Debby Rao of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: Max, it is an honor to be talking with you. Let's discuss the recent reunion that took place on August 17. It must have been special to see your brother Igor ...
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Reactivated Los Angeles heavy rockers ONESIDEZERO have posted a new song, entitled "Sleep", at their MySpace page. In other news, ONESIDEZERO guitarist Levon Sultanian has issued the following recap of the band's appearance at the 10th annual D-Low Memorial Festival, which was held August 17 at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, AZ: "Wow, ...
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SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo's benefit for the Garden Academy for autistic children in his home state of New Jersey raised almost $4,000 towards the new school which is opening this September. The benefit show was held at the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ this past Sunday, September 20. Just because the concert is ...
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SOULFLY's official web site was updated with the following message: "The 10th annual D-Low Memorial show is over and we thank you all for making it a huge success. The show, which was opened by NORTH SIDE KINGS and INCITE, sold out and it was a very historic night for SOULFLY. The band was joined ...
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SEPULTURA's video for "Convicted in Life" has been nominated in four categories at MTV's Video Music Awards Brazil 2006: "Best Editing", "Best Direction", "Best Photography" and "Best Art Direction". The awards show takes place in São Paulo on September 28. The "Convicted in Life" clip was shot over a two-day period in February in São ...
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A video clip of SEPULTURA vocalist Derrick Green singing a cover of JIMI HENDRIX's "Little Wing" with the BRASIL ROCK STARS — featuring SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser — last Sunday (August 13) in Santo André, Brazil has been posted online at this location (6.7 MB, Windows Media). As previously reported, SEPULTURA played their ...
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On Sunday, August 20, SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo will be performing at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ as part of a benefit for the Garden Academy. The Garden Academy is a group started by parents of children with autism. This benefit will raise money for the Garden Academy school, which specifically deals with ...
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Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA played their first official show in their home country with the group's new drummer, Jean Dolabella (ex-UDORA), this past Saturday (August 5) at the Circo Voador in Rio de Janeiro. Check out pictures at this location. The setlist for the show can be viewed by clicking here. Dolabella ...
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Former SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera's appearance with hardcore Brooklyn "death rapper" NECRO in New York City has been pushed back to September 8, 2006 at B.B. King Blues Bar & Grill from the previously announced August 26, 2006 at the Nokia Theatre. Igor will be joining Necro on stage to perform "Necrotura" and many other ...
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Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA played their first official concert with their new drummer, Jean Dolabella (ex-UDORA), last Friday (July 21) at the Vilar de Mouros festival in Portugal. Check out low-quality video clips at YouTube.com: "Roots Bloody Roots" (video), "Crown and Miter" (video). SEPULTURA's setlist for the Vilar de Mouros festival in ...
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Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA introduced their new drummer Jean Dolabella (ex-UDORA) last Friday (July 21) at the Vilar de Mouros festival in Portugal. The following report was posted at the band's official web site by the group's bassist, Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr.: "Last Friday, July 21st, we had our debut with our new drummer Jean Dolabella ...
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SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera recently spoke to Holland's Toazted.com about the possibility of a reunion with his former SEPULTURA bandmates at some point in the not-too-distant future. Asked about the rumor that a reunited SEPULTURA was in talks several months ago to play this year's Ozzfest, Max said, "There's been a lot of ...
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SOULFLY has scheduled a number of dates for a fall U.S. tour, with many more to be announced to fill in the gaps. After SOULFLY plays the 10th annual D-Low Memorial Festival on August 17 with quite a few special guests, they'll be gearing up to destroy the ears of North American metal fans beginning ...
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SOULFLY has announced some U.S. tour dates that will kick off late next month and run through October. Joining them on this U.S. tour will be FULL BLOWN CHAOS, WICKED WISDOM, and INCITE. The dates are as follows: Aug. 17 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre (D-Low Memorial Festival) Sep. 18 - San Diego, CA ...
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A bunch of professionally filmed video clips of SOULFLY performing at the Dour Festival in Dour, Belgium this past Friday (July 14) have been posted online at YouTube.com. SOULFLY are continuing to tour in support of their latest album, "Dark Ages", available now on Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Prophecy" was produced ...
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Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA made their first public appearance with their new drummer, Jean Dolabella (ex-UDORA), last Tuesday (July 11) at Clube Belfiore in São Paulo during the Brazilian release party for their new CD, "Dante XXI". Check out pictures at Whiplash.net. Dolabella joined SEPULTURA as the replacement for founding member Igor Cavalera, who ...
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VPRO, a Dutch broadcasting station, recorded SOULFLY's appearance on June 5 at the Pinkpop festival in the Netherlands. A six-minute video of SOULFLY performing the songs "Roots Bloody Roots", "Jumpdafuckup", and "Bring It" is available for viewing at this location. The audio of the entire set can be heard by clicking
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SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera (ex-SEPULTURA) and NUCLEAR ASSAULT/ex-BRUTAL TRUTH/S.O.D. bassist Danny Lilker took part in a jam session at the Exit Fest in Novi Sad, Serbia on Friday, July 7. The two veteran metal musicians and longtime friends played a mix of songs by such acts as SOULFLY, SEPULTURA, NAILBOMB, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, S.O.D., DEATH, and ...
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Steve Saks of LivingForMetal.com recently conducted an interview with Brooklyn "death rapper" NECRO regarding his "The Circle of Tyrants" CD — featuring contributions from current and former members of TESTAMENT, BLACK SABBATH and SEPULTURA — plus his upcoming project with ex-SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera (as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET on June ...
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Katherine Santiago of Metal Edge magazine recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser. An excerpt from the chat follows: Metal Edge: Do you still keep in contact with Max [Cavalera, former SEPULTURA frontman, now in SOULFLY]? Andreas: "No. Since he left the band, we never really talk. I hear crazy stories that he ...
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A five-minute video interview with SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo, conducted on Saturday, June 24 prior to the band's appearance at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium, has been posted online at YouTube.com. While SOULFLY has a one-week break from their current European tour, Marc will come back to the U.S. to do ...
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SOULFLY's official web site has been updated with the following message: "As tradition holds, every year near the start of August SOULFLY plays host to an event called the D-Low Memorial Festival in Arizona. This year in the 10th anniversary of the festival in honor of Dana 'D-Low' Wells, Max Cavalera's stepson who was killed ...
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SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor joined SOULFLY on stage earlier today (Saturday, June 24) at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium for a rendition of the SOULFLY "classic" "Jumpdafuckup". Watch a video clip of the performance at YouTube.com. Taylor originally appeared on the studio version of "Jumpdafuckup", which was included on SOULFLY's ...
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The dates for the second leg of SOULFLY's European summer tour have been released. They will be appearing at the following shows: Jul. 07 - Novi Sad, SER - Exit Festival (Max only; details below) Jul. 14 - Dour, BEL - Dour Festival Jul. 15 - Wergorzewo, POL - Union of Rock Jul. 17 - ...
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Former SEPULTURA/current SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera has commented on last week's announcement that his brother, drummer Igor Cavalera, had left SEPULTURA to pursue "other projects." The following is an excerpt from an interview Patrizia Mazzuoccolo of the Norwegian metal radio show "Tinitus" conducted with Max last Friday (June 16) backstage at the Norwegian Wood Festival ...
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An exclusive interview with SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera will be broadcast on this week's edition of the Norwegian metal radio show "Tinitus", airing tonight (Wednesday, June 21) between 20:00 (8:00 p.m.) and 22:00 (10:00 p.m.) on P3. The show is also available on the Internet: www.nrk.no/tinitus. Cavalera will discuss his former band SEPULTURA, ...
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DREAM THEATER frontman James LaBrie has offered more information about his recent recording sessions in Russia for an opera-oriented project called TRUE SYMPHONIC ROCKESTRA. Commented LaBrie: Dirk Ulrich (mastermind and producer) and I spoke almost six years ago about the possibility of doing such a project and at the time it was supposed to be ...
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According to a posting at www.maiden-serbia.org, SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera (ex-SEPULTURA) and NUCLEAR ASSAULT/ex-BRUTAL TRUTH/S.O.D. bassist Danny Lilker will be taking part in a jam session at the Exit Fest in Novi Sad, Serbia on July 7. No further details are currently available. SOULFLY are continuing to tour in support of their latest ...
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On Thursday, June 15, SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser spoke exclusively to BLABBERMOUTH.NET about the recent departure of drummer and founding member Igor Cavalera and the group's future plans. A transcript of the chat follows: Q: Igor told me a couple of days ago [read Igor's interview at this location] that it was as ...
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Former SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera has formed a brand new project with hardcore Brooklyn "death rapper" NECRO. Cavalera had previously appeared on the song "Necrotura" off NECRO's "The Circle of Tyrants" CD. "The news is that myself and Igor have started a band, we will go into the studio in the next month and record ...
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