SOULFLY's MAX CAVALERA Talks To BendNote At France's Hellfest (Video)

On June 21, BendNote conducted an interview with SOULFLY and CAVALERA CONSPIRACY frontman Max Cavalera at Hellfest in Clisson, France. You can now watch the chat below.

SOULFLY‘s tenth studio album, “Archangel”, will be released on August 14 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The CD was produced by Matt Hyde, who has previously worked with SLAYER and CHILDREN OF BODOM. The cover artwork was created by artist Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, ICED EARTH, SODOM).

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Speaking about “Archangel”, Max told RockRevoltMagazine.com: “It’s a very biblical, very mystic, very exotic kind of a album. This is a totally different vibe [from 2013’s ‘Savages’]. There’s songs like ‘Sodomites’, about the destruction of Sodom; there’s songs like ‘Shamash’, about the Akkadian god of the sun; ‘Ishtar’ (since retitled ‘Ishtar Rising’), which is the Babylonian queen; ‘Titanomachy’ (since retitled ‘Titans’), which is about the war of the titans. So there’s really more mystic, exotic sounds and songs and lyrics. So it’s really cool. It’s really artistic, the new SOULFLY, which I like about it.”

In an interview with Metal Wani, Max called “Archangel” “an interesting record.” He explained: “It’s one of those [records] that come out once in a lifetime, an album like that comes out — really crazy sounds and very different dimensions. It’s more experimental than the other stuff. It’s still heavy as hell, and it’s still fast. And Zyon‘s [Cavalera, Max‘s son] playing drums on it. He’s actually playing really good. He reminds me of a young Dave Lombardo [SLAYER]. The fills that he’s doing [are] really amazing; he surprised everybody in the studio. Matt Hyde is producing; he worked with SLAYER before. So it’s really cool; a really good team.”

SOULFLY will embark on a North American headlining tour at the end of September. Joining them on this epic campaign are Swedish melodic death metal visionaries SOILWORK, Polish technical death metallers DECAPITATED, and hot newcomers SHATTERED SUN.

Fonte: Blabbermouth.net