February 27, 2020 — SEPULTURA certainly needs no introduction, but to this day, Max Cavalera-fanboys still slam this lineup as a “cover band” and continue to bash every album released after Roots.
November 8, 2018 — Last year Max and Igorr Cavalera celebrated the release of SEPULTURA’s Roots by playing the album in its entirety on tour. Currently, they are tour celebrating the two albums that put the band on the map, Beneath the Remains and Arise.
July 29, 2016 — To celebrate the 20th anniversary of SEPULTURA’s Roots, Max and Iggor Cavalera will be heading out on the Return to Roots Tour where they will be performing the entire album.
May 22, 2014 — In an interesting twist to the SEPULTURA saga, the band recently released their music video for their cover of CHICO SCIENCE and NAÇÃO ZUMBI’s “Da Lama Ao Caos.
March 17, 2014 — KILLER BE KILLED, the new band comprised of Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, ex-SEPULTURA), Greg Puciato (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN), Troy Sanders (MASTODON) and Dave Elitch (ex-THE MARS VOLTA), have posted two new tracks from their self-titled debut.
January 2, 2014 — Once again, another fruitful year in extreme music draws to a close. We saw some long awaited comebacks by legends, three quarters of the original SABBATH line up, VOIVOD and CARCASS.
December 12, 2013 — Napalm Records is honored to announce the signing of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY. The band, who released albums Inflikted and Blunt Force Trauma, have signed a worldwide record deal with the Austrian based label.
August 14, 2013 — Turns out that CAVALERA CONSPIRACY and SEPULTURA co-founder Iggor Cavalera is also great at making music in a totally different universe. The Brazilian crew known as MIXHELL, also composed of Laima Leyton and Max Blum, finally make their smashing studio album debut with Spaces.
June 19, 2013 — Dave Lombardo, former drummer for SLAYER, will be featured on SEPULTURA’s upcoming album. Lombardo was having some quality-time with his kids and dog at the beach near the studio where SEPULTURA is recording, when producer Ross Robinson asked him if he wanted to guest on the recording.
September 14, 2012 — 6131 Records and STRIFE give you an inside look into the making of the band’s upcoming album Witness A Rebirth. This first video from the three part documentary series, “The Sao Paulo Sessions,” takes you down to Mix Nova Studios in Brazil and shows the recording process with drummer Iggor Cavalera (ex-SEPULTURA, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, MIXHELL).
April 30, 2012 — The world’s first extreme metal cruise, Barge to Hell, featuring 40 bands of extreme metal’s best bands is set to depart from Miami, Florida on December 3, 2012 for Nassau, Bahamas and back on December 7, 2012.
February 14, 2012 — SEPULTURA, DEATH ANGEL, KRISIUN, and HAVOK will be heading out on a North American tour this April. “We are so excited to go back to North America,” commented SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser.
December 23, 2011 — 2011 was a very productive and enjoyable year for extreme music, perhaps the best in years. Thus, it was not an easy task choosing what we enjoyed best since they were just so many.
December 7, 2011 — 2012 will see the release of Enslaved, a brand new SOULFLY album, which will be their eighth overall. 2012 also marks the band’s 15th anniversary of the band.
August 11, 2011 — SEPULTURA’s entire performance at Wacken Open Air 2011 has been posted online. Cheers to Ardyvanderhulst for posting this video. This is a great performance. Here’s the setlist:
August 10, 2011 — Throughout my years of going to shows and meeting extreme metal bands to just say “hello” and “thanks” or to conduct an interview or hang out as colleagues, I have always found these artists to be very humble, down to earth, and hardworking people.
July 27, 2011 — The pressure of writing a great SEPULTURA album, years after Max Cavalera departed, has certainly been a daunting one. After getting back on track with A-Lex, the new offering, Kairos, has its moments of “classic SEPULTURA” elements, but the aggression and speed are stripped away.
May 19, 2011 — SOULFLY/CAVALERA CONSPIRACY’s Max Cavalera has thanked “God” on all of his albums for quite some time now. However, it should be clarified that he is not Christian.
April 7, 2011 — Now that the celebration of the Cavalera brothers reuniting and putting out a strong, hard hitting debut album is over, we can all see what album number two from CAVALERA CONSPIRACY is all about from purely a musical perspective.
February 10, 2011 — SEPULTURA recently posted a studio update regarding the progress of the recording of their upcoming album on Nuclear Blast Records. The update provides details regarding producer Roy Z (HALFORD, BRUCE DICKINSON) and Andreas Kisser’s guitar set up.
December 4, 2010 — Brazil’s SEPULTURA have announced a North American headlining tour in support of their forthcoming Nuclear Blast debut. The tour will take place throughout April and May and feature a rotating array of support from BELPHEGOR (4/18/11-5/22/11), KEEP OF KALESSIN, HATE, NEURAXIS, BONDED BY BLOOD, NEVERMORE (5/23/11-5/31/11), and D.
November 22, 2010 — Before Andreas Kisser brought his immense guitar and lyrical talents to SEPULTURA, he fronted a Brazilian band called PESTILENCE. And no, it’s not the same PESTILENCE from the Netherlands.
July 29, 2010 — Ever since guitarist Marc Rizzo joined SOULFLY, he has single handedly changed the band from a nu-metal/SEPULTURA Roots-era cover band to an exciting extreme metal band with one of the most unique vocalists in the metal scene.
July 7, 2010 — It was announced today that Brazil’s SEPULTURA have signed with Nuclear Blast Records. The band, who this year mark their 25th anniversary, will be releasing their follow-up to last year’s A-Lex sometime next year.
April 28, 2010 — In the world of death metal (and extreme metal as a whole), there are very few lead guitarists that can match Andreas Kisser’s body of work.
October 12, 2009 — Andreas Kisser has been one of extreme metal’s greatest lead guitarists for nearly 20 years and it is only until now that he has released his first solo album, Hubris I & II.
August 4, 2009 — Brazil’s “other” metal band, KRISIUN, has been consistently slaying metalheads since the mid-90s. It’s clear that their focus, dedication, and nary a lineup change has helped the band elevate their dominance beyond South America.
April 4, 2009 — SEPULTURA have kicked-off their post-Cavalera journey with a face-altering boot to the face. New drummer Jean Dolabella plays with a vibrancy that injects a much-needed shot of adrenaline not matched since Max and Igor Cavalera were both in the band.
December 5, 2008 — Two new songs, “The Treatment” and “We’ve Lost You,” from SEPULTURA’s new album A-Lex are available at myspace.com/sepultura. A-Lex is scheduled to be release worldwide in January 2009 via SPV Records:
August 8, 2008 — 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.
May 28, 2008 — 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.
February 17, 2008 — 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.
February 10, 2008 — SEPULTURA has announced that they have begun work on their next album, which will be based on famed book and movie, “A Clockwork Orange.” Guitarist Andreas Kisser issues an update:
January 30, 2008 — Two songs from the upcoming debut album from CAVALERA CONSPIRACY entitled, Inflikted, have been posted online. Inflickted is set for a March 25th release date via Roadrunner Records.
August 22, 2007 — 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.
July 24, 2007 — 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.
December 20, 2006 — 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 avant-garde metal would follow years later.
November 22, 2006 — 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 metal.
October 7, 2006 — SEPULTURA will be heading out for their first U.S. tour in support of their latest album, Dante XXI, this November. Direct support will come from SWORN ENEMY with DIECAST and SUICIDE SILENCE opening the tour.
September 28, 2006 — 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.
August 25, 2006 — Former SEPULTURA drummer, Igor Cavalera, reunited with his brother and former bandmate, Max Cavalera, at a recent gig of Max’s SOULFLY band. The show, which took place on August 17th in Tempe, Arizona, was a memorial show for Dana Wells (D-Low), the step son of Max and son of Gloria Cavalera.