Throughout an look on a current episode of the GUNS N’ ROSES-centric Urge for food For Distortion podcast, former SEPULTURA and present SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera addressed the incessant on-line criticism leveled at Axl Rose over the GN’R singer’s supposed weight and diminished vocals, saying (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “My spouse confirmed me the opposite day the place there was some individuals shit speaking Axl, and it is, like, come on, man. Fuck you all. It is such bullshit. Go away the man alone. ‘Trigger I had a little bit little bit of that. You achieve a pair kilos and folks gotta discuss shit about your weight. What is that this? Are we fashions? Are we Vogue fashions or are we rock and rollers?”
The Brazilian-born musician, who has lived in Phoenix, Arizona for greater than three a long time, continued: “It was by no means concerning the fucking weight. Who offers a fuck what any person weighs? It is concerning the music, man. It is about what they play. It is about what you want within the music. So, yeah, I heard that and I used to be, like, completely, I used to be, like, ‘Fuck this shit.’ That is simply cowards [talking shit online]… It is, like, what? Are you by no means gonna get outdated? Dude, it occurs to all people. All of us, most of us are gonna get outdated, and you are not gonna be the identical… I fucking put on that shoe with pleasure, the white hair and the stitches. I take pleasure in that. It took a very long time to get that.”
Max went on to say that he “by no means acquired to satisfy Axl, however I am positive we might hit it off fairly good. I type of heard that a few of his assistants are Brazilian,” referencing Rose‘s administration firm Staff Brazil and the singer’s longtime private assistant Beta. “That’s so cool.”
Again in Could 2016, Max weighed in on Axl filling in for AC/DC singer Brian Johnson on the legendary Australian rock band’s European and North American excursions after medical doctors advised Johnson he confronted “complete listening to loss.” Requested by Metallic Wani for his opinion concerning the Axl–AC/DC pairing, Max mentioned: “I do not know… It sucks, I believe. I like AC/DC, man. They all the time have been outlaws again in Australia. We used to look at ‘Let There Be Rock’, the film, as youngsters in Brazil, and I keep in mind [seeing an] AC/DC album [where they] had jail tattoos and shit. Bon Scott was badass, Brian Johnson was badass. However I do not suppose Axl actually suits AC/DC. AC/DC is extra, like, yeah, outlaws, and I do not suppose Axl is an excessive amount of of an outlaw to slot in. However I do not know… It is not my band. I do not name the pictures.”
SOULFLY‘s thirteenth album, “Chama”, can be launched on October 24 by way of Nuclear Blast Data. “Chama” was recorded on the Platinum Underground Studio in Mesa, Arizona by John Aquilino. John has labored with Max and firm a number of occasions earlier than and isn’t solely a gifted engineer however a household good friend. The album was produced by SOULFLY drummer and Max‘s son Zyon Cavalera and Arthur Rizk. The latter was additionally chargeable for the blending and mastering.
Final month, SOULFLY launched a Costin Chioreanu-created lyric video for “Storm The Gates”, the primary single from “Chama”. The observe was described in a press launch as “a battle cry towards management and greed.”
Rizk has not solely labored with the Cavalera household quite a few occasions earlier than, however has additionally helped to form the world of heavy metallic within the modern-day. SOULFLY enlisted Carletta Parrish to create the album art work. For the album, Igor Amadeus Cavalera (GO AHEAD & DIE, NAILBOMB, HEALING MAGIC) performed bass and Mike De Leon performed guitar. The album additionally options Dino Cazares (FEAR FACTORY) on one of many tracks.
This previous Could, SOULFLY recruited Chase Bryant (WARBRINGER) to play bass on the band’s European tour, which kicked off on June 7 on the South Of Heaven pageant in Maastricht, Netherlands.
A month earlier, SOULFLY parted methods with the band’s longtime bassist Mike Leon.
Leon, previously of HAVOK, joined SOULFLY in September 2015 because the alternative for STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos, who left SOULFLY in Could of that yr.
In August 2021, SOULFLY parted methods with longtime guitarist Marc Rizzo as a result of private variations. FEAR FACTORY‘s Dino Cazares performed guitar for SOULFLY on the band’s 2021 and 2022 run of exhibits.
Guitarist Mike DeLeon has been touring with SOULFLY for greater than two years. Previous to hooking up with SOULFLY, DeLeon had been a member of PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo‘s solo band PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, which he joined in 2015 because the alternative for Marzi Montazeri. Extra not too long ago, Mike crammed in for Zakk Wylde on the first rehearsal for the autumn 2022 PANTERA exhibits.
