SOULFLY To Enter Studio In November

Fangoria.com recently conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, SEPULTURA). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Fangoria.com: There was talk that SOULFLY was getting ready to do a new record, how's that coming along?

Cavalera: Little by little. Right now we're just getting some of the ideas together with some of the songs I composed while on tour over the past two years. We've got bits and pieces, lot's of riffs and things, but we'll begin seriously working on it at the beginning of November when we get off the road. We'll get right into the studio and start recording.

Fangoria.com: Will you be testing out some of the new ideas on the tour?

Cavalera: We might. It all depends on how much time we get for sound check during the first couple of shows. If we get enough time we can probably bash one out.

Fangoria.com: You're jumping right into this tour after coming out of a string of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY shows, and everyone is wondering if we'll see a second album come out of that project.

Cavalera: I don't have any plans right now, but maybe later on. I did some shows with that and they were awesome. We did some shows in Europe and Japan with really great crowd reaction. They were really into the album and they know it a lot more now. The way the CAVALERA operates is that we do some shows here and there — not often but for special occasions. We like to keep it like that, and it's cool to get together with Igor for awhile and then get right back to SOULFLY.

Fangoria.com: On the upcoming SOULFLY tour, you're bringing out some bands like PRONG for example. Did you have a hand in choosing who you'd be bringing out this time?

Cavalera: We had those bands come up in a list of bands we wanted to tour with, and I've always loved PRONG from back in the 90's and CATTLE DECAPITATION is one of the newer bands I've really been liking so they both accepted and I think we're going to have a lot of fun! I'm really looking forward to playing with them.

Fangoria.com: Back to music, you said that you'd be jumping back into the studio right after the tour. How long does it normally take you to track a new record, and when can we expect to hear some new SOULFLY?

Cavalera: Recording will be November and December, so it should be the beginning of next year. That's about how long it'll take to get the mixing, mastering, and artwork done. We're recording in California this time, and it will be mixed in England. Once all the parts are in place we'll set a release date. It's still a little bit of time.

Fangoria.com: Is the same lineup from the last album in place with Bobby, Marc, and Joe?

Cavalera: It's the same lineup. I actually didn't plan on it, but I've become really comfortable with those guys. Marc [Rizzo, guitar] gets better on each album, and there's a really good friendship within the band. It wasn't planned, but we're all friends now so it's the same lineup since 2005.

Read the entire interview from Fangoria.com.