Soulfly is about to launch their new report Chama on October 24 through Nuclear Blast, which you may get a bit broken by proper now due to “Nihility” that includes Todd Jones of Nails. Predictably it is a friggin’ rager.
“Chama is the Brazilian phrase for flame. It additionally means a ‘calling,'” mentioned Soulfly mastermind Max Cavalera explains. The symbolism feels apt: the album harks again to the tribal heaviness and religious ferocity that made Soulfly a family title in excessive metallic, whereas nonetheless carrying a recent chew, sculpted partially by producer Arthur Rizk (Energy Journey, Code Orange) and drummer-turned-co-producer Zyon Cavalera.
On the only itself, Cavalera added: “My lyrics are impressed by LG of Entombed and Nihilist. He left this earth in 2021 and he was all the time a giant affect on me. This is among the heaviest songs on the report and I like the truth that we went to Bulgaria to make the video. Todd Jones is the particular visitor on the tune, delivering the toughest line on the report. ‘I don’t imagine in something!'”
Max‘s son Igor Amadeus Cavalera (Go Forward & Die, Therapeutic Magic) holds down bass duties, whereas longtime guitarist Mike De Leon delivers sharp-edged riffing. Even Concern Manufacturing unit‘s Dino Cazares reveals up for a visitor spot, solidifying the album’s credentials.
Zyon displays: “With every Soulfly report I’ve performed on, I can really feel my evolution occurring in actual time. This one was no totally different — I obtained to push the band into new locations. It was a blast.”
Recorded at Mesa’s Platinum Underground Studio, with art work by Carletta Parrish, Chama is being touted as a religious and musical homecoming. Followers of early data like Primitive and Prophecy will discover a lot to like right here, although it is filtered by a long time of expertise, experimentation, and survival.
Max Cavalera, unsurprisingly, sums it up finest: “This report is the sound of Soulfly‘s fireplace. I can’t wait to play these songs stay for the Tribe!”
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