# Blunt Force Trauma (album)

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| Thrash Hits | 3.5/6 |
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| Sputnikmusic | 3.0/5 |
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Blunt Force Trauma is the second studio album by American Brazilian metal band Cavalera Conspiracy. The album was released on March 29, 2011 through Roadrunner Records.

## Album information

Max Cavalera has this to say about the second Cavalera Conspiracy album on blabbermouth.net:
   "Yeah, (we) just got done (in May), so I just got back from the studio. It's finished. We recorded 15 songs, 13 being originals for the album, and then we did a Black Sabbath cover, 'Electric Funeral', that's gonna come out on a Metal Hammer compilation in Europe. And we did a Black Flag cover, a song called 'Six Pack'. We also had a collaboration with Roger from Agnostic Front — he sings on a song called 'Lynch Mob' that we did together in the studio in L.A.; he flew to L.A. to do this collaboration. I was really proud because, to me, Roger is like the godfather of New York hardcore; Agnostic Front is one of the pioneer bands of the whole New York hardcore scene, so it was like recording with a legend of hardcore. The Cavalera album is really intense; that's all I can say about it. It makes the first album sound like pop music."
Regarding the songwriting and recording process for the new Cavalera Conspiracy album, Max said,
   "I wrote a lot of the stuff and I sent it to Brazil to (Igor) in the form of a CD — like four tracks of the riffs — so that he would be familiarized with the songs by the time I got to the studio. And then I brought another CD with me, which was, like, newer songs I had just got done (writing) for the album. And everything else we did in the studio together — me and him there on the spot. I told him the idea of making a very intense album with some songs being only a minute and a half, so it's a cross (between) Minor Threat and Slayer and Cavalera Conspiracy. So the idea was really cool — Igor really liked that — and from that point on, the album just grew and song after song, every day a new song came in. And I'm really happy with it. I think people are gonna be blown away when they hear it. I think it's a pretty cool album."

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Max Cavalera, except where noted

## Personnel

Cavalera Conspiracy
* Max Cavalera – vocals, rhythm guitar
* Igor Cavalera – drums, percussion
* Marc Rizzo – lead guitar
* Johny Chow – bass
Additional personnel
* Guest vocals on "Lynch Mob" by Roger Miret (from Agnostic Front)
* Produced by Max Cavalera
* Co-produced by Logan Mader for Dirty Icon Productions
* Recorded, mixed and mastered by Logan Mader at Undercity Studios, North Hollywood, California
DVD Credits
* Max Cavalera - vocals, rhythm guitar
* Igor Cavalera - drums, percussion
* Marc Rizzo - lead guitar
* Johny Chow - bass
* Richie Cavalera - guest vocals on "Black Ark"
* Igor Cavalera, Jr. - guest drums on "Troops of Doom"
* Joe Duplantier - bass in "Sanctuary" music video

## Charts

| Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| JPN | UK | FIN | GER | AUT | SWI | AUS | NLD | FRA | USA | Sales |
| 99 | 99 | 35 | 45 | 46 | 59 | 31 | 74 | 92 | 123 | US: 5,000+ |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||||