Throughout an look on a latest 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. Depart the man alone. ‘Trigger I had just a little little bit of that. You achieve a pair kilos and other people 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 many years, continued: “It was by no means in regards to the fucking weight. Who offers a fuck what anyone weighs? It is in regards to 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 previous? Dude, it occurs to everyone. All of us, most of us are gonna get previous, and you are not gonna be the identical… I fucking put on that shoe with satisfaction, the white hair and the stitches. I take satisfaction in that. It took a very long time to get that.”
Max went on to say that he “by no means obtained to fulfill Axl, however I am certain we might hit it off fairly good. I type of heard that a few of his assistants are Brazilian,” referencing Rose‘s administration firm Crew Brazil and the singer’s longtime private assistant Beta. “That’s so cool.”
Again in Might 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 in regards to the Axl–AC/DC pairing, Max mentioned: “I do not know… It sucks, I feel. I like AC/DC, man. They all the time have been outlaws again in Australia. We used to observe ‘Let There Be Rock’, the film, as youngsters in Brazil, and I bear 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 matches 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 Information. “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 proficient 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 monitor was described in a press launch as “a battle cry in opposition to 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 paintings. 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 Might, 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 competition 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 Might of that 12 months.
In August 2021, SOULFLY parted methods with longtime guitarist Marc Rizzo because 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 lately, Mike crammed in for Zakk Wylde on the first rehearsal for the autumn 2022 PANTERA exhibits.
