A-Lex

A-Lex
Studio album by
Sepultura
ReleasedJanuary 23, 2009 (2009-01-23)
Recorded2008
StudioTrama Studios, São Paulo, Brazil
Genre
Length54:19
LabelSPV, Atração (Brazil)
Producer
  • Stanley Soares
  • Sepultura
Sepultura chronology
The Best of Sepultura
(2006) 		A-Lex
(2009) 		Kairos
(2011)

A-Lex is the eleventh studio album by the Brazilian metal band Sepultura. It was released on January 23, 2009 by independent German record label SPV. This is the first album featuring drummer Jean Dolabella, since the departure of Igor Cavalera in 2006.[1]

This is the second concept album released by Sepultura, following 2006's Dante XXI which was based on Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy. A-Lex is based on the 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, which was adapted into a film version by Stanley Kubrick in 1971.

Album information

The album was recorded in São Paulo at Trama Studios and mixed at Mega Studios during 2008, since February through the process of composition[2] until August when the band finished the mixing process and revealed the track listing and album title.

Guitarist Andreas Kisser stated about the influences obtained from Burgess work:

We will write our soundtrack for this story and Burgess' life will be an inspiration also to write the music, lyrics and for the artwork.[3]

The title is a pun on the main character from the novel, Alex, and the Latin for "without law":[4] a (without) + lex (law); presumably referring to how Alex and his companions behaved.

A-Lex is available in three versions: a deluxe digipak with an embossed cover, a regular jewel case and on a vinyl gate-fold LP. On January 16, 2009, the album was released for exclusive listening on last.fm.[5]

Music videos

Two music videos have been made for the album. The first, "We've Lost You!", was filmed in São Paulo, Brazil, and was released in February 2009. A video for "What I Do!" was released in May 2009. Sepultura performed on the A-Lex World Tour 2009 in Europe and North America.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[6]
AllMusic[7]
Blistering(7.5/10)[8]
Glide Magazine[9]
Metal Underground[10]
MetalSucks(3/5)[11]
Record Collector[12]
Rock Sound(8/10)[13]

A-Lex received positive reviews. New drummer Jean Dolabella, who replaced Igor Cavalera, was well received by fans and media. AllMusic gave A-Lex 4 stars out of 5 and called it a "vicious, loud sledgehammer of an album".[7] Alternative Press (p. 108) gave it 3.5 stars out of 5 and said, "A-Lex deftly fuses the band's many stylistic phases, from the thrash and death metal that launched their career to later explorations of punk, hardcore, groove metal and even tribal rhythms."[14] Record Collector (p. 103) gave it 3 stars out of 5 and said, "Much closer to a live, hardcore punk sound than the refined digital crunch of their previous records... As ever with Sepultura, Kisser's slick riffage and the visceral drums are the point."

A-Lex sold 5,000 copies in its first week of release in Brazil[15] and 1,600 in its first week of release in the United States.[16] It was considered by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as one of the Top 25 Brazilian albums of 2012.[17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sepultura except "Ludwig Van", based on Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, and "Paradox", co-written by Lucas Kater, who won a contest hosted by Sepultura to include lyrics written by a fan to be included in a song on the album

No.TitleLength
1."A-Lex I"1:53
2."Moloko Mesto"2:09
3."Filthy Rot"2:45
4."We've Lost You!"4:13
5."What I Do!"2:01
6."A-Lex II"2:18
7."The Treatment"3:23
8."Metamorphosis"3:01
9."Sadistic Values"6:50
10."Forceful Behavior"2:27
11."Conform"1:54
12."A-Lex III"2:03
13."The Experiment"3:28
14."Strike"3:40
15."Enough Said"1:36
16."Ludwig Van"5:29
17."A-Lex IV"2:46
18."Paradox"2:15
Total length:54:19

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[18] 53
French Albums (SNEP)[19] 150
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] 82
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 68
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[22] 22
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[23] 48

References

  1. ^ "Sepultura: New Album Details Revealed". Blabbermouth. August 8, 2008. Archived from the original on August 11, 2008. Retrieved August 8, 2008.
  2. ^ "Sepultura Starts Writing New Album". sepultura.uol.com.br. February 10, 2008. Archived from the original on December 23, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2008.
  3. ^ "Sepultura: Santo André Concert Footage, Photos Available". Blabbermouth. April 2, 2008. Archived from the original on October 17, 2008. Retrieved August 8, 2008.
  4. ^ "SEPULTURA: Entire New Album Available For Streaming". Blabbermouth. January 16, 2009. Archived from the original on September 17, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  5. ^ "A-Lex – Sepultura – Listen and discover music at". Last.fm. February 11, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  6. ^ Bowar, Chad. "Sepultura - A-Lex Review" Archived January 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. About.com. Retrieved on June 28, 2011.
  7. ^ a b Henderson, Alex. A-Lex at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  8. ^ Gehlke, David E. "Review: Sepultura - A-Lex" Archived May 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Blistering. Retrieved on June 28, 2011.
  9. ^ Lange, Bob (January 15, 2009). "Sepultura: A-Lex". Glide Magazine. Retrieved on 2011-06-28.
  10. ^ heavytothebone2 (January 28, 2009)."Sepultura - "A-Lex" CD Review". Metal Underground. Retrieved on 2011-06-28.
  11. ^ O'Hagar, Sammy (January 13, 2009). "A-LEX: A MIXED BAG FOR THE FIRST POST-CAVALERA SEPULTURA ALBUM". MetalSucks. Retrieved on 2011-06-28.
  12. ^ McIver, Joel. "A-Lex - Sepultura". Record Collector. Retrieved on June 28, 2011.
  13. ^ Sandler, Darren. "Sepultura - A-Lex - Reviews". Rock Sound. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  14. ^ "Sepultura - A-Lex CD Album". CD Universe. January 27, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  15. ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SEPULTURA's 'A-Lex': First-Week Brazilian Sales Revealed". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  16. ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SEPULTURA: 'A-Lex' First-Week Sales Revealed". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  17. ^ "25 melhores discos nacionais de 2009". Rolling Stone Brazil (in Portuguese). Spring. 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  18. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Sepultura – A-Lex" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  19. ^ "Lescharts.com – Sepultura – A-Lex". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  20. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Sepultura – A-Lex" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  21. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Sepultura – A-Lex". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  22. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  23. ^ "Sepultura Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

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