SOULFLY puts the finishing touches on his twelfth album for a provisional release at the end of 2021 via Nuclear explosion registers. The 2018 follow-up “Ritual” was registered at Underground platinum in Phoenix, Arizona with the producer Arthur Rizk, who has already worked with THE CONSPIRACY OF CAVALERA, POWER TRAVEL and CODE ORANGE.
In a new interview with Chris Enriquez from Saint Vitus presents: Age of Quarantine, Max said about the next SOULFLY disc (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I worked on the new SOULFLY since last year with my son Zyon [who plays drums in SOULFLY]. We bought Athur in Arizona. And that’s pretty murderous. This is good shit. I’m excited for it. ”
According to Cavalera, Rizk took the project “very seriously. He said, “Hey, Max, I don’t wanna do just another one SOULFLY record. I want to do my best SOULFLY record “”, he recalls. “I was,” Alright. I accept the challenge. Let’s do it, man. “”
As for the musical direction of the new SOULFLY Equipment, Max said, “It’s full. I think it’s kind of like the best of all years. I think this is a compilation Max Cavalera overall record of 50 years. [Laughs] That’s what it feels like – there’s old stuff, it’s from the middle, it’s very SOULFLY vibrations. There is a lot of groove. There are a lot of quick things. We are in the process of completing it right now. Hope it comes out this year. ”
In December, Max said to “Sappenin ‘Podcast with Sean Smith” on the process of writing the short story SOULFLY album: “The cool thing about Zyon, the way he plays the drums is he’s kinda like a wild animal – he’s got no restraint, man, and he just goes wild on the drums. Pure brutality power drums, and I love it. So that brings me back to a lot of the early records that I love – a lot of old ones. BURIED stuff and CARCASS and DEATH BY NAPALM; uncontrollable shit. So I think we have that kind of spirit on a lot of new songs. ”
According to Max, he was also inspired by «Max Trax», the twice-weekly internet video series he recently launched in which he discusses the inspiration for many songs spanning his nearly 40-year music career.
“I take inspiration from old songs,” he says. “I think the old material becomes a source of inspiration. So I think we’re going to be able to create something unique out of all of this experience – from old stuff to new stuff. KILLER BE KILLED will probably be in some way an influence on the record, in certain parts of the record ”, he added, referring to his side project which has just released his second album, “Reluctant hero”, Going through Nuclear explosion. “So maybe we’ll bring it all into the new SOULFLY. «
Last June, SOULFLY released a new digital EP, « Live Ritual NYC MMXIX ». The effort was recorded at the Gramercy in New York City on February 11, 2019 as SOULFLY was on tour to support his most recent full album, “Ritual”. The EP audio was mixed and mastered by Charles Elliott (THE ABYSMAL DAWN) from Audio Tastemaker. The cover artwork consisted of live photos taken by Rodrigo fredes.
“Ritual” was released in October 2018 via Nuclear explosion. Monitoring the years 2015 “Archangel” was produced, recorded and mixed by Josh Wilbur (KILLER BE KILLED, LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA).
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