SOULFLY bassist Bobby Burns (ex-PRIMER 55) has signed on to produce a few tracks for the Louisville, KY-based band 7DAYSUN. Recording is slated to start early January. The quintet are also scheduled to shooting a music video at The Madison Theater on January 15 in Covington, KY. More information is available at www.7daysun.net. ...
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SOULFLY began tracking their new album Thursday (Dec. 2) in Arizona with mainman Max Cavalera assuming the production duties once again. The recording sessions will last until the end of the year and possibly beyond. A late spring/early summer release through Roadrunner Records is expected. SOULFLY will release their first DVD, "The Song Remains Insane", ...
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Spanish brutal death metallers FORENSICK have revealed cover artwork for their upcoming full-length debut, "Reign of Survival Horror", scheduled for a February 2005 release through Necromance Records. The cover was one again designed by Igor Mugerza, who has previously worked with IMPURE, among others. Check out the cover at Forensick.info. "Reign of Survival ...
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More dates have been announced for SOULFLY's upcoming co-headlining tour with MORBID ANGEL. They are as follows: Feb. 05 - San Antonio, TX - Sunset Station Feb. 06 - Dallas, TX - Tree’s Feb. 08 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre Feb. 09 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues Feb. 10 - Los ...
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MORBID ANGEL's manager, Gunter Ford of World Management, Inc. has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that MORBID ANGEL and SOULFLY will be embarking on a U.S. co-headlining tour in February. "[It will be] just a two-band bill to give both bands a great chance to play a good-quality set and show for the fans," Ford said. "And ...
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The planned SOULFLY winter tour, slated to start in November of 2004, has been postponed due to heath issues. Singer/guitarist Max Cavalera will spend his time recuperating at home from a leg injury and recording material for a new SOULFLY album. The tour is slated to resume in early 2005 around the release of the ...
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Bill White of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reviewed the opening-night performance of QUEENSRŸCHE's fall 2004/winter 2005 tour, which took place on Tuesday (Oct. 5) at the Moore Theatre in Seattle. "In 1988, 'Operation: Mindcrime' was a wake-up call to a narcoleptic society on the edge of a totalitarian abyss," he wrote. "QUEENSRŸCHE's concept album ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer this week about the group's current tour and their forthcoming CD, the next chapter to the 1988 ground-breaking concept album, "Operation: Mindcrime", tentatively titled "Operation: Mindcrime II". Several excerpts from the interview follow: On "Operation: Mindcrime": " 'Operation: Mindcrime' was inspired by the events ...
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SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera has apologized for the cancellation of their scheduled appearance at Window Rock Fest II last month, saying that the concert was only postponed. Speaking to Jan-Mikael Patterson of The Navajo Times, Cavalera said that the band decided to postpone the performance because of several factors the promotional ...
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Earache Records has uploaded the video for ADDICTION CREW's song "What About" at this location. "What About" comes off the Italian band's new album, "Break In Life", due in Italy on September 20 via Earache. According to a a posting on Earache's web site, "What About" is "a powerful narrative of two young ...
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In a recent interview with the link textCleveland Free Times, SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera was asked if people who love the diversity of the group's albums are disappointed not to find it during the band's more "straightforward metal" live performances. "Some of the stuff I play in the albums — they're not even ...
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SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser will perform with the Brazilian band DEATH TRIBUTE at the "Bonded by Blood Thrash Fest" on September 18 at Via Funchal in São Paulo, Brazil. DEATH TRIBUTE were formed by members of the Brazilian group WOMBAT and singer Bruno Sutter, who is also part of the "fun" heavy metal project MASSACRATION ...
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SOULFLY are currently working on their first DVD, tentatively titled "The Song Remains Insane". The disc, which is unlikely to surface before early next year, will feature "lots of European festival footage, maybe even footage from the band's South Africa travels," according to the band's label, Roadrunner Records. More information will be made available soon. ...
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SOULFLY have issued a statement explaining their reasons for cancelling a scheduled appearance at the Window Rock Fest II in Window Rock, Arizona on Saturday (August 14). The festival organizer, Randall Hoskie of Rancid Savage Productions, claimed in an interview with NativeTimes.com that SOULFLY complained the crowd was small and the stage lighting ...
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Rick Abasta of NativeTimes.com is reporting that SOULFLY cancelled their previously announced appearance at the Window Rock Fest II in Window Rock, Arizona on Saturday (August 14) because of a brief shower of rain early Saturday evening. SOULFLY's decision to cancel their appearance at the festival doesn't bode well with the festival ...
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SEPULTURA will headline the first edition of Sepulfest 2004 on September 25 in São Paulo, Brazil. Also appearing on the bill will be RATOS DE PORÃO, NAÇÃO ZUMBI, CLAUSTROFOBIA and MASSACRATION. This will be a very special event and SEPULTURA are planning some surprises in the set list, according to a posting on the band's ...
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Art rock pioneers QUEENSRŸCHE will perform the classic album "Operation: Mindcrime" in its entirety on the upcoming fall 2004/winter 2005 tour, which is being presented by VH1 Classic. A "greatest hits" set will open each show, and at the end of the night there will be a preview of the upcoming Sanctuary Records release "Operation: ...
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ADDICTION CREW, the Italian band formerly known as ADDICTION, have set a September 20 European release date through Earache Records for their new album, "Break In Life". The group, who were recently joined by two new members (Marta Innox on vocals/emcee and Ale Lera on drums & grooves), have finished filming a video for the ...
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MASSACRATION, the Brazilian "fun" heavy metal project featuring SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera (a.k.a. El Covero), will be opening for SEPULTURA at their upcoming Brazilian shows, according to a posting on SEPULTURA's web site. Watch a video clip of MASSACRATION from MTV Brazil (Windows Media, 1.91 MB). Upcoming SEPULTURA shows: Jul. 16 - Niterói, ...
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Polish SOULFLY fan site www.soulfly2004.prv.pl has uploaded an audio recording of the group's entire March 13, 2004 headlining appearance in Katowice, Poland. Download it here. SOULFLY's fourth full-length album, "Prophecy" was released on March 30 through Roadrunner Records. The album was produced by mainman Max Cavalera at The Saltmine Studio Oasis ...
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The metal world was shocked last year when SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera effectively fired his entire band, but then again, SOULFLY had never been what one could call a stable entity. Unlike Cavalera's previous band, SEPULTURA, SOULFLY has been squarely his sole vision, with any other musicians seeming more or less like hired hands. This ...
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Polish SOULFLY fan site www.soulfly2004.prv.pl has uploaded a live video of SOULFLY performing the title track of their latest CD, "Prophecy", on March 13, 2004 in Katowice, Poland. Also available for download are audio files containing four other cuts recorded during the show: "Seek 'n' Strike", "Living Sacrifice", "Mars" and "Tree of Pain". ...
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SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera visited the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica last month. Check out pictures from Wire Image (all photos by George Chin). One of the photos from this exclusive photo session has surfaced on the cover of the current issue of Germany's Rock Hard magazine, viewable at this ...
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SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera went to Black Dragon tattoo studio in São Paulo, Brazil Tuesday (March 23) to get some brand-new ink. Check out the pictures at this location or click here to view the video (Windows Media, 1.8 MB). According to a post on the band's web site, "the tattoo ...
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ADDICTION CREW, the Italian band formerly known as ADDICTION, have inked a worldwide deal with Earache Records. The group's new album, "Break In Life", will be released before the summer. ADDICTION CREW, who were recently joined by two new members (Marta Innox on vocals/emcee and Ale Lera on drums & grooves), are currently filming a ...
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SKINDRED, the Welsh band featuring former members of DUB WAR, are starting to demo "some killer new tracks in their new rehearsal space/recording studio," according to a post on the band's web site. There is currently no date set for the band to go into the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2002's "Babylon". ...
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SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera has revealed to Germany's Metal-Online.com that he is currently working on the group's first-ever DVD. The as-yet-untitled disc, which is not expected to surface before 2005, will reportedly contain all the SOULFLY promotional videos that have been done so far as well as some jam sessions that were filmed during the ...
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A source close to Dave Grohl has confirmed that the former NIRVANA drummer is in talks to make a guest appearance behind the kit on the forthcoming TROUBLE album, "Seven", tentatively due later in the year. "I know he was asked [to play on the CD], and he's interested, [but] that's all I know [at ...
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Former NIRVANA drummer (and current FOO FIGHTERS frontman) Dave Grohl will reportedly be making a guest appearance behind the kit on the forthcoming TROUBLE album, "Seven", tentatively due later in the year. Grohl, a longtime TROUBLE fan, will be returning the favor to TROUBLE frontman Eric Wagner, who recently recorded a guest appearance on one ...
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SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera recently spoke to MetalUK.com about the group's upcoming CD, "Prophecy", and the recent personnel shuffles that have plagued the band, including the guest appearance on the album of former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. Asked what he feels the influx of fresh new people has brought to the record, Max said, "It ...
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