Professionally filmed video footage of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's entire June 26, 2008 performance at this year's Hovefestivalen on the island of Tromy, just outside the city of Arendal in Norway, is available for download at this location (Windows Media, 253 MB). The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Inflikted 02. Sanctuary 03. Territory 04. ...
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Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY/ex-SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera. Watch the chat in four parts below. CAVALERA CONSPIRACY recently tapped Johny Chow (a.k.a. John Mark Bechtel; FIREBALL MINISTRY, SOULS OF WE, ex-SYSTEMATIC, MY RUIN) to play bass on the group's current European tour. Joe Duplantier of the French progressive death metallers GOJIRA, ...
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Jasmin St. Claire of Metal's Darkside TV conducted an interview with IN FLAMES guitarist Bjrn Gelotte during the recently completed Gigantour. Watch the interview at this location (Quicktime required). IN FLAMES will embark on a European headlining tour in October. Support on the trek will come from SONIC SYNDICATE and GOJIRA. IN FLAMES's ...
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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's performance at this year's Hovefestivalen which is being held June 23-27, 2008 on the island of Tromy, just outside the city of Arendal in Norway will be webcast (audio + video) live tonight (June 26) at 21.00 (GMT + 1) at NRK.no. CAVALERA CONSPIRACY recently tapped Johny Chow (a.k.a. John Mark ...
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Steeve "Zuul" Petit, the former frontman of the French band NO RETURN and the current vocalist of ZUUL FX, joined CAVALERA CONSPIRACY for a rendition of the SEPULTURA classic "Roots Bloody Roots" on Saturday, June 21, 2008 at the Hellfest in Clisson, France. Watch fan-filmed video footage of the performance below (clip uploaded by YouTube ...
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Former SEPULTURA and current SOULFLY/CAVALERA CONSPIRACY frontman Max Cavalera was interviewed backstage at this year's Metal Hammer Golden Gods ceremony, which was held this past Monday night (June 16) at London, England's state-of-the-art Indigo2 complex. Watch the chat at this location. Max and his brother Igor Cavalera (CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, ex-SEPULTURA) were honored with ...
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Chris Harris of MTV's Metal File recently spoke to GOJIRA frontman Joe Duplantier about the French progressive-extreme metal outfit's upcoming fourth LP, "The Way of All Flesh", which is slated for a Stateside release October 14. According to Duplantier, "Flesh" is a conceptual work, focusing on the morbid topic of death. "That's the ...
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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) alongside SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo will have its June 23, 2008 concert at Docks in Hamburg, Germany streamed live (free of charge) over the Internet at Ligx.de beginning at 21.30 local time. A poster promoting the event ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of Dave Peters of Orange County, California's hardcore/metal act THROWDOWN performing the SEPULTURA classic "Propaganda" with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY at this year's Download festival which was held June 13-15 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK can be viewed below. Also featured is the song "Refuse/Resist". CAVALERA CONSPIRACY the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's June 12, 2008 concert at STUK in Maribor, Slovenia can be viewed below (clips uploaded by YouTube user "egobrain22"). CAVALERA CONSPIRACY the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) alongside SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo recently tapped Johny Chow (a.k.a. John Mark Bechtel; FIREBALL ...
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Jelynn from Altitude's "Metalogy" conducted an interview with IN FLAMES guitarist Bjrn Gelotte prior to the second-to-last show of this year's Gigantour on May 21, 2008 at the Long Beach Arena. Watch the six-minute "raw and uncut" chat below. IN FLAMES will embark on a European headlining tour in October. Support on the trek will ...
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Guitarist/vocalist Joe Duplantier of the French progressive extreme metallers GOJIRA recently spoke to the UK's Total Guitar about the band's forthcoming album, "The Way Of All Flesh", due on October 13 in Europe via Listenable Records and October 14 in North America through Prosthetic Records. According to Joe, the follow-up to 2005's "From ...
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Quality fan-filmed video footage of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) alongside SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo performing the SEPULTURA classic "Troops of Doom" on June 10 in Bratislava, Slovakia with Max's son Igor sitting behind the drum kit instead of Max's brother is available for ...
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Rebel TV conducted an interview with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) at this year's Rock am Ring festival, which took place June 6-7 in Nrburgring, Germany. Watch the four-and-a-half-minute chat below. CAVALERA CONSPIRACY has tapped Johny Chow (a.k.a. John Mark Bechtel; FIREBALL MINISTRY, SOULS OF WE, ex-SYSTEMATIC, MY RUIN) ...
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On June 12th, 2006, SEPULTURA once again said goodbye to a Cavalera when drummer Igor took his leave because of that nasty little gremlin known as "artistic incompatibility." About three seconds after that news hit the streets, we all knew what was coming and though their relationship had been somewhat strained after Max's exodus from ...
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A video interview with SOULFLY/CAVALERA CONSPIRACY guitarist Marc Rizzo conducted by Holland's JA TV (Jimmy Alter TV) on June 1, 2008 backstage at the Pinkpop festival in Landgraaf can be viewed below. The clip also includes footage of Rizzo playing acoustic guitar and jamming with current CAVALERA CONSPIRACY touring bassist Johny Chow (a.k.a. John Mark ...
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Anders Fridn (vocals) and Daniel Svensson (drums) from IN FLAMES will guest on tonight's (Thursday, June 5) edition the "Hard Files" program on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack at 7:00 p.m. EST. Rebroadcasts: Fridays at noon ET, Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. ET and Sundays at 6:00 p.m. ET. "Anders and Daniel share their thoughts on ...
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MetalKult.com has just posted the first in a series of on-the-road tour reports from THE OCEAN's mastermind Robin Staps. The lead singer/composer for the Berlin, Germany metal collective will be providing weekly updates from his band's inaugural tour of the U.S. Joining THE OCEAN on this tour are WITHERED, KYLESA and LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR. ...
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French progressive extreme metallers GOJIRA have set "The Way Of All Flesh" as the title of their new album, due on October 13 in Europe via Listenable Records and October 14 in North America through Prosthetic Records. The follow-up to 2005's "From Mars To Sirius" is being tracked in Los Angeles with producer and ex-MACHINE ...
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A short Dutch TV interview with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums), along with professionally filmed video footage of the band's June 1, 2008 performance at the Pinkpop festival in Landgraaf, The Netherlands, can be viewed below. CAVALERA CONSPIRACY has tapped Johny Chow (a.k.a. John Mark Bechtel; FIREBALL MINISTRY, SOULS OF WE, ...
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In honor of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's forthcoming North American summer tour with THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, THROWDOWN, BURY YOUR DEAD and INCITE, the band is currently hosting a contest during the entire month of June and on into early July that awards one lucky participant and his or her friend at each stop along the way! ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) alongside SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo performing the song "Must Kill" yesterday (Sunday, June 1) at the Pinkpop festival in Landgraaf, The Netherlands can be viewed below. Performance footage of the tracks "Sanctuary" and "Roots ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) alongside SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo performing the song "Sanctuary" earlier today (Sunday, June 1) at the Pinkpop festival in Landgraaf, The Netherlands can be viewed at the web site of VPRO's 3voor12 Dutch national ...
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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) alongside SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo has tapped Johny Chow (a.k.a. John Mark Bechtel; FIREBALL MINISTRY, SOULS OF WE, ex-SYSTEMATIC, MY RUIN) to play bass on the group's current European tour. Joe Duplantier of the French progressive death metallers GOJIRA, ...
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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) alongside vocalist Joe Duplantier (bass) of the French progressive death metallers GOJIRA and SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo made its official live debut Friday night (May 30) at the Electric Weekend in Madrid, Spain. Photos of the concert are available ...
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Drummer Mario Duplantier of the French progressive extreme metallers GOJIRA has spoken to Kerrang.com about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's new album, tentatively due in October via Listenable Records. The follow-up to 2005's "From Mars To Sirius" is being tracked in Los Angeles with producer and ex-MACHINE HEAD/SOULFLY guitarist ...
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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) alongside vocalist Joe Duplantier (bass) of the French progressive death metallers GOJIRA and SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo has posted two outtakes/b-side tracks from the recording sessions for the group's debut album, "Inflikted", on the band's MySpace page. Check out ...
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Vocalist/guitarist Joe Duplantier of the French metallers GOJIRA recently spoke to Revolver magazine about the recording sessions for the group's new album, tentatively due in October. On the subject of how the new album compares to 2005's "From Mars To Sirius", Duplantier said, "I would say that it's the logical next album. It's more intense, ...
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Nikki Law of Bay Area Backstage conducted an interview with frontman Anders Fridn of the Swedish metal band IN FLAMES on Monday, May 19 at the San Jose State University Event Center. During the interview Anders discussed the recording process for IN FLAMES' latest album, "A Sense of Purpose", life on the road, ...
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Thiago Sarkis of Roadie Crew magazine (web site) organized a poll in which 330 guitarists were asked about their favorite guitarists of all time. Among the participants in the poll were current and former members of such bands as GUNS N' ROSES, KISS, MACHINE HEAD, NIGHTWISH, MEGADETH, SCORPIONS, TESTAMENT, ARCH ENEMY, KING DIAMOND, ...
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