Metal icons SOULFLY are proud to announce they have entered the studio recording their follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2018 release, Ritual. For the twelfth album, the band is working with producer Arthur Rizk (CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, POWER TRIP, CODE ORANGE) at Platinum Underground in Phoenix, Arizona.
Max Cavalera comments, “I’ve been working on this record with my son, Zyon, since June of last year. We are in the studio now with producer Arthur Rizk, creating a really wild record. Expect the unexpected! No rules, no limits, not holding anything back, just pure SOULFLY!”
The as-of-yet-untitled-record is tentatively scheduled for a late 2021 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Stay tuned for more updates.
SOULFLY’s Live Ritual NYC MMXIX digital EP was recorded at The Gramercy in New York City on February 11, 2019, in support of their most recent full-length album, Ritual. The audio for the EP was mixed and mastered by Charles Elliott (ABYSMAL DAWN) from Tastemaker Audio. The cover artwork was comprised of live photos taken by Rodrigo Fredes.
Metal icons SOULFLY are proud to announce and release their Live Ritual NYC MMXIX digital EP. In celebration, the band has offered the fans a live video for the track “The Summoning” which can be seen here:
Vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera comments, “New York is a mesmerizing city; the city that never sleeps! I always look forward to playing in NY. The Gramercy is a great venue and the SOULFLY crowd was in the trench frontlines of a battlefield, crowded and moving like some kind of tribe. I hope this unforgettable night of metal in NY can uplift you during this quarantine. Start a pit in your living room! I’m in quarantine too, and together, with metal, we will all get through this! Let the ritual begin!”
SOULFLY’s Live Ritual NYC MMXIX digital EP was recorded at The Gramercy in New York City on February 11, 2019 in support of their most recent full length album, Ritual. The audio for the EP was mixed and mastered by Charles Elliott (ABYSMAL DAWN) from Tastemaker Audio. Cover artwork was comprised of live photos taken by Rodrigo Fredes.
Below is the track listing for Live Ritual NYC MMXIX:
1. The Summoning
2. Under Rapture
3. Fire
4. Porrada
5. Ritual
6. I And I
7. Back To Primitive
Crossover thrash unit TOXIC HOLOCAUST will kick off 2020 with a massive North American tour supporting SOULFLY. The Summoning tour will commence February 3rd in Denver, Colorado and make its way through nearly three dozen cities upon its conclusion March 12th in Houston, Texas. Additional support will be provided by X-Method, Madzilla, Skinflint, and Systemhouse 33. The trek follows the band’s European tour with Municipal Waste, Enforcer, and Skeletal Remains, currently underway. See all confirmed dates below.
TOXIC HOLOCAUST will be touring in support of their latest full-length, Primal Future: 2019, released in October via Entertainment One (“eOne”). An ambitious new mission statement from founder/principal songwriter Joel Grind, the man whose guiding forces remain Discharge, Megadeth, Venom, English Dogs, Nuclear Assault, D.R.I., and G.B.H., all juiced by the unrelenting, feverish, urgent power of a modern metal trailblazer, TOXIC HOLOCAUST 2.0 detonates like doomsday all over Primal Future: 2019. A dystopian technological takeover drives the album thematically, but the passionately delivered music is vintage TOXIC HOLOCAUST, taking things all the way back to the band’s early origins.
Stream TOXIC HOLOCAUST’s Primal Future: 2019 at THIS LOCATION.
TOXIC HOLOCAUST’s Primal Future: 2019 is available on CD, digital, and vinyl formats. For orders go to THIS LOCATION where the video for “Chemical Warlords” can be viewed.
TOXIC HOLOCAUST w/ Municipal Waste, Enforcer, Skeletal Remains [remaining dates]:
2/03/2020 The Marquis Theater – Denver, CO
2/04/2020 Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
2/05/2020 Mesa Theater – Grand Junction, CO
2/06/2020 Backstage Bar & Billiards – Las Vegas, NV
2/07/2020 Alex’s Bar – Long Beach, CA
2/08/2020 Phoenix Theater – Petaluma, CA
2/10/2020 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
2/11/2020 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
2/12/2020 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC
2/14/2020 The Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB
2/15/2020 The Gateway – Calgary, AB
2/16/2020 The Exchange – Regina, SK
2/17/2020 The Park Theatre – Winnipeg, MN
2/19/2020 The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
2/20/2020 The Forge – Joliet, IL
2/21/2020 Route 20 – Racine, WI
2/22/2020 The Apollo Theatre – Belvidere, IL
2/23/2020 The Citadel Music Hall – Indianapolis, IN
2/24/2020 Crafthouse – Pittsburgh, PA
2/25/2020 Rec Room – Buffalo, NY
2/26/2020 Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON
2/27/2020 Poor Richards – Chicopee, MA
2/28/2020 Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
2/29/2020 Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY
3/01/2020 Stanhope House – Stanhope, NJ
3/03/2020 Cafe 611 – Fred, MD
3/04/2020 The Pour House Music Hall – Raleigh, NC
3/05/2020 Capone’s – Johnson City, TN
3/06/2020 Masquerade Hell – Atlanta, GA
3/07/2020 Sound Bar – Orlando, FL
3/08/2020 Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
3/10/2020 Tipitina’s – New Orleans, LA
3/11/2020 Gas Monkey Bar & Grill – Dallas, TX
3/12/2020 Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
METALHEADS FOREVER, one of the biggest metal entities out there (having today more than 161k members, led by David Maloney) and Alpha Omega’s partner since February 2018, have posted online their November 2018 issue, featured by Alpha Omega’s BAD AS, NEREIS, KAIROS And THE END A.D. alongside BEHEMOTH, SOULFLY interviews, and many more!
Metal icons SOULFLY are set to release their devastating new album “Ritual”, on October 19 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band has unleashed the second single from that release, this time in the form of a 360º video.
Check out the tribal influenced, groove laden title-track, here:
Comments vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera: “This song took a long time and almost didn’t make the record. We recorded it as an instrumental and ran out of time in the studio. We ended up having to fly Josh Wilbur (producer) out to my house to finish the vocals. He kept on telling me he wanted more of that ‘tribal shit’ like some of the stuff on our first record and ‘Primitive’. We ended up creating the chorus on the spot and layering something like 12 or 16 tracks of chanting for it. After we heard it and were listening back, we got really excited and were high-fiving each other. Josh just turned to me and said that was what he wanted to hear as a fan, and he was really happy to get that out of me. We both knew it was a new SOULFLY classic for the ages and had to be the album opener. I’m really proud of this song and I think old-school fans of my work are going to love it.”
In case you missed it, check out the first single from »Ritual«, ‘Evil Empowered’, at this location: https://youtu.be/HB7gYzoVUQw
Metal icons SOULFLY are set to release their devastating new album “Ritual”, on October 19 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band is pleased to reveal the first single from that soon to be landmark release.
Check out ‘Evil Empowered’, here:
Comments guitarist/vocalist Max Cavalera: “I am really stoked to be working again with two of my favorite artists, Eliran Kantor and Marcelo Vasco! The »Ritual« artwork is very mystic and captures the vibe of the album perfectly. For this one, we really tried to retain the groove of early SOULFLY as well as my love for the heavy, fast stuff I’m into: like death and black metal and some hardcore. Working with Josh Wilbur for SOULFLY this time around has been amazing. He’s a huge fan and added a lot to the record. I would fight for the fast songs and he would always push me to add more groove. I think in the end we created a really cool mix of songs that covers a lot of ground in my career. Let the Ritual begin!”
Producer Josh Wilbur adds: Before I had ever recorded a record, in my formidable years, Max released the holy trinity that was (at least to me) »Chaos A.D.«, »Roots«, and »Soulfly«. I wanted to make a record that captured what I loved about those when I was growing up! Those records inspired me and introduced me to heavy metal. Fast forward to now and I was given the opportunity to make the record I wanted as an fan! So I set up some mics, recorded some riffs, we banged on some galvanized metal, roto toms, djembes, and anything else we could get, then I told Max to ‘BRING DA SHIT’!”
»Ritual« was produced, recorded and mixed by Josh Wilbur (KILLER BE KILLED, LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA). Cover artwork was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, ICED EARTH, SODOM). Additional booklet art was handled by Marcelo Vasco (SLAYER, HATEBREED, KREATOR), who also handled the package design. The album features multiple guests including Randy Blythe (LAMB OF GOD) and Ross Dolan (IMMOLATION).
Ritual track listing: 1. Ritual 2. Dead Behind The Eyes (feat. Randy Blythe) 3. The Summoning 4. Evil Empowered 5. Under Rapture (feat. Ross Dolan) 6. Demonized 7. Blood On The Street 8. Bite The Bullet 9. Feedback! 10. Soulfly XI
