Dante XXI is the tenth studio album by Brazilian thrash 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). The album has five tracks based on Inferno (with just the band), five tracks based on Purgatorio (featuring the band with guests and other instruments), and the final track based ...
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Dante XXI is the tenth studio album by Brazilian thrash 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). The album has five tracks based on Inferno (with just the band), five tracks based on Purgatorio (featuring the band with guests and other instruments), and the final track based on Paradiso (an instrumental).
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 is Convicted In Life, it won the MTV VMB Best Editing in a Video Award in 2006.
A video for this track has been filmed and released. A video for the song "Ostia" has also been filmed, and has been released on the band's website, as well as other video-hosting sites. In January 2008 the band released a new music-video for the song "Ostia", a...
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