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Upon his exit from Sepultura in late 1996, singer/guitarist/songwriter Max Cavalera almost immediately set out to form his next musical endeavor, the band described as one of the few bands both heavy and globally aware, Soulfly. Besides leaving one of the most popular heavy metal bands in the world, which he co-founded in the early \'80s, he also had to deal with the unsolved murder of his stepson, as well as best friend, Dana Wells. Using music as therapy to overcome his depression, Cavalera put together a band that included Roy Mayorga (ex-Thorn, Nausea, Crisis, Medication, and Shelter) on drums, Jackson Bandeira on second guitar (ex-Chico Science and current Nacao Zumbi), while former Sepultura lightman Marcelo Dias (ex-The Mist, XXX, Slaughter, and Mayhem) rounded out the quartet on bass. Their self-titled debut album was released in the spring of 1998. After the release of that album Jackson left the band to be replaced by Logan Mader (ex-Machine Head) who continued to tour with Soulfly. Besides fronting Soulfly, Cavalera has branched out into other areas usually not associated with heavy metal musicians. He became a much-sought-after speaker at Music conventions, as evidenced by his appearances at CMJ\'s New Music Marathon in New York and Holland\'s Crossing Boarder Festival. He also guested on the Deftones\' breakthrough sophmore album, \'Around the Fur\', and signed on to sing a TV commercial for Sprite in his native land of Brasil. Soulfly\'s second album, Primitive, was released in the fall of 2000 and was also available in a digipak, like their 1998 release (re-released in digipak in 1999). However, the new album did not feature the sounds of Mayorga on drums or Mader on guitar. Logan left in December of 1999 to form L.A. based band Medication, and he was joined by Roy in July of 1999. Instead Mikey Doling (ex-Snot) joined the then pair to play guitar along with Joe Nunez (ex-Fleshold, Stripping The Pistol), who was recommended by Kerry King of Slayer himself, on drums to make it a foursome once again. All four continued to tour together in support of Primitive. In October of 2001 at the beginning of writing for the third album, after an over two year stay with the Soulfly, Joe left the band to pursue other musical interests. Within a month after Joe was gone, Soulfly lured Roy back. After a 2 1/2 year stay with his band, Medication, he rejoined the band just before the recording began for their 3rd effort. The new album, titled 3, went to stores on June 25th, 2002. After more than a year of road support for 3, Soulfly suffered some major losses going into the recording process for the third album. Guitarist Mikey Dling, bassist Marcelo Dias, and drummer Roy Mayorga all left the band with little notice. Max soon replaced them with Marc Rizzo (ex-Ill Nino) on guitar and Bobby Burns (ex-Primer 55) on bass, and had former Soulfly drummer, Joe Nunez, come back to help with the fourth record. Dave Ellefson, formerly of Megadeth, also performed several of the bass tracks for the album. Upon the release of Prophecy in March of 2004, the band resumed their hectic touring schedule and are currently still making stops throughout the world in support of the album. Besides releasing their first DVD ever in Early 2005, The Song Remains Insane, the band continued with persistent global touring, making stops (and inciting controversy) in such areas as Russia and Europe. Early in the year, the band completed the recording process for their fifth full-length, Dark Ages, venturing to such countries as Russia, Turkey, France, and Serbia to collect the instruments and inspiration for the project. The album, released in October of 2005, is as experimental as heavier, but is centered on the thrashy trademarks of Cavalera\'s past. Look for the band on their global tour in support of Dark Ages...beginning in the United States, then on to Europe, then on and on and on... Line Up: Max Cavalera: Lead Vocals and Guitar Bobby Burns: Bass Marc Rizzo: Guitars Joe Nunez: Drums