Roorback is the ninth studio album by Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Sepultura

Sepultura

Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...

, released in 2003. It is their first release through SPV Records

SPV GmbH

SPV GmbH is an independent German record label.Founded on January 1, 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributors and record labels worldwide....

. The songs "Mindwar" and "Bullet the Blue Sky

Bullet the Blue Sky

"Bullet the Blue Sky" is the fourth track from U2's 1987 album, The Joshua Tree. The song is one of the band's most overtly politically toned songs, with live performances often being heavily critical of political conflicts and violence....

" were released as singles and music videos. The digipak version (released everywhere except the USA) contains the Revolusongs

Revolusongs

Revolusongs is an EP of cover songs released by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura in 2003 through SPV Records. It was exclusively released in Brazil and Japan....

EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 and the video for "Bullet the Blue Sky". "Roorback" refers to "black propaganda

Black propaganda

Black propaganda is false information and material that purports to be from a source on one side of a conflict, but is actually from the opposing side. It is typically used to vilify, embarrass or misrepresent the enemy...

".

Reception

Sales were down from their previous albums featuring Derrick Green

Derrick Green

Derrick Leon Green is the frontman for the Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura. Green joined Sepultura in 1997, when he replaced group founder Max Cavalera, who left the band. Allmusic said about the singer: "There was a time when the idea of Sepultura recording without Max Cavalera seemed...

 on vocals, however Roorback received positive reviews, and managed to place on Billboard's Independent Music Chart at #17, with first week sales of 4,000. SoundScan reported on March 20, 2007 that Roorback has sold over 75,000 units in the USA.

Allmusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and said that "Unrest

Unrest

Unrest is a sociological phenomenon, for instance:* Industrial unrest* Labor unrest* Rebellion* Riot-Notable historical unrests:* 19th century Luddites* 1978–79 Winter of Discontent...

 and political corruption

Political corruption

Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by...

 are recurring themes on Roorback" and "The songs that Sepultura wrote for Roorback paint a consistently bleak and troubling picture of the world".

Track listing

On the German digipack CD version (w/Revolusongs) Outro ends at 1:22. There is silence from 1:23 - 8:22. Starting at 8:23 is a hidden track. Also, "Bullet the Blue Sky" is not included.

Chart performance

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2003	Top Independent Albums	17

Credits

• Andreas Kisser
  Andreas Kisser
  Andreas Rudolf Kisser is the lead guitarist for the metal band Sepultura as well as the rock supergroup HAIL!-Biography:...
  
   - Lead and Rhythm Guitars
• Derrick Green
  Derrick Green
  Derrick Leon Green is the frontman for the Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura. Green joined Sepultura in 1997, when he replaced group founder Max Cavalera, who left the band. Allmusic said about the singer: "There was a time when the idea of Sepultura recording without Max Cavalera seemed...
  
   - Vocals
• Igor Cavalera
  Igor Cavalera
  Igor Graziano Cavalera is a Brazilian musician. He is best known as the former drummer for Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura.-Biography:...
  
   - Drums, Percussion
• Paulo Jr.
  Paulo Jr.
  Paulo Jr. is the bassist and the only remaining original member of the Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura.-Life and work:...
  
   - Bass
• João Barone - Guest Appearance
• Sepultura - Producer
• Steve Evetts
  Steve Evetts
  Steve Evetts is a music producer who has produced music for Alesana, Poison the Well, A Static Lullaby, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sepultura, Symphony X, Saves the Day, Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, Story of the Year, Every Time I Die, Earth Crisis, Still Remains and Our Last Night.-Partial...
  
  - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Derek Hess - Illustrations
• George Marino - Mastering
• Milky - Assistant Engineer
• Luciano Tarta - Assistant Engineer
• Leo Shogun - Assistant Engineer
• Fabiano Zowa - Executive Engineer
• Jacob Bannon - Graphic Design