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Monday, 17 November 2008

Back in July, Max Cavalera raged on Detroit as he joined up with brother Iggor and the Cavalera Conspiracy to deliver a killer set of new material and classic Sepultura metal. But now that the Conspiracy is taking a break, Max is back to his day job with his band Soulfly. The Arizona via Brazil based band released their latest record, Conquer in July. Soulfly first released their self-titled release in 1999, and had crazy cuts on it, like “Eye for An Eye” and the venomous “Bleed” (which actually made Fred Durst sound like something fierce, before the shout outs to Ben Stiller and stuff). The second record, Primitive, might have been even better. Soulfly continued to release solid records, such as Dark Ages and Prophecy.

But Conquer delivers some major guest spots in the metal world, with Throwdown’s Dave Peters delivering his Cavalera-influenced vocals on “Unleash” and Morbid Angel’s David Vincent on the opening track “Blood Fire War Hate.” The album brings a lot of the frenetic energy of earlier records on tracks like “For Those About to Rot,” among others. Cavalera’s voice sounds as heavy as ever, and guitarist Marc Rizzo proves once again that he may be one of the most underrated guitarists of the genre.

Soulfly is criss-crossing America in the month of November, with the tour finishing in their home state of Arizona on November 29^th. Meanwhile, the band makes an appearance north of Detroit at the always wild Machine Shop in Flint on November 19^th. Bleed the Sky and Incite open the show, but everyone knows the real reason they are there: to watch Soulfly bury the crowd and send them home with some bruises from the pit.

Soulfly plays at the Machine Shop in Flint on Wednesday, November 19^th. Tickets are $20 and are available at www.etix.com. Additional dates can be found at www.soulfly.com.

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