"Bleed" is the third single by heavy metal band Soulfly, released in 1998 from the self-titled album Soulfly. Limp Bizkit guest members Fred Durst and DJ Lethal sing this song about pain, lying and madness with lyrics written by Durst and Max Cavalera.Soulfly – Bleed Lyrics This song tributes Cavalera for the untimely death of his stepson Dana.HARDLIFE COREMUSIC & BETTER HEARING: Max Cavalera. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
"Bleed" was the first music video released by Soulfly. Scenes include a fight including strangling, guest singer Durst jumped, and driving with shattered windshield on the driver side of a car.
In 2017, Annie Zaleski of Spin named it the 22nd-best nu metal track of all time. In 2022, Eli Enis of Revolver included the song in his list of the "10 Heaviest Nu-Metal Songs of All Time".
Track listing Maxi-single
Promo CD
Personnel
Soulfly Max Cavalera – vocals, rhythm guitar, berimbau on track one, talk box on track two Jackson Bandeira – lead guitar Marcello D. Rapp – bass Roy "Rata" Moyorga – drums, percussion
Additional personnel Fred Durst – vocals on track one DJ Lethal – scratches on track one Jorge Du Peixe – percussion on track three Gilmar Bolla Oito – percussion and triangle on track three Produced by Ross Robinson
Charts Chart (1998) Peak position
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