under the name Cavalera Conspiracy. And while the album certainly sounds a lot heavier than ever before, it suffers by trying to toe the line between being an honest re-recording and adding modernizations. Perhaps for me, because we are so far removed from those early thrash/death metal albums, the heavy reverb of this album does not bother me as much since so many recent death metal records are so prim and proper. To its benefit, these records are quick and it never feels like the album is slogging to its end. I don't know who asked for this, but if you want to hear a modern vision of old school Sepultura, well cheers to you I guess.