Soulfly Guitarist Talks About Return To Thrash Roots
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Cameron Edney of Inside Out 666 interviewed Soulfly's Marc Rizzo and discussed the re-release of his solo album, the new Soulfly album, the possibility of releasing a live DVD, touring Australia, those comments Max recently made about touring again with Sepultura and much more. Here are some excepts:
INSIDE_OUT666: I love the new album it’s somewhere along the lines of old Sepultura meets new Soulfly!
MARC RIZZO: Exactly! Joe & I are both huge thrash metal fans as is Max. We wanted to get back to that style. We love the Soulfly stuff but we really wanted to get back to solos & great thrash riffs.
INSIDE_OUT666: How long did it take to record the new album?
MARC RIZZO: Not long at all; it took about a month to record the basic guitars, bass & drums. Max took a bit of time doing the vocals & going over the world to find those weird instruments. It took us about six months all together.
INSIDE_OUT666: When it came time to record ‘Dark Ages’ did you approach it in a different way to albums you have worked on in the past?
MARC RIZZO: I think we talked about getting back to the thrash style because Joe & myself are really into that style of music & we’re both well schooled in that style of music. Max also wanted to go back into more of the world music vibe that he’s always had. He continued to go around the world to look for strange instruments to use on the record.
INSIDE_OUT666: Max recently said in an interview that he is looking forward to playing shows again in the future with Sepultura. With statements such as that & yourself having side projects, what does the future hold for the Soulfly?
MARC RIZZO: I think Soulfly will be going on forever. For as long as Max is around Soulfly will continue. If Max put Sepultura back together that would be awesome, I’m the first person who’d love to see that. I’m a huge Sepultura fan, I grew up on Sepultura, & they’re still one of my favorite bands.
INSIDE_OUT666: Now Soulfly are heading back out on tour this month, what can fans expect to see this time around?
MARC RIZZO: This time around we’re going to do everything off the new record; the fans can really expect to see a thrash set. We’re also going to be doing all the old classic Soulfly songs & a lot of old Sepultura stuff like ‘Inner Self’, ‘Dead Embryonic Cells’, ‘Territory’ & ‘Mass Hypnosis’. We try to get all these songs perfect, note for note cause we’re such fans of the music. I think you can expect a fast, brutal & heavy set from us.
Source: Inside_Out666
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22 Comments on "Soulfly Guitarist Talks About Return To Thrash"
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11. writes:
About f***ing time!!! I've been hoping for about the last decade that thrash
would eventually come back. My only dissapointment is that it doesn't seem that many new
bands are going after that sort of sound. Only the veterans that pioneered the sound
are seeming to sort of return to their roots, so it may be a short lived thing, but whatever.
12. writes:
Holy Sh*t talk about a fu*king awesome show. I just saw them play tonight with Throwdown and bloodsimple. Mark really showed how great of a guitar player he is. The show was kick ass. If you can see Soulfly live do so just for Mark . Even if you don't like Soulfly!!!!!!!
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16. writes:
no f***ing way,did you just say that "heavy" is a metal sub-genre,sorry buddy but you may be aimin more towards melodeath or power metal,cause unfortunatly "heavy " is in no way a sub-genre,just to aid you i should probably throw out a few more for you to work with for future reference:doom,metalcore/american,southern/stoner,grind,grindcore,(and i see you got death and black).....no offense or anything,i just had to correct you
17. writes:
KEY TO NOTHING: no f***ing way,did you just say that "heavy" is a metal sub-genre,sorry buddy but you may be aimin more towards melodeath or power metal,cause unfortunatly "heavy " is in no way a sub-genre,just to aid you i should probably throw out a few more for you to work with for future reference:doom,metalcore/american,southern/stoner,grind,grindcore,(and i see you got death and black).....no offense or anything,i just had to correct you...HAHA...F*GGOT!
18. writes:
no f***in way... for f*** sakes!!! heavy metal is a sub genre u f***ing wanker. un fortunitly heavy wasnt the first genre it was rock and roll but it crossed over from metal and then got heavyer from better and more bass lines so suck a d ick. u guys dont no sh** period. no ofence or anything but i just had to correct you. Power/Prog/Heavy Metal is agenre hahahaha
20. writes:
Usually I don't take back on my comments or jokes but after watching their new video
last week on the ball I might take it back it depends if the whole album sounds like
that single it was definitley a significant improvement sometimes you have to be you and
I never thought Soulfly was being true to themselves by playing kind of nu-metal
material the first cd was ok but after that I thought they were lost in mediocrity. But
this is a good step and playing Sepultura songs will def. get more folks to your
shows esp. folks like me who missed the real Sepultura.
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22. writes:
heavy metal is what became of hard rock after people (unfortunately) moved on from the top acts of the day (ie Led Zeppelin) - there's a pretty sizable list of metal subgenres i found at this link (somewhere near the bottom of the page) http://spaces.msn.com/members/ethermortal/ it seems to cover just about everything, i would say. has some amusing comments regarding them, too.
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1. WhyLordWhy writes:
They are coming to N.C. the 22nd I keep saying if they suck there is always throwdown. If they suck well I'm out $18. That would be great to see a new Sepultura cd in the works cant wait.