Max Cavalera
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Formerly the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the metal band Sepultura, upon parting ways with the band, Cavalera formed Soulfly in the late 1990s. In the mid-1990s Max was also involved with the short-lived side project Nailbomb. He has collaborated with many different artists whilst in both Sepultura and Soulfly. He explores religious topics, often with a very critical tongue. The press (especially in America after Max dedicated one of the Soulfly albums to God) depicts him as a religious guy, a label that Max cannot understand. As he himself put it, "I do hate a lot of 'religion' but people like Christ - yeah they inspire me. I mean if you look at Christ, He was hanging around with the lowlifes, prostitutes and the losers you know, not going around with those high society motherfuckers you see trying to sell Jesus today!"
In the early 1990s Max relocated to Phoenix, Arizona U.S.A., with his American wife/manager Gloria, and is today a U.S. citizen. Of late Max joined forces with former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters' frontman Dave Grohl to produce "Red War" which appeared on the self-titled release of Dave Grohl's newest project, PROBOT. Currently Max has just released his fifth studio album Soulfly's, Dark Ages, and is soon embarking on a European tour to support this album. Soulfly's latest album, "Dark Age's" was accredited respectfully upon it's realease, garnering welcome and generally well respected review's upon the greater rock/metal community.
Max also has an ESP signature guitar. Designed to Max's specifications, the guitar has a Seymour Duncan Super Distortion pickup, and is adorned with his signature Brazillian flag graphic. A budget version is sold under the LTD moniker, which has a stock pickup and is missing the flag. While his signature guitar is shipped fully strung with six strings, Max only plays with four strings on his own instrument.
Max has worked with the following people in music, among others:
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Max also has appeared in The Scorpion King in an off-camera role. He provided the guttural screams for Dwayne Johnson
External links
- [Soulfly official website]
- [Roadrunner Records Soulfly site]
- [Phoenix New Times article on Max]
- [NY Rock interview]
- [Asice.net interview]
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