Soulfly

Soulfly is the metal band started by Max Cavalera in 1997 after his decision to leave Sepultura. The band has released four albums, Soulfly, Primitive, 3 and Prophecy.

Prophecy - new lineup

Cavalera recruited a whole new lineup for the Prophecy album. Joe Nunez was back behind the drumkit with Marc Rizzo formerly of Ill Niño on guitar. There are two bassists playing as members of Soulfly on Prophecy - David Ellefson formerly of Megadeth and Bobby Burns of Primer 55. Cavalera took this decision to have a mixture of old school metal and nu-metal on the album.

Related Topics:
Marc Rizzo - Ill Niño - David Ellefson - Megadeth - Bobby Burns - Primer 55

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Max Cavalera explains on the bands website that he wants to use different musicians as part of the group for each album. "This is an approach that I've wanted to do for a while. I never wanted Soulfly to be a band like Metallica, with the same four guys. On every Soulfly album, we've changed the line up and it will probably continue that way. In order to do that, I had to start from the inside out and bring in people who caught my attention, that I had never played with before, and create this."

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In Sepultura, Cavalera had shown an interest in world music as shown in the Roots (album) featuring elements of the music of Brazil's indigenous peoples. This approach continues on the Prophecy album with Cavalera travelling to Serbia to record with traditional musicians. On the track "Moses", an explicit statement of his religious beliefs, he works with Serbian band Eyesburn featuring reggae influences from one of his heroes Bob Marley. Other tracks on the album feature instruments from the Middle Ages, sheepskin bagpipes and Serbian gypsies.

Related Topics:
World music - Roots (album) - Serbia - Moses - Eyesburn - Bob Marley

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Prophecy was released on March 30, 2004 and as at April of that year had reached a peak of number 82 on the Billboard 200 although it has reached the top 50 of the Australian album charts.

Related Topics:
March 30 - 2004

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