For the past month, SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera has been holed up inside his home in Arizona writing songs for the band's next album, recording demos, and letting his creativity flow. The following question-and-answer session with Max was posted on the group's official web site, SoulflyWeb.com: Q: So, Max, how have you been ...
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SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser checks in from the band's European tour: "March 18, 2007: Right now we are in Germany touring for our latest album 'Dante XXI' with a new drummer named Jean Dollabella [who] is doing an awesome job. We are playing with a lot of passion and motivation, the set list is flowing ...
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SEPULTURA's "Dante XXI" album has been certified gold in Cyprus, according to a posting on the group's official web site. The band is on the road in Europe at the moment and will be presented with the gold disc on March 30 in Nicosia, when the tour hits Cyprus. In other news, check out recent ...
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SOULFLY's official web site has been updated with the following message: "For the first time since 2000, SOULFLY will be making a brief visit to South America to play some music. On April 20th SOULFLY will be playing at Estadio Pepsi Music in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and they will be at Estadio Victor ...
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A video clip of SEPULTURA performing their track "Convicted in Life" on Thursday, March 8 at the Musikzentrum in Hannover, Germany has been posted online at YouTube.com. In other news, SEPULTURA has added two Greek dates to its current European tour. Support at the shows is coming from Israeli metallers BETZEFER and South ...
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Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA have finished filming the second video from their "Dante XXI" album, for the song "Ostia". The clip was shot this past Saturday (March 3) at a studio in São Paulo prior to the band's departure for their European tour. During the week, the video crew and the main actor shot the outdoor ...
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A short video clip of SEPULTURA performing their classic track "Roots Bloody Roots" on Tuesday, March 6 at the Debaser Medis club in Stockholm, Sweden has been posted online at YouTube.com. SEPULTURA completed its first North American tour in nearly four years in December. Support at the shows came from SWORN ENEMY, DIECAST ...
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Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA are currently rehearsing for their upcoming European headlining tour, which is scheduled to kick off on March 6 in Stockholm. Support at the shows will come from Israeli metallers BETZEFER and South Africa's FOREVER WILL BURN. Check out video clips of SEPULTURA rehearsing for the tour: "Boycott" (video) "Activist" (
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SEPULTURA's previously announced Mexican dates — Chihuahua on February 17 and Aguascalientes on February 18 — were cancelled, reportedly due to visa/immigration issues (although this has not be officially confirmed). No further information is currently available. SEPULTURA completed its first North American tour in nearly four years in December. Support at the shows came from ...
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SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera made a special guest appearance with the popular Russian hardcore group FAQ on January 11, 2007 in Moscow, Russia at the Shadow Club. Cavalera performed "Molotov", "Jumpdafuckup" and the FAQ original track "The Killing Song", to which he also contributed vocals in the studio for inclusion on FAQ's upcoming album, "Circus ...
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Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA have been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-21, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH ARS MORIENDI BLIND ...
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SOULFLY's official web site has been updated with the following message: "There's many new things to say with this post. First, we'll start off with the best information; SOULFLY shows. In April, SOULFLY plans to undertake a small South American tour to countries such as Mexico, Argentina, and Chile. However, exact dates for ...
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More information has been released about Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA's upcoming European headlining tour, which is scheduled to kick off in March. Tentative dates so far are as follows; Mar. 10 - CZR - Prag - Rock Café Mar. 11 - D - Karlsruhe - Substage Mar. 13 - F - Paris - La Locomotive Mar. ...
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SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo has recorded an all-acoustic version of SOULFLY's "Frontlines". Check it out at www.myspace.com/marcrizzo. In other news, Marc has also announced the following solo tour dates: Jan. 27 - Mexicali Blues - Teaneck, NJ Feb. 02 - Thunder Down Under - Baltimore, MD Feb. 03 - Grape St. Pub - ...
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Jeffrey Easton of The Metal Exiles recently coinducted an interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: The Metal Exiles: You are currently on tour for "Dante XXI" with a new drummer, what happened? Andreas: Igor [Cavalera] left officially six or seven months ago but he has ...
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SEPULTURA fan site Sepularmy.net recently conducted an interview with the band's new drummer Jean Dolabella (ex-UDORA). A few excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: Q: How did SEPULTURA gain your attention as a drummer? Jean Dolabella: I met the guys awhile ago when they played a show in L.A. where I used to ...
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After a decade of releasing albums and numerous European tours, it's nothing short of amazing that the best EKTOMORF can come up with on their seventh release is such a ridiculous ripoff of the Max Cavalera school of simpler-is-better mono-thrash. It's not a passing resemblance, it's not an occasional inflection — it sounds like this ...
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Even though SOULFLY is on break through the start of the new year, the band's mainman Max Cavalera will make a special guest appearance with Paul Filipenko of the popular hardcore Russian group FAQ on January 11, 2007 in Moscow, Russia at the Shadow Club. Paul recently contributed some fire-spitting vocals to the track "Molotov" ...
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Metal Injection has uploaded over 30 hours of archival footage into its "Video Vault". Before becoming the first metal video-on-demand network, "Overdose", Metal Injection would release weekly episodic episodes featuring the best in underground videos as well as interviews with today's big stars and up-and-comers. All of these episodes are now available in the "Video ...
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SOULFLY bassist Bobby Burns has issued the following update: "Wow, what a fuckin' year 2006 has been! One great big rollercoaster ride of happy times as well as sad ones. We've been around the world many times this past year and we live a lifestyle that many people can only dream about but every hour ...
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Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA have been confrmed as the headliners of the "Monsters Metal Rock 2007" festival, set to take place January 13, 2007 at the Racing Club Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The featival billing is shaping up as follows: SEPULTURA IAN RENACER RAZONES BROCKEN BRUTHAL 6 SKIN CULTURE Check out a poster for the ...
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SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo will be taking his shredding skills to the West Coast for the first time to let more metalheads thrash to his trademark sound. Newly scheduled Rizzo solo shows are as follows: Jan. 12 - Boston, MA - TBA Jan. 13 - Lowell, MA - Rusty G's Jan. 18 - Anaheim, CA ...
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SEPULTURA's Andreas Kisser and Derrick Green will be interviewed on Sirius Satellite Radio's "Hard Attack" on Sunday, December 24 at 3:00 p.m. ET. Repeat broadcasts are scheduled for Friday, December 29 at 5:00 p.m. ET and Thursday, January 11 at 10:00 p.m. ET. A press release promoting the upcoming interview reads as follows: "As SEPULTURA ...
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SOULFLY drummer Joe Nunez has issued the following update: "After our return from the Gigantour with MEGADETH, ARCH ENEMY, and CALIBAN in Australia, I took a deep breath and found myself looking back at a very intense year, 2006. SOULFLY had hit the globe with 'Dark Ages', and the touring was non-stop. More and more ...
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Washington D.C.'s Express recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Express: How's the [U.S.] tour going? Green: Crazy. It's been crazy good [Laughs]. It's been very different to be back in the U.S. — to be here finally. It's taken a little too long, ...
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After building a rabid following across America, the critically acclaimed Brooklyn death-rapper NECRO has set his sights on Europe before he knuckles down to work on his new album. NECRO will premier his "Drugs, Gory Death and Sex Tour" at a special one-night-only headline show at The Scala, Kings Cross, London on January 11, 2007. ...
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Apeshit recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Apeshit: "Dark Ages" is such a good album. It's complete, diverse, and it's probably SOULFLY's heaviest, most aggressive album so far. What influenced the sound of the album? Max: The sound I think comes from ...
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SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera will make a special guest appearance with Paul Filipenko of the popular Russian group FAQ on January 11, 2007 in Moscow, Russia. No further details are currently available. SOULFLY recently completed a U.S. tour in support of its latest album, "Dark Ages", available now on Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2004's ...
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E-FORCE, the band featuring former VOIVOD bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest, recently entered the studio in Toulouse, France with producer Patrick Freidrich to begin recording its sophomore album, tentatively due in early 2007 via France's Thundering Records. Forrest has sent the following recording update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "We have been just doing the tracks on the weekend, which ...
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