As the leader of Sepultura for over a decade, Max Cavalera helped put Brazil on the map. From the beginning, the outfit was clearly influenced by punk rock as much as it was by other metal bands, as ...

"They didn't like it," Cavalera remembers of his then-label's reaction. The musician initially seemed a bit hazy on the now 20-year-old tale that saw him hastily announce the new name on French TV.

Meet Max Cavalera, singer, guitarist and producer for the band Soulfly, which fuses melodic sounds with mystical and exotic themes and a willingness to experiment. The 35-year-old metal veteran - who ...

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There are still a few groups we can all agree on, right? Even if your musical tastes define you on Facebook, no one will judge you at the Hard Rock Hotel today. Earth, Wind & Fire is sort of an ...

For Brazilian singer/guitarist Max Cavalera, music has always been about family. From forming the seminal thrash band Sepultura in 1984 with his brother Igor on drums, to having his wife Gloria ...

Music has always been a family affair for Max Cavalera. The leader of the thrash-metal band Soulfly, which performs at the Knitting Factory in Spokane on Wednesday, formed the legendary metal act ...

Max Cavalera of Soulfly is a mellow speaker. His Brazilian accent is thick, and there’s a lilting quality to the way he punctuates his sentences with phrases like “You know?” or “It’s killer, man.” He ...

On any given day, you can catch Max Cavalera standing in the kitchen of his Phoenix-area home, riffing on a custom ESP guitar and waiting for the coffee to brew. His wife thinks it's odd, but that's ...

Soulfly have announced a run of headlining shows for January 2026. The trio of east-coast shows come shortly after the Brazilian-American metal band were announced as one of the marquee acts for the ...

Finding a heavy metal artist with musical and lyrical depth, cultural significance and an interesting history isn't an easy undertaking, but it is possible. Meet Max Cavalera, singer, guitarist and ...