Upon his exit from Sepultura in late 1996, singer/guitarist/songwriter Max Cavalera almost automatically set out to form his next musical endeavor, the ultra-heavy 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 Dana Wells, his stepson and best friend. Using music as therapy to overcome his depression, Cavalera put together a band that included Roy "Rata" Mayorga on drums (ex-Thorn), Jackson Bandeira on second guitar (ex-Chico Science), while former Sepultura roadie Marcello D. Rapp rounded out the quartet on bass. Their self-titled debut album was released in the spring of 1998. 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, both in late 1997. He al 10560 Artist 2009-11-07T21:17:29-05:00 4879424 true 10508195 well ok maybe soulfly 10560 Artist 2009-10-27T22:01:22-04:00 4801007 true 41710323 well ok maybe slayer 10560 Artist 2009-10-27T16:23:21-04:00 4798461 true 40058155 without bands like metallica motorhead and yes even preist paving the way slayer and slipknot wouldnt be 10560 Artist 2009-10-27T16:22:34-04:00 4798449 true 40058155 third world revolutionary... man lyrics are cool 10560 Artist 2009-10-23T14:02:42-04:00 4766219 true 39661606 root bloody roots is a good song is it sandman 10560 Artist 2009-10-23T13:08:43-04:00 4765852 true 41710323 kick ass band 10560 Artist 2009-10-22T03:23:46-04:00 4755297 true 40899624 going strong soulfly,.. 10560 Artist 2009-10-18T10:34:14-04:00 4729134 true 41687673 Fuckin Awesome!!!!!!!!! 10560 Artist 2009-10-11T00:55:08-04:00 4681782 true 40575019 killer band 10560 Artist 2009-10-02T16:22:32-04:00 4628273 true 7067159 Your Soulfly is down :D 10560 Artist 2009-09-29T14:44:22-04:00 4607459 true 40266846 who are you to tell others what to like musicwise.Personally i think Sepultura is the greatest. 10560 Artist 2009-09-26T05:48:43-04:00 4581324 true 5510585 what do you say???? you are a fuckin' pussy. first wash your filthy mouth when you talk 'bout slayer, is true metallica is gay but slayer is the father of all of those muthafucker bands. SLAYER RULES!!!! ASSHOLE 10560 Artist 2009-09-24T21:30:56-04:00 4572111 true 36034260 how dare you to say fuck slayer..... SLAYER IS THE METAL........ SLAYER IS GOD.... SLAYER HATE US ALL.... hahaha 10560 Artist 2009-09-24T15:44:45-04:00 4568922 true 40669924 metallica is gay,thats right but they were not gay in goddam 80s when they were a metal band now they can suck my balls 10560 Artist 2009-09-24T14:28:01-04:00 4568425 true 39661606