SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera has broken his silence about the departures of bassist Marcello D. Rapp, drummer Roy Mayorga, and guitarist Mike Doling. "This is no big deal," Cavalera said in a statement. "SOULFLY is always evolving. I am always going to introduce new musicians to the fans. In fact there has never been the ...
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Bobby Burns (PRIMER 55, BEAUTIFUL) has confirmed via on online posting that he is currently rehearsing with SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera as the group's temporary bassist following the sudden departure of Marcello D. Rapp, drummer Roy Mayorga, and guitarist Mike Doling. The revamped band, who are completed by guitarist Marc Rizzo (ex-ILL NINO) and drummer ...
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SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera will be joined by guitarist Marc Rizzo (ex-ILL NINO), drummer Joe Nunez (who played on the group's "Primitive" release and subsequent world tour), and bassist Bobby Burns (ex-PRIMER 55 guitarist) at the group's live appearances in California and Arizona, scheduled to take place later this week. It is not presently clear ...
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SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera has officially parted ways with the rest of his band — bassist Marcello D. Rapp, drummer Roy Mayorga, and guitarist Mike Doling. According to informed sources, the mass exodus was prompted by the firing of Rapp by Max and SOULFLY manager Gloria Cavalera (Max's wife), which in turn led Mayorga and ...
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SEPULTURA's Andreas Kisser and Igor Cavalera were the main guests on one of Brazil's most popular football (soccer) TV shows, "Terceiro Tempo". Besides talking about football, Andreas also played some songs on his Afri-can guitar (a guitar made out of motor oil cans that he brought from South Africa). On Wednesday (September 17), SEPULTURA will ...
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SOULFLY have announced the following dates in September: Sep. 25 – Whiskey - Hollywood, CA Sep. 26 - La Luna/Gotham - San Bernadino, CA Sep. 27 - Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ The group's performance in Tempe will be part of the 7th annual D-Low (Dana Wells) Memorial Show, which has been held every year ...
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From the opening strains of "Come Back Alive" to the closing outro, "Roorback" is conclusive proof that SEPULTURA have lost a lot of their fire. The band's ninth studio album is a disappointingly large step backward from 2001's "Nation", which found singer Derrick Green meshing smoothly with the band to create an effective and, at ...
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Australia's Beat magazine spoke with Derrick Green of SEPULTURA about their new album, "Roorback", the group's first since leaving Roadrunner Records to move to SPV/Steamhammer. "The contract with Roadrunner was pretty much up," Green said. "We had an option to do one more album, and we decided that we didn't want to stay there any ...
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VOIVOD vocalist Denis Belanger (a.k.a. Snake) has posted the following update to the "Diary" section of the band's official web site: "Hello everyone. Here I am at Ozzfest. It's incredible to think that I'm actually part of this great circus for BAD people. I love it. Here's a few words to resume the last months. ...
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SOULFLY have been forced to postpone their previously announced tour of Russia due to last weekend's suicide bombing at a rock concert in Moscow that resulted in the deaths of 14 people. A letter from the Russian police to the tour's organizers requesting the cancellation of the dates reads as follows: "Considering the rising amount ...
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A four-minute video report from SEPULTURA's appearance at the Wanted Festival in Budapest, Hungary on June 28, including a short interview with drummer Igor Cavalera, has been posted online at this location (file size: 35 MB). You can also check out live pictures of SEPULTURA, taken at the Waldrock Festival in Bergum, Holland ...
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New and previously unreleased tunes from SLIPKNOT and ILL NINO, and a collaboration between Mike Patton and SEPULTURA will be featured on the soundtrack to "Freddy Vs. Jason", due on August 5 through Roadrunner Records. SLIPKNOT's "Snap" was originally recorded during the sessions for the group's eponymously titled debut but was never released, while ILL ...
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Former SEPULTURA and current SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera recently spoke to the Phoenix New Times about his determination to incorporate as many non-traditional influences into SOULFLY's brutal brand of heavy metal. "Being from another culture and living in America for 10 years has taught me a lot," he said. "And now I want to bring ...
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A video interview with SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera (ex-SEPULTURA) has been posted online at this location. In the interview, which was shot on March 17 in Tilburg, Holland, Max talks about the lyrics from SOULFLY's most recent album, "3", spirituality, writing new music at the kitchen table, religion, the process of naming the ...
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PROBOT, the much-anticipated metal side project of former NIRVANA drummer and current FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl, will issue their long-awaited debut album in late summer/early fall through Southern Lord Records. The CD, which has been in the works for much of the past three years, will include a dozen-or-so tracks featuring some of metal's ...
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SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera recently told Glam-Metal.com that he has already written some material for the follow-up to last year's "3" CD, tentatively due at the end of 2004 through Roadrunner Records. "The next CD is very exciting because, since we did what we did with 'Soulfly 3', to establish the band," Cavalera explained. " ...
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SOULFLY were joined on stage by former member Joe Nunez during the extended "drum jam" portion of their headlining set at the House Of Blues in Chicago, Illinois Thursday night (May 1). According to an onlooker, "Joe and [SOULFLY drummer] Roy [Mayorga] both commanded the beat high atop the stage on Roy's kit, while Max ...
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SOULFLY and CLAWFINGER are the latest acts to have been confirmed for Germany's With Full Force 2003 festival, which is set to take place July 4-6 at airport Roitzschjora, Löbnitz near Leipzig. The complete list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: SLAYER TYPE O NEGATIVE SOULFLY MINISTRY SEPULTURA SICK ...
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A 13-minute video interview with SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera has been posted online at this location. The conversation reportedly touches upon the group's recently-completed European tour, and includes tales of "punch-ups, run-ins with transvestites, and brushes with the law." Says Max: "It's a travelling, freak-show circus!" ...
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SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera, currently on the road in Europe to promote the band's "3" CD, has seen Europe's reaction to the world's events, and has also run into some of America's armed forces along the way. "We saw many things like the Militar...Presence de Militar (military) in places like the Vatican that we visited ...
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SEPULTURA have contributed a song for the soundtrack to the upcoming Brazilian movie "Lisbela e o Prisioneiro". The track, a new version of Zé Ramalho's "Dança das Borboletas", was laid down during the recording sessions for the band's forthcoming album, due in late spring/early summer. "Lisbela e o Prisioneiro" marks the second time SEPULTURA have ...
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SEPULTURA have finalized the track listing for their upcoming full-length effort, due in the spring through various labels worldwide. The CD, the title for which has already been decided but has yet to be revealed, will contain the following songs (in no particular order): 01. Come Back Alive 02. Godless 03. Apes Of God 04. ...
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STONE SOUR/SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor was recently asked by fan via the Roadrunner Records U.K. web site to name the coolest person he has ever met in his life. "I've met some really cool people, so we'll do the top 5," Taylor responded. "Hope that's alright. A. Scott Ian and the guys from ANTHRAX B. ...
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SEPULTURA's Igor Cavalera needed three days to lay down the drum tracks for the group's upcoming full-length album at AR Studios in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Andreas Kisser will start recording his guitar tracks next week. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to last year's "Nation" is being produced by Steve Evetts (SNAPCASE, EARTH CRISIS), and is tentatively ...
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WILL HAVEN have issued an official statement regarding their decision to disband following their final show together at the Capital Garage in Sacramento, California on Friday, Jan. 24. The statement reads as follows: "As most of you may already know, WILL HAVEN will be playing its final show on the 24th of January in Sacramento. ...
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SEPULTURA's Igor Cavalera laid down the drum tracks to three songs during the first day of recording (Sunday, Jan. 12) for the group's upcoming full-length album at AR Studios in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. View the band's progress in the studio via two studio webcams at this location. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to last ...
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Ever since METALLICA popularized the concept of recording other artists' songs for use as either single B-sides or bonus tracks, cover songs in metal have been as commonplace as the CDs themselves — much to the dismay of the record-buying public, who have been subjected to some hideous attempts at other people's material over the ...
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A recording of former SEPULTURA and current SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera's "spoken word" appearance at this year's Crossing Border festival can be heard online in streaming audio at this location. Crossing Border, dubbed "the largest spoken/word festival in combination with music, literature and film in Europe," took place on Saturday, Nov. 9 at ...
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SEPULTURA began shooting the video for their rendition of U2's "Bullet The Blue Sky" — one of the cover tracks featured on their upcoming EP, "Revolusongs" — last Friday (Nov. 29) in São Paulo, Brazil. To view 32 photos taken at the video shoot, click here. "Revolusongs" is set to surface via FNM/Universal ...
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Former SEPULTURA and current SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera will appear at Crossing Border festival, dubbed "the largest spoken/word festival in combination with music, literature and film in Europe," on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Melkweg in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Max had previously appeared at the event back in 1997. For more information on the Crossing Border ...
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