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| Max Cavalera |
Max Cavalera was
one of the founding fathers of thrash metal and groove metal in the 1980s in
the Brazilian band Sepultura. He
left that band in 1996 and a year later formed Soulfly in his adopted home of Phoenix, Arizona. The band's name
was taken from the Deftones song "Headup,"
on which Cavalera collaborated. Soulfly has had numerous line-up changes, with
Cavalera being the only constant member. The band presently consists of
guitarist/vocalist Max Cavalera, lead guitarist Marc Rizzo, bassist Mike
Leon, and drummer Zyon Cavalera,
Max's son. Soulfly released its 11th and most recent album, Ritual, on October 19, 2018.
Soulfly returned to the Gramercy
Theatre, seemingly the band's New York home due to its annual concerts
there, once again ripping into its fast and fierce metal. Soulfly opened with
three songs from the most recent album, beginning with title track,
"Ritual," followed by "The Summoning" and "Under
Rapture." Once past the new songs, fans heard many of Soulfly's harsh and
heavy standards, including "Rise of the Fallen", "Prophecy"
and "Jumpdafuckup." The newer songs matched the intensity of
Soulfly's 20-year catalog, further establishing that Cavalera's growl and
speedy guitar riffs, Rizzo's grizzly leads, and the rhythm section's heavy
pounding were driving the metal music to ruthless extremes. Raw, grimy and
gritty, the clever weave of clean guitar and muddy tones was ingenious and intriguing.
Atonal sounds and brash distortion escalated the confrontational elements of
the songs, yet Soulfly clung fervently to head banging riffs and rhythms so
that the individual musicians' contributions did not disappear into a blur of
volume. As such, Soulfly masterfully married the worlds of thrash and extreme
metal.
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