Dante XXI

2006 studio album by Sepultura

Dante XXI

Studio album by

Sepultura

Released| March 14, 2006
Recorded| 2005
Studio| Estudios Trama (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Genre|

* Groove metal
* thrash metal[1]

Length| 39:06
Label| SPV \- BMG (Brazil)
Producer|

* André Moraes
* Sepultura
* Stanley Soares

Sepultura chronology
| Live in São Paulo
(2005)  | Dante XXI
(2006)  | The Best of Sepultura
(2006)

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Dante XXI is the tenth studio album by the Brazilian metal band Sepultura, released in 2006 through SPV Records. It is a concept album based on the three sections of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy; Inferno (hell), Purgatorio (purgatory) and Paradiso (paradise). This is the last album to feature Igor Cavalera on drums.

## Album information

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Dante XXI was originally titled "Dante 05", but was changed when it became clear that the album would not be released by the end of 2005. The first single from the album was "Convicted in Life". A video for the song was released in 2006, and it won the MTV VMB Best Editing in a Video Award that year.[2] In January 2008 the band released a music video for the song "Ostia". The album artwork was done by Stephan Doitschinoff, whom the band commissioned to do 10 paintings based on the Divine Comedy.

Covers of Judas Priest's "Screaming for Vengeance" and Sick of It All's "Scratch the Surface" have been recorded as B-sides. "Screaming for Vengeance" was added as a Japanese bonus track, while "Scratch the Surface" is included on the SOIA tribute album Our Impact Will Be Felt. The Brazilian edition (Krako records), contains two bonus tracks: "Mindwar" (recorded live from Stanley Soares's mixing desk in Erfurt/Germany, on December 3, 2004, while on tour with Motorhead) and "False" (demo recorded at High Five Studio São Paulo, during pre production for Dante XXI in July, 2005).

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
About.com| [1]
AllMusic| [3]
Alternative Press| [4]
Blabbermouth.net| (7/10)[5]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles| (8.5/10)[6]
Metal Storm| (8.5/10)[7]
Stylus Magazine| C−[8]

Many critics stated that it was the best Derrick Green-era Sepultura album thus far. Chad Bowar from About.com praised the album for its intensity and commented that it "brings the thrash at full blast". He also highlighted Green's vocal performance, as well as the album's overall concept.[1] AllMusic's Steve Huey noted that much of the elements that made Sepultura "stand out from the metal pack" are still present on this record, and that this was one of Sepultura's strongest releases with Green on vocals.[3]

Alternative Press reviewer Phil Freeman stated that with this album, Sepultura are "finally back at full strength", giving the listener "exactly what he hopes to get from pioneers in the art of skull-crushing".[4] In a mixed review for Stylus Magazine, Cosmo Lee said that the riffs were "unmemorable" and the songs lacked "tension and release". He also criticized the album's artwork, describing it as a "weak, mild-mannered font worthy of indie rock".[8]

Despite mostly positive reviews, sales of the album were disappointing and continued the decrease in sales of Sepultura's albums since Against, selling only 2,300 copies its first week of release in the US.[9] Dante XXI has sold 120,000+ copies worldwide as of January 2, 2008 and went Gold in Brazil and Cyprus (their first music industry certification outside of Brazil since Roots).[10]

According to Matthew Teutsch, a scholar of literature and popular culture, the album is "a modern-day soundtrack for Dante’s Divine Comedy" and allows an exploration of the poem "through an aesthetic rendering of twenty-first-century national (and international) issues".[11]

## Track listing

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All music is composed by Andreas Kisser, Derrick Green, Igor Cavalera, except where noted

No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Lost (Intro)"| (Instrumental)|  | 0:59
2.| "Dark Wood of Error"| Kisser|  | 2:18
3.| "Convicted in Life"|

* Kisser
* Green

|  | 3:09
4.| "City of Dis"| Green|  | 3:27
5.| "False"| Kisser|  | 3:34
6.| "Fighting On"| Green|  | 4:29
7.| "Limbo (Intro)"| (Instrumental)|  | 0:44
8.| "Ostia"| Kisser|  | 3:07
9.| "Buried Words"| Green|  | 2:35
10.| "Nuclear Seven"| Kisser|  | 3:44
11.| "Repeating the Horror"| Green|  | 3:11
12.| "Eunoé (Intro)"| (Instrumental)|  | 0:13
13.| "Crown and Miter"| Green| Kisser, Green, Cavalera, Paulo Jr.| 2:12
14.| "Primium Mobile (Intro)"| (Instrumental)|  | 0:29
15.| "Still Flame"| Kisser| Kisser, André Moraes| 4:51
Total length:| 39:06

Japanese and Korean bonus trackNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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16.| "Screaming for Vengeance" (Judas Priest cover)| Halford|

* Downing
* Tipton[12]

| 3:31

Brazilian bonus tracksNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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16.| "Mind War (live)"|

* Kisser
* Green

* Kisser
* Green
* Cavalera
* Paulo Jr.

| 3:01
17.| "False (demo)"| Kisser|

* Kisser
* Green
* Cavalera

| 3:15

Our Impact Will Be Felt trackNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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11.| "Scratch the Surface" (Sick of It All cover)| Koller|

* Koller
* Setari
* Majidi

| 2:35

## Credits

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### Sepultura

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* Derrick Green \- vocals
* Andreas Kisser \- guitars
* Paulo Jr. \- bass
* Igor Cavalera \- drums, percussion

### Additional personnel

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#### Horns

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* Luiz Garcia
* Samuel Hamzem

#### Cellists

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* Fabio Presgrave
* Bia Rebello

#### Crew

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* Guilherme Cersosimo
* Estevam Romera
* Rogerinho Motorhead
* Pedro Verdone

#### Others

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* André Moraes - percussion, piano, programming, sitar, Fender Rhodes, horns arrangements, strings arrangements, introduction, minimoog, production
* Andreas Kisser - horns arrangements, strings arrangements
* Stephan Doitschinoff - paintings
* Mauricio Cersosimo - pre-production
* Susanne Kammer - design
* Stanley Soares - producer, engineer, mixing

#### Assistants

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* Fragata
* Helio Leite

## Charts

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Chart (2006)  | Peak
position

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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] | 180
French Albums (SNEP)[14] | 166
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] | 64
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[16] | 8
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[17] | 45

## Certifications

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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Cyprus[10] | Gold  | 5,000[10]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Bowar, Chad. "Sepultura - Dante XXI". About.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
2. ^ "Pitty faz a festa no VMB 2006 - Diversão e Cultura". Bonde.com.br. 29 September 2006. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
3. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Sepultura: Dante XXI". AllMusic. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
4. ^ a b Freeman, Phil. "Sepultura - Dante XXI". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on June 21, 2006. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
5. ^ Kaye, Don. "Sepultura: Dante XXI". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
6. ^ Popoff, Martin. "Sepultura: Dante XXI". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
7. ^ Collin. "Sepultura - Dante XXI". Metal Storm. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
8. ^ a b Lee, Cosmo. "Sepultura: Dante XXI". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
9. ^ "SEPULTURA: 'A-Lex' First-Week Sales Revealed". Archived from the original on 2009-02-11.
10. ^ a b c "Sepultura - Dante XXI Certified Gold in Cyprus". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 21 March 2007. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
11. ^ Teutsch, Matthew (2008). "Dante in a Modern Context: A Review of Sepultura's Album Dante XXI" (PDF). LATCH: A Journal for the Study of the Literary, Artifact in Theory, Culture, or History. 8: 159–80\. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.159-80&rft.date=2008&rft.aulast=Teutsch&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft_id=https://latchjournal.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/matthew-teutsch-dante-in-a-modern-context.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Dante+XXI" class="Z3988">
12. ^ "Dante XXI Sepultura [CD]". Cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
13. ^ "Ultratop.be – Sepultura – Dante XXI" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
14. ^ "Lescharts.com – Sepultura – Dante XXI". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
15. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Sepultura – Dante XXI" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
16. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
17. ^ "Sepultura Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

## External links

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* Official SPV Dante XXI Site

* v
* t
* e

Sepultura

* Paulo Jr.
* Andreas Kisser
* Derrick Green
* Greyson Nekrutman

* Max Cavalera
* Igor Cavalera
* Cássio
* Wagner Lamounier
* Roberto Raffan
* Beto Pinga
* Roberto UFO
* Julio Cesar Vieira Franco
* Jairo Guedz
* Jean Dolabella
* Eloy Casagrande

Studio albums|

* Morbid Visions
* Schizophrenia
* Beneath the Remains
* Arise
* Chaos A.D.
* Roots
* Against
* Nation
* Roorback
* Dante XXI
* A-Lex
* Kairos
* The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart
* Machine Messiah
* Quadra

Live albums|

* Under a Pale Grey Sky
* Live in São Paulo

Extended plays|

* Bestial Devastation
* Revolusongs

Compilations|

* The Roots of Sepultura
* Blood-Rooted
* The Best of Sepultura

Video albums|

* Under Siege (Live in Barcelona)
* Third World Chaos
* Live in São Paulo

Singles|

* "Arise"
* "Dead Embryonic Cells"
* "Refuse/Resist"
* "Slave New World"
* "Territory"
* "Roots Bloody Roots"
* "Attitude"
* "Ratamahatta"
* "Choke"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Soulfly
* Cavalera Conspiracy
* Nailbomb
* Roadrunner United
* Asesino
* Hubris I & II
* De La Tierra
* Hail!
* Killer Be Killed

* v
* t
* e

Dante's Divine Comedy

Characters
and locations|

| Inferno|

* Acheron
* Bertran de Born
* Bonturo Dati
* Brunetto Latini
* Caiaphas
* Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti
* Capaneus
* Cerberus
* Charon
* Chiron
* Ciacco
* Ciampolo
* Cocytus
* Dis
* Farinata degli Uberti
* Filippo Argenti
* Francesca da Rimini
* Geryon
* Gianni Schicchi de' Cavalcanti
* Great refusal
* Gualdrada Berti
* Guido Guerra
* Guido I da Montefeltro
* Iacopo Rusticucci
* Malebolge
* Minos
* Nessus
* Paolo Malatesta
* Phlegethon
* Phlegyas
* Pietro della Vigna
* Plutus
* Pope Boniface VIII
* Pope Nicholas III
* Ruggieri degli Ubaldini
* Satan
* Styx
* Ugolino della Gherardesca
* Ulysses
* Vanni Fucci
* Virgil

| Circles of Hell|

* First
* Second
* Third
* Fourth
* Fifth
* Sixth
* Seventh
* Eighth
* Ninth

|

Malebranche|

* Alichino
* Barbariccia
* Cagnazzo
* Calcabrina
* Ciriatto
* Draghignazzo
* Farfarello
* Malacoda
* Rubicante
* Scarmiglione

Purgatorio|

* Alagia Fieschi
* Arnaut Daniel
* Beatrice Portinari
* Beatrice d'Este
* Belacqua
* Bonagiunta Orbicciani
* Bonconte I da Montefeltro
* Casella
* Cato the Younger
* Conrad Malaspina
* Eunoe
* Forese Donati
* Gaia da Camino
* Garden of Eden
* Gherardo III da Camino
* Giovanna da Montefeltro
* Guido Guinizelli
* Hugh Capet
* Jacopo del Cassero
* Giovanna Visconti
* Lethe
* Manfred
* Marco Lombardo
* Matelda
* Nella Donati
* Nino Visconti
* Oderisi da Gubbio
* Omberto Aldobrandeschi
* Pia de' Tolomei
* Pope Adrian V
* Sapia Salvani
* Sordello
* Statius

Paradiso|

* Adam
* Bernard of Clairvaux
* Bonaventure
* Cacciaguida
* Charles Martel of Anjou
* Constance I of Sicily
* Constance II of Sicily
* Cunizza da Romano
* David
* Empyrean
* Folquet de Marselha
* Gabriel
* God
* Hierarchy of angels
* Imperial Eagle
* James the Great
* John the Apostle
* Justinian I
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Peter Damian
* Peter Lombard
* Piccarda
* Ripheus
* Solomon
* Saint Peter
* Thomas Aquinas
* Trajan

Concepts|

* Contrapasso
* Terza rima
* Great refusal

Verses|

* "Pape Satàn, pape Satàn aleppe"
* "Raphèl mai amècche zabì almi"

Adaptations|

| Architecture|

* Palacio Barolo (Palanti, 1923)
* Danteum (Terragni, 1938)

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Cinema|

* L'Inferno (1911)
* Dante's Inferno (1924)
* Dante's Inferno (1935)
* The Dante Quartet (1987)
* A TV Dante (1989)
* The Deep and Dreamless Sleep (2006)
* Dante's Inferno (2007)
* Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010)
* La commedia di Amos Poe (2010)
* Dante's Hell Animated (2013)
* Botticelli Inferno (2016 documentary)

Comics|

* Demon Lord Dante (1971)
* Jimbo's Inferno (2006)
* Dante's Inferno (2023)
* Gert's Inferno (2023)

Illustrations|

* Divine Comedy Illustrated by Botticelli (1485)
* Jean Giraud (Paradiso, 1999)

Literature|

* The Story of Rimini (1816)
* La Comédie humaine (1830–1850)
* Earth Inferno (1905)
* The Cantos (1917–1962)
* As I Was Going Down Sackville Street (1937)
* The System of Dante's Hell (1965)
* Inferno (1976)
* The Dante Club (2003)
* Inferno (2013)

Music (classical)|

* Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata (Liszt, 1849)
* Dante Symphony (Liszt, 1857)
* Francesca da Rimini (Tchaikovsky, 1876)
* Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff, 1904)
* Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai, 1914)
* Gianni Schicchi (Puccini, 1918)
* The Divine Comedy (Smith, 1996)
* Inferno (Ronchetti, 2020)

Music (modern)|

* Inferno (1973 album)
* "Dante's Inferno" (1995 song)
* Dante XXI (2006 album)
* A Place Where the Sun Is Silent (2011 album)

Paintings|

* The Barque of Dante (Delacroix, 1822)
* The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides (Blake, 1827)
* Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Appraised by Dante and Virgil (Scheffer, 1835)
* Dante in Hell (Flandrin, 1835)
* The Barque of Dante (Manet, 1850s)
* Pia de' Tolomei (Rossetti, 1868)
* Paolo and Francesca da Rimini (Rossetti, 1885)
* La barca de Aqueronte (Hidalgo, 1887)
* La Laguna Estigia (Hidalgo, 1887)

Sculptures|

* The Gates of Hell (Rodin, 1917)
* The Kiss (1882)
* The Thinker (1904)

Video games|

* King of Demons (1996)
* Devil May Cry series (2001)
* Dante's Inferno (2010)
* The Lost (cancelled)

Related|

* Cultural references
* English translations
* In popular culture

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