Soulfly to � - earlier lineups

Brazilian heavy metal singer Max Cavalera formed Soulfly after allowing Sepultura within 1997. He recruited the lineup of Roy Mayorga on drums (formerly of Thorn), Jackson Bandeira on guitar (formerly of Chico Science) and previous Sepultura roadie Marcello D. Rapp on bass with Cavalera on guitar and vocals.

On the band's internet site, Max Cavalera said that he founded a band "with the idea of combined sounds and spiritual beliefs." Too when allowing one of the world's virtually all popular heavily metal elastic, he experienced to treat by having a unresolved slaying of his stepson & right friend Dana Wells. A total 1 self-titled album was freed within 1998 & reached number 82 on the Billboard 200.

Max Cavalera featured on the Deftones album Around The Fur in 1996 on the song known as "Headup" all about Wells demise. A influence of nu-metal appeared on the Primitive album of 2000 which did not please a lot of the elastic fans. All the same, Primitive was a virtually all successful album per b& in the U.s. reaching total 32 on the Billboard 200 and total Xi on the United states independent stock and index charts. Joe Nunez replaced Roy Mayorga on drums for the Primitive album. Max Cavalera produced a third album � freed inside 2002 which reached total 46 on the Billboard 200 therein season. Mayorga was back behind a drumkit for the � album.

Prophecy - new lineup

Cavalera recruited a altogether newly lineup for the Prophecy album. Joe Nunez was back behind a drumkit by owning Marc Rizzo formerly of Ill Niño on guitar. There are ii bassists swimming when members of Soulfly in Prophecy - David Ellefson formerly of Megadeth and Bobby Burns of Primer 55. Cavalera took this guide to have a mixture of old school metal & nu-metal on the album.

Max Cavalera explains on the elastic site that he wants to apply different musicians when a share of the class action for every album. "This is an approach that I've wanted to do for a while. I never wanted Soulfly to be a band like Metallica, with the same four guys. On every Soulfly album, we've changed the line up and it will probably continue that way. In order to do that, I had to start from the inside out and bring in people who caught my attention, that I had never played with before, and create this."

Around Sepultura, Cavalera experienced shown an interest within world music as shown in the Roots (album) featuring elements of the music of Brazil's indigenous peoples. This approach continues on the Prophecy album by using Cavalera travelling to Serbia to record with traditional musicians. On the track "Moses", an explicit statement of his religious beliefs, he works by using Serbian band Eyesburn featuring reggae influences from one of his heroes Bob Marley. More tracks on a album feature instruments from either the Middle Ages, sheepskin pipe & Serbian gypsies.

Prophecy was freed in March 30, 2004 and as at April of that month got reached a peak of total 82 on the Billboard 200 although it has reached the top Fifty of the Australian album stock and index charts.

Band members

As of 2004, the todays lineup of Soulfly is

Max Cavalera (guitar & vocals) Marc Rizzo (guitar) Joe Nunez (drums - as well in Primitive) Dave Ellefson (bass) Bobby Burns (bass)

Previous members of the class action include:

Roy Mayorga (drums - Soulfly & �) Logan Mader (guitar - foremost album tour) Jackson Bandeira (guitar - foremost album) Marcello D. Rapp (bass - number 1 3 albums) Mikey Doling (guitar - Primitive & �)

Discography

SoulFly (1998) Primitive (2000) � (2002) Prophecy (2004) Dark Ages (2005)

Hit singles

1998 "Umbabarauma" 1998 "Bleed" 2004 "Prophecy" 2005 "Roots Bloody Roots"

Cover songs

"Umbabarauma", originally by Jorge Ben Jor "Smoke On The Water", originally by Deep Purple "Roots Bloody Roots", originally by Sepultura "Under The Sun", originally by Black Sabbath