Max Cavalera
Max Cavalera (born
Massimiliano Antonio Cavalera on
August 4,
1969 in
Belo Horizonte,
Brazil) is a musician.
Formerly the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the
metal band Sepultura, upon parting ways with the band, Cavalera formed
Soulfly in the late
1990s. In the mid-
1990s Max was also involved with the short-lived side project
Nailbomb. He has collaborated with many different artists whilst in both
Sepultura and
Soulfly. He explores religious topics, often with a very critical tongue. The press (especially in America after Max dedicated one of the Soulfly albums to God) depicts him as a religious guy, a label that Max cannot understand. As he himself put it, "I do hate a lot of 'religion' but people like Christ - yeah they inspire me. I mean if you look at Christ, He was hanging around with the lowlifes, prostitutes and the losers you know, not going around with those high society motherfuckers you see trying to sell Jesus today!"
In the early
1990s Max relocated to
Phoenix,
Arizona U.S.A., with his American wife/manager Gloria, and is today a U.S. citizen.Of late Max joined forces with former
Nirvana drummer and
Foo Fighters' frontman
Dave Grohl to produce "Red War" which appeared on the self-titled release of Dave Grohl's newest project,
PROBOT. Currently Max has just released his fifth studio album
Soulfly's, Dark Ages, and is soon embarking on a European tour to support this album. Soulfly's latest album, "Dark Age's" was accredited respectfully upon it's release, garnering welcome and generally well respected review's upon the greater rock/metal community.
Max also has an ESP signature guitar. Designed to Max's specifications, the guitar has a Seymour Duncan Super Distortion pickup, and is adorned with his signature Brazilian flag graphic. A budget version is sold under the LTD moniker, which has a stock pickup and is missing the flag. While his signature guitar is shipped fully strung with six strings, Max only plays with four strings on his own instrument.
Max has worked with the following people in music, among others:
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Soulfly*
Sepultura*
Nailbomb*
Ross Robinson*
Richard Kaplan*
Chuck Johnson*
Evan Seinfeld*
DJ Lethal*
Fred Durst*
Tom Araya*
Chino Moreno*
Mike Patton*
Sean Lennon*
Corey Taylor*
Cristian Machado*
Grady Avenell*
Jackson Bandeira*
Meia Noite*
Jacob Langkilde*
Roy Mayorga*
Larry McDonald *
Anders Dohn*
Dino Cazares*
Burton C. Bell*
Mario Caldato Jr.*
Rob Agnello*
Deftones*
Carlinhos Brown*
Sangresabia*
Robert Flynn*
Marc Rizzo*
Matt Tuck*
Apocalyptica
