The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart
October 28, 2023
The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart is the thirteenth studio album by the Brazilian metal band Sepultura. It was released on October 25, 2013 in Europe on October 29 in the United States via Nuclear Blast.[1][2] The album is based on the 1927 science fiction filmMetropolis; its title is a quote from the film.
The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart
Singles from The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart
"The Age of the Atheist" Released: September 20, 2013
It is the band's first album to feature drummer Eloy Casagrande, and the first album by the band to be recorded in the United States since 1998's Against. The album was produced by Ross Robinson, who previously produced the band's 1996 album Roots.
The band hinted at a thirteenth studio album as early as May 2012, when guitarist Andreas Kisser told Metal Underground that Sepultura would soon "start working on something new with [new drummer who joined in 2011] Eloy [Casagrande]" and see if they could "get ready for new music early next year."[3] Later, Kisser revealed that Sepultura was "already thinking about new ideas" for their next album and was going to "have something new going on" in 2013.[4]
On December 10, 2012, producer Ross Robinson, who produced Sepultura's Roots album, hinted on Twitter that he would be producing the new album, tweeting: "Oh, didn't mention.. Spoke to Andreas, it's on. My vision, smoke Roots- It can be done",[5] which was later confirmed with another announcement that Steve Evetts would be co-producing the album.[6]
By April 2013, the band had 13 songs in development, with Kisser commenting positively about the progress of the album, saying: "This is the first time writing with Eloy Casagrande on drums and everything sounds fresh(...)You'll just have to wait to hear it. It's very difficult to describe what we're doing, but I can say that will be one of the strongest Sepultura albums to date."[6] In May, vocalist Derrick Green reported "We have written most of the music already and now we are working on lyrics for the album. We should have everything ready before we hit the studio June 1st."[7]
On June 10, during the recording of the album, the band announced that they had six songs recorded for the album, and according to Kisser, they were "going in a rate of two songs a day".[8] Later that month, it was announced that former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo would make a guest appearance on the album, with Kisser explaining "When the mics were all ready and running Eloy and Dave started playing and the magic was on, so great! The part they recorded will be a special part on the middle of one of the songs, it came out crazy!" [9]
On July 12, it was announced that the band has completed recording the album, and a week later, they announced that it would be called The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart.
Musical styleEdit
Vocalist Derrick Green described the album's sound as "really sinister, dark, and metal as hell!"[7] whilst guitarist Andreas Kisser said that the album is "brutal, fast and straight to the point".[1] They also commented positively on the input of new drummer Eloy Casagrande, with Green explaining "It's been great working with Eloy in the writing process because it brings a whole different energy to the music. The many changes that have been going on in our lives and in the world also add to the making of the new album."[7]
ConceptEdit
Guitarist Andreas Kisser said of the album title: "I was inspired by a phrase which is the main message of the story: "The mediator between the head and hands must be the heart" to express what we are saying on the lyrics." Although the album was inspired by the 1927 film Metropolis, it is not intended to be a concept album, unlike two of the band's previous studio albums, Dante XXI (based on Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy) and A-Lex (based on the 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess). As guitarist Andreas Kisser explained:
"In the movie, a crazy millionaire wants to transform a robot into a real person. That's kind of the opposite of what we live today. More than ever we are robotized, through the worldwide web, Google glasses, chips under our skins and the globalized slavery our society suffers nowadays. The [aforementioned] phrase points to the heart as being the human factor who keeps a man, a man, not a robot. The heart beats with freedom of choice, we have to think by ourselves to create a real world, not a matrix. Being a novel written in the early 1920s, it's almost prophetical. It helped us to put the ideas together for the lyrics to express what we see today. I live in São Paulo, Brasil, one of the big metropolis in the world with more than 20,000,000 people living and working in it. I know how it is to live in daily chaos, our music reflects a lot of that feeling."[1]
Ray Van Horn Jr. of Blabbermouth.net gave the album 8 of 10 stars, stating that, "(...) most people should come out of this listening session pleased by the results". Matt Hinch from About.com said that, "Mediator is arguably Sepultura's best album this millennium and I'm sure some will even say since Chaos A.D.", and gave the album 4 of 5 stars.
The album sold over 1,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release.[13]
^ ab"Sepultura Reunite With 'Roots' Producer Ross Robinson For New LP - Music News, Reviews, Interviews and Culture". Music Feeds. April 9, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
^ abc"Derrick Green: 'New Sepultura Album Is Metal as Hell'".
^"Sepultura Reportedly Recorded Six Songs for the New Album".
^"Dave Lombardo To Guest On The Upcoming Sepultura Record - Metal Injection | Upcoming Releases". Metal Injection. June 14, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
^Hinch, Matt. . About.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
^"The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart - Sepultura | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".
^Horn, Ray (September 23, 2013). "Sepultura - The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be The Heart Review". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
^"Sepultura: 'Mediator Between Head and Hands' First-Week Sales Revealed". November 6, 2013.
October 28, 2023
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The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart is the thirteenth studio album by the Brazilian metal band Sepultura It was released on October 25 2013 in Europe on October 29 in the United States via Nuclear Blast 1 2 The album is based on the 1927 science fiction film Metropolis its title is a quote from the film The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the HeartStudio album by SepulturaReleasedOctober 25 2013 Europe October 28 2013 UK October 29 2013 North America RecordedJune July 2013 Venice Los Angeles CaliforniaGenreThrash metal groove metal death metalLength47 04LabelNuclear Blast Tribus MusicProducerRoss RobinsonSepultura chronologyKairos 2011 The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart 2013 Machine Messiah 2017 Singles from The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart The Age of the Atheist Released September 20 2013It is the band s first album to feature drummer Eloy Casagrande and the first album by the band to be recorded in the United States since 1998 s Against The album was produced by Ross Robinson who previously produced the band s 1996 album Roots Contents 1 Background 2 Musical style 3 Concept 4 Reception 5 Track listing 6 Personnel 7 Singles 8 ReferencesBackground EditThe band hinted at a thirteenth studio album as early as May 2012 when guitarist Andreas Kisser told Metal Underground that Sepultura would soon start working on something new with new drummer who joined in 2011 Eloy Casagrande and see if they could get ready for new music early next year 3 Later Kisser revealed that Sepultura was already thinking about new ideas for their next album and was going to have something new going on in 2013 4 On December 10 2012 producer Ross Robinson who produced Sepultura s Roots album hinted on Twitter that he would be producing the new album tweeting Oh didn t mention Spoke to Andreas it s on My vision smoke Roots It can be done 5 which was later confirmed with another announcement that Steve Evetts would be co producing the album 6 By April 2013 the band had 13 songs in development with Kisser commenting positively about the progress of the album saying This is the first time writing with Eloy Casagrande on drums and everything sounds fresh You ll just have to wait to hear it It s very difficult to describe what we re doing but I can say that will be one of the strongest Sepultura albums to date 6 In May vocalist Derrick Green reported We have written most of the music already and now we are working on lyrics for the album We should have everything ready before we hit the studio June 1st 7 On June 10 during the recording of the album the band announced that they had six songs recorded for the album and according to Kisser they were going in a rate of two songs a day 8 Later that month it was announced that former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo would make a guest appearance on the album with Kisser explaining When the mics were all ready and running Eloy and Dave started playing and the magic was on so great The part they recorded will be a special part on the middle of one of the songs it came out crazy 9 On July 12 it was announced that the band has completed recording the album and a week later they announced that it would be called The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart Musical style EditVocalist Derrick Green described the album s sound as really sinister dark and metal as hell 7 whilst guitarist Andreas Kisser said that the album is brutal fast and straight to the point 1 They also commented positively on the input of new drummer Eloy Casagrande with Green explaining It s been great working with Eloy in the writing process because it brings a whole different energy to the music The many changes that have been going on in our lives and in the world also add to the making of the new album 7 Concept EditGuitarist Andreas Kisser said of the album title I was inspired by a phrase which is the main message of the story The mediator between the head and hands must be the heart to express what we are saying on the lyrics Although the album was inspired by the 1927 film Metropolis it is not intended to be a concept album unlike two of the band s previous studio albums Dante XXI based on Dante Alighieri s The Divine Comedy and A Lex based on the 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess As guitarist Andreas Kisser explained In the movie a crazy millionaire wants to transform a robot into a real person That s kind of the opposite of what we live today More than ever we are robotized through the worldwide web Google glasses chips under our skins and the globalized slavery our society suffers nowadays The aforementioned phrase points to the heart as being the human factor who keeps a man a man not a robot The heart beats with freedom of choice we have to think by ourselves to create a real world not a matrix Being a novel written in the early 1920s it s almost prophetical It helped us to put the ideas together for the lyrics to express what we see today I live in Sao Paulo Brasil one of the big metropolis in the world with more than 20 000 000 people living and working in it I know how it is to live in daily chaos our music reflects a lot of that feeling 1 Reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAbout com nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 AllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 Blabbermouth net nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 Ray Van Horn Jr of Blabbermouth net gave the album 8 of 10 stars stating that most people should come out of this listening session pleased by the results Matt Hinch from About com said that Mediator is arguably Sepultura s best album this millennium and I m sure some will even say since Chaos A D and gave the album 4 of 5 stars The album sold over 1 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release 13 Track listing EditAll lyrics are written by Derrick Green and Andreas Kisser all music is composed by Kisser and Eloy Casagrande except where notedNo TitleLength1 Trauma of War 3 452 The Vatican intro composed by Renato Zanuto 6 333 Impending Doom 4 154 Manipulation of Tragedy 4 165 Tsunami 5 106 The Bliss of Ignorants 4 517 Grief 5 348 The Age of the Atheist 4 199 Obsessed featuring Dave Lombardo 3 5310 Da Lama ao Caos Chico Science amp Nacao Zumbi cover music by Science 4 28Total length 47 04 Bonus track iTunes exclusive No TitleLength11 Stagnate State of Affairs 3 37Personnel EditSepultura Derrick Green lead vocals percussion on Da Lama ao Caos Andreas Kisser guitars backing vocals lead vocals on Da Lama ao Caos Paulo Jr bass Eloy Casagrande drums percussionAdditional personnel Dave Lombardo additional drums on Obsessed Fredo Ortiz percussion Renato Zanuto keyboards and intro of The Vatican Jaque Humara voice effects Technical staff Ross Robinson production Steve Evetts mixing Alan Douches mastering Alexandre Wagner paintings Melissa Castro photo Rob Kimura layout Mike Balboa studio assistant Gregoy Alan Coates technicianDigipak includes making of DVD Otavio Juliano direction Luciana Ferraz executive production Mike Balboa photography Eduardo de Andrea photography Otavio Juliano photographySingles Edit The Age of the Atheist released in 2013No TitleLength1 The Age of the Atheist 4 192 Zombie Ritual Death cover 4 45References Edit a b c Sepultura announce upcoming album s title Archived from the original on October 30 2013 Retrieved July 19 2013 Sepultura Unveil Artwork Track Listing for New Album Brazilian Guitarist Andreas Kisser The Spirit Of Sepultura Is Still Very Much Alive Sepultura To Film Concert DVD With French Percussive Group Les Tambours du Bronx August 14 2012 ROSS ROBINSON December 11 2012 lost tweet Tweet via Twitter dead link a b Sepultura Reunite With Roots Producer Ross Robinson For New LP Music News Reviews Interviews and Culture Music Feeds April 9 2013 Retrieved July 23 2013 a b c Derrick Green New Sepultura Album Is Metal as Hell Sepultura Reportedly Recorded Six Songs for the New Album Dave Lombardo To Guest On The Upcoming Sepultura Record Metal Injection Upcoming Releases Metal Injection June 14 2013 Retrieved July 23 2013 Hinch Matt Sepultura The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be The Heart Review About com Archived from the original on August 10 2014 Retrieved October 1 2013 The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart Sepultura Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic Horn Ray September 23 2013 Sepultura The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be The Heart Review Blabbermouth net Retrieved October 1 2013 Sepultura Mediator Between Head and Hands First Week Sales Revealed November 6 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart amp oldid 1159802335, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
