If Dark Ages was Max Cavalera’s return to true extreme metal/punk, then Conquer is a definitive statement that nü-SOULFLY won’t be around any time soon. Conquer just might be SOULFLY’s heaviest album to date. While much of Conquer conjures up sounds and feelings of old SEPULTURA, there are plenty of (subtle) sounds and [...]
August 8th, 2008
Categories: Reviews . Author: dr.park . Comments: 8 Comments
A new SOULFLY song, “Unleash,” from the band’s upcoming Conquer album can be downloaded here. The album is set for a July 29, 2008 release date via Roadrunner Records.
June 24th, 2008
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Since Max Cavalera’s departure from SEPULTURA in 1996, the metal world has wished for none other than a SEPULTURA reunion. While that dream still remains, the recent reunion between brothers Iggor and Max has proven to be more special and meaningful. Their new project CAVALERA CONSPIRACY marks the first time the Cavalera brothers [...]
May 27th, 2008
Categories: Features . Author: roycifer, dr.park, and shady rajah . Comments: 3 Comments
It’s been a very long thirteen years since brothers, Max and Igor Cavalera, wrote music together. While many fans still long for a full SEPULTURA reunion, fans have CAVALERA CONSPIRACY to enjoy in the meantime. Starting off with the opening track, “Inflikted,†the band set the tone for the album with an immediate [...]
February 17th, 2008
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Max and Igor Cavalera’s CAVALERA CONSPIRACY have announced a March 25th release date for their debut album through Roadrunner Records. The band, rounded out by Marc Rizzo (SOULFLY) and Joe Deplantier (GOJIRA), marks the first effort between the ex-SEPULTURA brothers since 1996’s Roots album.
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY’s album was recorded this past July at Undercity Studios [...]
December 14th, 2007
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Brother’s Max and Igor Cavalera (ex-SEPULTURA) have changed the name of their new band from INFLIKTED to CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, due to conflicts with many other bands already using that name. The band will still appear as INFLIKTED at the annual D-Low memorial show on August 31st at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona.
In other news, [...]
August 22nd, 2007
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Former SEPULTURA members Max and Igor Cavalera, who recently reunited for the first time in 10 years, have tentatively decided on INFLIKTED as the name of their new project. The band, which also features GOJIRA vocalist, Joe Duplantier, on bass and SOULFLY shredder, Mark Rizzo, on guitar, are currently in the studio working on their [...]
July 23rd, 2007
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The evolution and development of extreme music would not be where it is today without the revolutionary, forward thinking of Switzerland’s CELTIC FROST. Not only did they help shape death and black metal in its earliest stages as well as provide a profound influence on hardcore, they arguably created the blueprints for which all [...]
December 19th, 2006
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As the world’s only true world (music) metal band, SOULFLY has been breaking down barriers and expanding the scope of metal since 1997. Band leader Max Cavalera’s unique yet influential style has helped establish their own niche in the metal world incorporating tribal music of his native Brazil, reggae, dub, punk, thrash, and death [...]
November 21st, 2006
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Just when you thought you knew what SOULFLY was all about, Max Cavalera and co. flip the script on the public. Dark Ages is without a doubt the band’s heaviest, fastest, and arguably most “metal” album yet. Reaching into his roots of brutal thrash and death metal, Max brings the kind of assault [...]
September 28th, 2006
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