Brazilian musician Max Cavalere is already well over fifty. During his very long career he managed to organize several rock bands. But most of all he is known, perhaps, as the founder and frontman of the thrash metal band Sepultura.
Family and early years
Max Cavalera was born in 1963 in the large Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte. His father, Graziano Cavalera, was an Italian diplomat, and his mother (her name Vania) was a model for some time. It must also be said that Max was not the only son of Vania and Graziano, in 1970 another boy was born in the family - Igor.
Since childhood, Max was fond of music. At first, he listened to such "classic" metal bands as Iron Maiden, AC / DC and Motorhead. However, then he became interested in the work of teams that make noticeably tougher music - Venom, Slayer, Possessed, etc.
Max Cavalera and Sepultura
In 1984, Max, together with his younger brother Igor and two other young musicians, created the band Sepultura (by the way, from Portuguese the word "Sepultura" is translated as "grave"). In the newly minted group, Max acted as a vocalist, rhythm guitarist, as well as the author of texts. In the eighties, Sepultura released three audio albums, Morbid Visions, Schizophrenia, and Beneath the Remains. And I must admit that the musical work of the group quickly gained popularity in South America. Many listeners liked the heavy, dense riffs and gloomy texts on religious and political subjects.
In 1991, Max moved from Brazil to the United States (more specifically, to the city of Phoenix, in Arizona). And in the same 1991, the fourth Sepultura album, Arise, was released. This album was very successful from a commercial point of view and at some point even went platinum.
After that, two more excellent records of the Sepultura group were recorded with Max Cavalera as part of “Chaos AD” and “Roots”. The latest album turned out to be especially vivid. When recording it, the group went on an experiment, trying to combine their own heavy sound with the musical traditions of South American tribes. For the sake of this, members of the group visited the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, where they talked with the local Shavante tribe. Moreover, people from this tribe even participated in the recording. In the end, a very distinctive record was obtained, many of whose songs are dedicated to Brazilian culture.
Some time after the release of the album "Roots" something happened that no one expected - Max left the group. In 1996, a statement was posted on the rock band's internet portal that it was no longer a member of Sepultura. And fans are still speculating why this is exactly what happened. At the same time, Igor Cavalera remained in the group, and as a whole after that the relationship between the brothers remained tense for a long time.
Further creativity
In 1997, Max Cavalera organized a new project - Soulfly. And he also gained considerable popularity in many countries of the world. At the moment, this group has already recorded eleven studio records. The last one is called "Ritual". It was released on October 19, 2018 at Nuclear Blast Recording Studio. In the United States, 3600 copies of this record were sold in the first week, which is a very worthy result today.
It is also worth noting that in 2008, Max nevertheless reconciled with his brother Igor. This year, for the first time in over ten years, they teamed up as part of the side project Cavalera Conspiracy and recorded an album called "Inflikted". This disc has been praised by many music critics. It included 11 main tracks, as well as 2 bonus tracks (one of them is a cover of Possessed's song "The Exorcist").
The next album Cavalera Conspiracy was released in March 2011 and was called "Blunt Force Trauma" (this phrase can be translated into Russian as "Trauma from being hit by a blunt object").
Two years later, in 2013, another important event occurred in the life of Max Cavalera - he published, in collaboration with the British writer Joel McIver, his memoir "My Bloody Roots".
In 2014, the third Cavalera Conspiracy album was released - "Pandemonium", and in 2017 the fourth - "Psychosis".
In addition, in 2018 and 2019, Max and Igor Cavalera performed a large-scale tour "Return Beneath Arise". They traveled the world with a program consisting of songs from Sepultura's classic albums "Arise" and "Beneath The Remains." The brothers did not deprive their attention of Russia either - in the fall of 2018, they gave nine concerts in our country as part of this tour.
