3 (Soulfly album)

3 is the third studio album by the metal band Soulfly released in 2002 through Roadrunner Records.[2] 3 has sold 195,000 copies as of March 11, 2008.

3
Studio album by Soulfly
Released	June 25, 2002
Studio	Chaton Studios, Phoenix, Arizona
Genre	Nu metal alternative metal groove metal
Length	59:06 78:09 (digipak)
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Max Cavalera
Soulfly chronology
Primitive (2000) 3 (2002) Prophecy (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Album information

The album artwork features an Om (ॐ), a spiritual icon in Indian religions. The original title for the album was Downstroy, after the opening track of the album. Max Cavalera later stated that he regretted changing the album's title.[3]

Songs

Both of the first two tracks were the only singles released from the album, "Downstroy" and "Seek 'n' Strike."

The song "One" features guest vocals from Ill Nino’s Christian Machado and uses the title as first word of the two word clauses per line: 'One soul / One heart / One man / One truth / One tribe / One life / One God'.[4] "L.O.T.M" (acronym for "Last of the Mohicans") is a Native American-themed metal song named after the 1826 novel of the same name. "Brasil" is a Brazilian metal song featuring berimbau, as well as percussion performed by Cavalera.

"One Nation", a cover song originally recorded by Sacred Reich, starts and ends with a sample of the United States' pledge of allegiance. "09-11-01" is a one-minute silence used for listeners to tribute to the victims of the September 11th, 2001 terrorism acts on the World Trade Center.

"Tree of Pain" is a tribute to Cavalera's late stepson Dana.[4][5] "Zumbi" and "Soulfly III" are world music songs.

Reception

• Spin (8/02, p. 110) rated the album a 6 out of 10, stating that "There's something undeniably thrilling about an Ozzfest demagogue who champions dignity as a human right and makes a maxim like 'Faith is a weapon' his rallying cry...the band remains a hard-charging, tribal-drumming monster fierce enough to kick the bulldozers out of the rainforest....3 could be the charm for Soulfly."
• NME (6/22/02, p. 52) also rated the album a 6 out of 10 stating that "Another clench-jawed grind through seven kinds of hell...Soulfly must be the only band who can make the obligatory minute of Sept. 11th silence seem loud."
• Alternative Press (8/02, p. 67) rated the album a 7 out of 10 stating that "Streamlined and digestable...A impenitent tone is set from the start...enough to get the troops of doom marching once again."
• CMJ (6/17/02, p. 16) stated that "This one is a winner; don't miss out."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Max Cavalera unless stated.

3

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Downstroy"			4:25
2.	"Seek 'n' Strike"			4:28
3.	"Enterfaith"			4:46
4.	"One" (feat. Cristian Machado)			5:23
5.	"L.O.T.M." (Last of the Mohicans)			2:36
6.	"Brasil"			5:01
7.	"Tree of Pain" (feat. Asha Rabouin & Richie Cavalera)	Max Cavalera, Asha Rabouin & Richie Cavalera		8:20
8.	"One Nation" (Sacred Reich cover feat. Greg Hall & Wiley Arnett)	Phil Rind	Rind & Wiley Arnett	3:43
9.	"9-11-01" (silent track)			1:00
10.	"Call to Arms" (feat. Danny Marianino)		Max Cavalera & Danny Marianino	1:24
11.	"Four Elements"			4:22
12.	"Soulfly III" (instrumental)			5:02
13.	"Sangue de Bairro" (Chico Science & Nação Zumbi cover)	Chico Science, Lucio Maia, Jorge Du Peixe & Dengue	Science, Maia, Du Peixe & Dengue	2:19
14.	"Zumbi"			6:17
Total length:				59:06

Japanese edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"I Will Refuse" (Pailhead cover)	Paul Barker, Al Jourgensen, Ian MacKaye & William Rieflin	4:07
Total length:			1:03:02

Limited edition digipak

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"Under the Sun" (Black Sabbath cover)	Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler & Bill Ward	5:47
17.	"Eye for an Eye" (Live at Ozzfest 2000)		4:09
18.	"Pain" (Live at Ozzfest 2000)	Max Cavalera, Chino Moreno & Grady Avenell	5:01
Total length:			1:17:58

Personnel

Soulfly Max Cavalera – lead vocals, 4-string guitar, berimbau, sitar, bass guitar on "I Will Refuse", percussions on "Brasil" Marcello Dias – bass guitar, backing vocals, audio effects, percussion, drum programming on "One", sitar on "Tree Of Pain", keyboards on "Soulfly III" Mikey Doling – guitar, percussion Roy Mayorga – drums, percussion Additional musicians Meia Noite – percussion Otto D'Agnolo – keyboards, additional audio effects John Naylor – additional programming Greg Hall – drums on "One Nation" and "I Will Refuse" Wiley Arnett – guitar on "One Nation" Zyon Cavalera – "Pledge Of Allegiance" intro voices on "One Nation" Igor Cavalera – "Pledge Of Allegiance" intro voices on "One Nation" Jade Carneal – "Pledge Of Allegiance" intro voices on "One Nation" Noah Corona – "Pledge Of Allegiance" intro voices on "One Nation" Isabel Adelman – "Pledge Of Allegiance" intro voices on "One Nation" Dave Chavarri – drums on "Under The Sun" Joe Nunez – drums on live tracks Jason Rockman – vocals on "Pain (Live At Ozzfest 2000)" Jeff Hollinger – vocals on "Pain (Live At Ozzfest 2000)" Isaac Ayala – vocals on "Pain (Live At Ozzfest 2000)"

Production Max Cavalera – production, mixing on "Soulfly III", "Zumbi", "I Will Refuse" Otto D'Agnolo – engineering, mixing on "Soulfly III" and "Zumbi", production on "Under The Sun" Terry Date – mixing Jamison Weddle – assistant engineering Anthony Kilhoffer – assisting Ted Jensen – mastering Monte Conner – A&R Toby Wright – mixing on "Under The Sun" Management Oasis Management – management Gloria Cavalera – management Christina Newport – management

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Peak position
2002	The Billboard 200	46

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r593526
2. Official Soufly website Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine determines the album title as "3"
3. https://www.rocking.gr/interviews/Soulfly-interview-Max-Cavalera/17394
4. Adrien Begrand (20 August 2002). "Soulfly: 3". Review. PopMatters. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
5. HARDLIFE COREMUSIC & BETTER HEARING: Max Cavalera

External links

• 3 at MusicBrainz (list of releases)