{{Infobox album | name = Roorback | type = studio | artist = Sepultura | cover = Sepultura - Roorback.jpg | alt = | released = May 27, 2003 | recorded = 2002–2003 | venue = | studio = *AR Studios (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) *Guilas Studios (Sao Paulo, Brazil) | genre = {{flatlist| *Groove metal *nu metal<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/sepultura-roorback-2496083017.html|title=Roorback by Sepultura|publisher=PopMatters}}</ref> }} | length = 56:44 | label = SPV – Universal (Brazil) | producer = Steve Evetts | prev_title = Revolusongs | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = Live in São Paulo | next_year = 2005 }} '''''Roorback''''' is the ninth studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, released in 2003, through SPV Records.
==Album information== 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".
==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=AMG>{{cite web|last=Henderson|first=Alex|title=Roorback - Sepultura|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/roorback-mw0000323145|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=December 13, 2011}}</ref> | rev2 = Chronicles of Chaos | rev2Score = (8.5/10)<ref name=CoC>{{cite web|last=Smit|first=Jackie|title=Sepultura - Roorback|url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-3058_sepultura_roorback.aspx|publisher=Chronicles of Chaos|date=May 31, 2003|accessdate=December 13, 2011}}</ref> | rev3 = Metal Storm | rev3Score = (7/10)<ref name=metalstorm>{{cite web|author=Justin|title=Sepultura - Roorback review|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.review_id=298|publisher=Metal Storm|accessdate=December 13, 2011|date=September 19, 2003}}</ref> | rev4 = PopMatters | rev4Score = (favorable)<ref name=popmatters>{{cite web|last=Adrien|first=Begrand|title=Sepultura: Roorback|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/sepultura-roorback|publisher=PopMatters|accessdate=December 13, 2011|date=November 12, 2003}}</ref> }} Sales were down from their previous albums featuring Derrick Green on vocals. However, ''Roorback'' received positive reviews and placed on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Independent Music Chart at #17, with first-week sales of 4,000.<ref name=blabbermouth>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=113708|title=Sepultura: 'A-Lex' First-Week Sales Revealed|publisher=Blabbermouth|date=February 4, 2009|accessdate=December 13, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211122031/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BlabberMouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=113708|archivedate=February 11, 2009}}</ref> SoundScan reported on March 20, 2007 that ''Roorback'' had 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''".<ref name=popmatters/>
==Track listing== {{tracklist | all_lyrics = Andreas Kisser, Derrick Green and Igor Cavalera, except track 14 by Bono | all_music = Sepultura, except track 14 by U2 | title1 = Come Back Alive | length1 = 3:06 | title2 = Godless | length2 = 4:22 | title3 = Apes of God | length3 = 3:36 | title4 = More of the Same | length4 = 3:59 | title5 = Urge | length5 = 3:17 | title6 = Corrupted | length6 = 2:33 | title7 = As It Is | length7 = 4:26 | title8 = Mind War | length8 = 3:00 | title9 = Leech | length9 = 2:24 | title10 = The Rift | length10 = 2:57 | title11 = Bottomed Out | length11 = 4:35 | title12 = Activist | length12 = 1:54 | title13 = Outro | length13 = 11:39 | total_length = 56:44 | note13 = uncredited }} {{Track listing | headline = Bonus track | title14 = Bullet the Blue Sky | note14 = U2 cover | length14 = 4:31 }} The 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 to 8:22. Starting at 8:23 is a hidden track.
== Credits == *Derrick Green - vocals *Andreas Kisser - guitars *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
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- !Chart (2003) !Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|France|77|artist=Sepultura|album=Roorback|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Germany|46|id=4529|artist=Sepultura|album=Roorback|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|69|artist=Sepultura|album=Roorback|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}} |- {{album chart|UKRock|19|date=20030601|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}} |- {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|17|artist=Sepultura|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}} |}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- !Chart (2024) !Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Portugal|40|artist=Sepultura|album=Roorback|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}} |}
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