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2003 studio album by Sepultura

Roorback

Studio album by Sepultura
Released	May 27, 2003
Recorded	2002–2003
Studio	AR Studios (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Guilas Studios (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Genre	Groove metal nu metal [1]
Length	56:44
Label	SPV – Universal (Brazil)
Producer	Steve Evetts
Sepultura chronology
Revolusongs(2003) Roorback(2003) Live in São Paulo(2005)

Roorback is the ninth studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, released in 2003, through SPV Records.

The songs "Mind War" and "Bullet the Blue Sky" were released as singles and music videos. The digipak version (released everywhere except the United States) contains the Revolusongs EP and the video for "Bullet the Blue Sky". The album title refers to the "Roorback forgery".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	(8.5/10)[3]
Metal Storm	(7/10)[4]
PopMatters	(favorable)[5]

Sales were down from their previous albums featuring Derrick Green 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.[6] SoundScan reported on March 20, 2007 that Roorback has sold over 75,000 units in the United States.

Allmusic's Alex Henderson gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and said that "unrest and political corruption are recurring themes on Roorback", and "the songs that Sepultura wrote paint a consistently bleak and troubling picture of the world". Adrien Begrand from PopMatters called Roorback "their strongest effort in years" and "their most consistent and energized album since Roots".[5]

All lyrics are written by Andreas Kisser, Derrick Green and Igor Cavalera, except track 14 by Bono; all music is composed by Sepultura, except track 14 by U2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Come Back Alive"	3:06
2.	"Godless"	4:22
3.	"Apes of God"	3:36
4.	"More of the Same"	3:59
5.	"Urge"	3:17
6.	"Corrupted"	2:33
7.	"As It Is"	4:26
8.	"Mind War"	3:00
9.	"Leech"	2:24
10.	"The Rift"	2:57
11.	"Bottomed Out"	4:35
12.	"Activist"	1:54
13.	"Outro" (uncredited)	11:39
Total length:	56:44

(Digipak version includes a second disc which contains Revolusongs, but excludes the Metallica cover from the original EP)

On the digipack CD version, Outro ends at 1:22. There is silence from 1:23 - 8:22. Starting at 8:23 is a hidden track.

Derrick Green - vocals
Andreas Kisser - guitar
Paulo Jr. - bass
Igor Cavalera - drums, percussion
João Barone - guest appearance
Sepultura - production
Steve Evetts - production, engineering, mixing
Derek Hess - illustrations
George Marino - mastering
Milky - assistant engineering
Luciano Tarta - assistant engineering
Leo Shogun - assistant engineering
Fabiano Zowa - executive engineering
Jacob Bannon - graphic design

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^ Henderson, Alex. "Roorback - Sepultura". AllMusic. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
^ Smit, Jackie (May 31, 2003). "Sepultura - Roorback". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
^ Justin (September 19, 2003). "Sepultura - Roorback review". Metal Storm. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
^ a b Adrien, Begrand (November 12, 2003). "Sepultura: Roorback". PopMatters. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
^ "Sepultura: 'A-Lex' First-Week Sales Revealed". Blabbermouth. February 4, 2009. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
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^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Sepultura – Roorback" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Sepultura – Roorback". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
^ "Sepultura Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
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