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Cavalera Conspiracy

Cavalera Conspiracy is a heavy metal supergroup originally formed in 2007 as Inflikted—by Brazilian brothers Max Cavalera (vocals, guitar) and Igor Cavalera (drums), along with American guitarist Marc Rizzo, and French bassist Joe Duplantier—but changed its name to Cavalera Conspiracy for legal reasons.

Cavalera Conspiracy marks the end of a 10-year feud between the Cavalera brothers, Max and Igor, who founded Sepultura in the early 1980s. They remained together in the band until 16 December 1996, when after a sold-out show at London's Brixton Academy, Igor, guitarist Andreas Kisser, and bassist Paulo Jr. told Max they wanted to replace numerous members of the band's staff, including his wife Gloria. Disagreeing with the decision of the other Sepultura members, Max decided to leave the band.

Max then formed a new band, Soulfly, and his brother Igor appeared on the Sepultura's next four studio records before leaving in January 2006 to work on his DJ project, Mixhell, and spend more time with his family. In July 2006, Max received an unexpected call from his brother, and by the end of the conversation, Max had invited Igor to visit him in Phoenix, Arizona to perform in a Soulfly show. Igor joined Soulfly in concert and performed two Sepultura songs. After the show, Max suggested they begin a new project, and Igor accepted the invitation.

To complete the band, Max chose Soulfly guitarist Marc Rizzo and bassist Joe Duplantier of Gojira. The group then recorded their debut album at Undercity Studios in Los Angeles with engineer and co-producer Logan Mader in July 2007. Inflikted, named after the band's original moniker, was released through Roadrunner Records on 25 March 2008.

The Infliktour supporting the debut album began on 30 May 2008, where Cavalera Conspiracy played their first official concert at the Electric Weekend festival in Madrid, Spain. Due to recording commitments with Gojira, Duplantier was unable to join Cavalera Conspiracy on tour. He was replaced by Johny Chow of Fireball Ministry. The group has performed in several festivals in Europe and North America, including Pinkpop, Download, Monsters of Rock and the Ozzfest.

History

Background

A man in his thirties, singing into a microphone while playing guitar.
Max stated that leaving Sepultura was the worst decision he had to make in his life.

On 16 August 1996 at 1:43 a.m., Max Cavalera's stepson Dana Wells, was killed in a car accident at the age of 21 in Phoenix, Arizona. At the time, Cavalera was the lead vocalist for Sepultura who were on tour promoting their sixth studio album, Roots, in England with Ozzy Osbourne. After hearing the news, Ozzy and his wife Sharon Osbourne hired a private plane to take Cavalera and his wife and manager, Gloria, back home.[1] After the funeral, Max returned his focus to Sepultura, and the band resumed its European tour. Then, following a sold-out show at London's Brixton Academy on December 16—later documented on the live album Under a Pale Grey Sky—drummer Igor Cavalera, guitarist Andreas Kisser, and bassist Paulo Jr. told Max they wanted to replace numerous members of the band's staff, including Gloria.[1]

Max decided to leave Sepultura, as he felt that his band mates were "biting the hands that feed". In an interview with Revolver magazine's May 2008 issue, Max explained that Gloria worked for Sepultura for two years without earning one dollar, just for the passion of the music. Disagreeing with the decision of the other Sepultura members, Max said, "If this is how it's going down, I'm out. I quit. I can't just put a mask on and backstab a bunch of people that trust me." Later, Max stated that "it was the worst decision he had to make in his life".[1]

His departure from Sepultura caused a 10-year feud between the Cavalera brothers. During this period, Max formed a new band, Soulfly, which has released six studio albums. Max's brother Igor continued as Sepultura's drummer, appearing on the group's next four studio records before leaving in January 2006 to work on his DJ project, Mixhell, and spend more time with his family.[1]

In July 2006, while Soulfly was on tour, Max received a call from his brother, and by the end of the conversation, Max had invited Igor to visit him in Phoenix for the tenth anniversary of D-Low, an annual memorial show for Dana.[2] At the concert, Igor joined Soulfly and performed two Sepultura songs, "Roots Bloody Roots" and "Attitude," the lyrics for which were written by Dana.[1] In an interview with Chad Bowar for About.com, Max stated that performance was "the birth of Cavalera Conspiracy".[2] After the show, Max suggested they begin a new project after Soulfly finished touring. Max confessed to Bowar that he lied to Igor, saying that he had all the songs ready, but he only had one. He added, "It was one of those good lies. Everything rolled from there. What I like about the Conspiracy is that nothing is really planned. One thing leads to another. There's no pressure and it feels like a different project than anything I've done."[2]

Name

Before talking with his brother, Max wrote a song entitled "Inflikted," inspired by Sepultura's visit in 1992 to Indonesia where they saw a "crazy ritual". Describing what he saw, Max said, "There was self-inflicted pain, knives, blood, fire. It was insane. It stuck in my head." Max stated that "Inflikted" was supposed to go to the Soulfly's sixth studio album Conquer, but he wanted to do the song with Igor. Due to legal reasons, they could not use Inflikted as the band name.[3] According to Max, "A lot of people had used it before, so he had to come up with something else." When trying to find a name, he "blurted out" Cavalera Conspiracy, and Igor liked it. Max added, "I think I like it better than Inflikted. It has a ring to it that connects me and Igor as two brothers back together."[2]

Inflikted

A man shaking his hair, while playing a four-stringed instrument with the fingers.
Johnny Chow was the band's bassist for the Infliktour.

To complete the band, Max chose Soulfly guitarist Marc Rizzo and vocalist Joe Duplantier of Gojira. Rizzo was his choice because, according to Max, he and Rizzo "play together in Soulfly and musically we are like twin brothers". Max also said that he talked to Rizzo about going back to the roots of the mid-1980s thrash metal, which he did with Sepultura. Max continues, "Marc was completely into it and he did great. He surpassed what I asked him to do." Max stated that Duplantier was Gloria's idea, as he did not know him at all. He added, "We had no idea who the guy is, he's from a different continent and we don't speak French. I did know the Gojira CD. But I like the element of surprise and danger Joe brought."[2]

In July 2007, the band recorded their debut album at Undercity Studios in Los Angeles with engineer and co-producer Logan Mader[1] (who played in Soulfly for a year after leaving Machine Head in 1999[2]) and Lucas Banker of the Dirty Icon production team.[4] The album included guest appearances of bassist Rex Brown on the song "Ultra-Violent", and Max's stepson Ritchie Cavalera singing on "Dark Ark".[4] Inflikted, named after the band's original moniker,[5] was released through Roadrunner Records on 25 March 2008.[3] The album blend elements of punk rock and hardcore punk, Sepultura's thrash metal of Arise (1991) and the groove metal of Chaos A.D. (1993),[1][5][6] with its lyrical concept taken from movies Apocalypse Now, City of God, A Clockwork Orange, and La Haine.[1]

The Infliktour supporting the debut album began on 30 May 2008, where Cavalera Conspiracy played their first official concert at the Electric Weekend festival in Madrid, Spain.[7] However, for this live performance and the subsequent European tour, the band had to replace Duplantier, who was unable to join Cavalera Conspiracy on the road as he was recording Gojira's fourth studio album, The Way of All Flesh. He was replaced by Johny Chow of Fireball Ministry.[8] Between June and mid-July 2008, the band performed in several festivals, including appearances at the Pinkpop Festival, Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, Download Festival,[9] Graspop Metal Meeting,[10] Eurockéennes, among others.[11][12][13]

The band then returned to the United States for a North American tour from mid-July to August 2008, featuring headling dates with The Dillinger Escape Plan, Throwdown, Bury Your Dead, and Incite.[14] Cavalera Conspiracy also performed at the Monsters of Rock festival, which was held on July 26 at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Canada,[15][16] and the one-day Ozzfest at the Pizza Hut Park on August 9.[17] During their tour, Cavalera Conspiracy performed on several dates with Judas Priest at the Priest Feast throughout Eastern Europe, but both bands cancelled their shows in Australia and New Zealand, which were scheduled for September 2008.[18][19] In a press release, promoters claimed the cancellation was due to "logistic and freight issues", but Max Cavalera wrote on the band's website that they were "banned" from performing in New Zealand and Australia because someone "deemed" them an "inappropriate" band and "too inflammatory", though he did not specify who.[20]

Due to commitments of Max with Soulfly and Igor with Mixhell, Cavalera Conspiracy was put on hold until August 2009, when the band regrouped to touring in Europe and Japan,[21] including shows at the Ankkarock, Summer Sonic, Pukkelpop, and Trutnov festivals, and two September 2009 dates in Austria and Russia.[22]

Members

Discography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Wiederhorn, Jon (May 2008). "Brothers in Arms". Revolver (68). Future US: pp. 82–88. ISSN 1527-408X. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Bowar, Chad (27 March 2008). "Max Cavalera interview". About.com. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  3. ^ a b Monger, James Christopher. "Biography of Cavalera Conspiracy". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  4. ^ a b Harris, Chris (1 February 2008). "Soilent Green Inspired by Cartoon Squids". MTV News. MTV Networks. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  5. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review of Inflikted". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  6. ^ Begrand, Adrien (26 August 2008). "Inflikted review". PopMatters. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  7. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy Plays First 'Official' Concert at Spain's Electric Weekend". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 31 May 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  8. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy taps Fireball Ministry bassist for European tour". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  9. ^ "Max Cavalera plays Sepultura greatest hits show at Download". NME. IPC Media. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  10. ^ "Kiss zorgt voor vuurwerk op Graspop". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). De Persgroep. 29 June 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  11. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy: Footage from Pinkpop Festival". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  12. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy's Max and Iggor interviewed at Germany's Rock am Ring". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  13. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy at France's Eurockéennes Festival". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  14. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy announce first tour". Roadrunner Records. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  15. ^ Harris, Chris (15 April 2008). "Ozzy Osbourne Announces Monsters of Rock Headlining Gig". MTV News. MTV Networks. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  16. ^ "These Monsters really do rock". Canada.com. CanWest MediaWorks Publications. 27 July 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  17. ^ Maternowski, Todd (10 August 2008). "Concert Review: Ozzfest, featuring Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne". Pegasus News. PanLocal Media. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  18. ^ "Judas Priest to tour Australia with Cavalera Conspiracy". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  19. ^ "Judas Priest turn up volume at Vector Arena". The New Zealand Herald. APN Holdings NZ Limited. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  20. ^ "Judas Priest cancels Auckland show". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand Limited. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  21. ^ Zahn, James (11 September 2009). "Talking Music and Horror with Max Cavalera". Fangoria. The Brooklyn Company. Retrieved 25 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "Cavalera Conspiracy: New Tour Dates Announced". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 27 June 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
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