We're not an American band, or a European band. We're a Brazilian band. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
When we did the 'Roots' tour with Cavalera Conspiracy, it was more flashy. It was supposed to be a big deal because… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
There were bands like Iron Maiden, but we wanted it heavier. We wanted to go radical, we wanted to go extreme. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
Guerillas' uses a snippet of 'Procreation of the Wicked' by Celtic Frost because I always loved that song. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
If I'm feeling down, I'll play stuff to get charged up - even better to hear heavier stuff. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
I must have a good chemistry to play because I play every day with the same people. It has to be there.… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
Music is such a big landscape. There's so much we can do with it. It's endless. That's what the cool thing about… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
We were always broke and always complaining about something and music came and gave us a reason. That's why we started Sepultura. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
I liked Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Melvins. I didn't really care much for Pearl Jam. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
I think Sepultura, I have to say 'Refuse/Resist' is one of my favorite riffs. It's really energetic and I love the song.… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
First and foremost: I'm a metal fan. I'm a musician, an artist, but I'm a complete fan and I've never grown out… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
I see metal as really connected to tribalism. Like, even the way we dress and the way we love the music and… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
For me, the fun part is riffs, and making the riffs is what I... that's my world. I'm born for that. And… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
When Sepultura played in B, because of Iggor's drumming, because of the way the songs are structured, it's very different from Korn.… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
We did some shows - Soulfly played for the Marines twice and it was great meeting those guys. A lot of them… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
I get to express myself in my songs more than I can ever do in real life or in talking to somebody.… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
With 'Psychosis' we didn't want to have any silence on the record so the whole record plays like this one song. We… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
We could easily have made 'Arise II' and plenty of fans would have been happy, and we probably would have been OK… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
When we released 'Chaos A.D' it was really hard for a metal artist to survive. Everything was grunge. Everywhere you looked was… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do a song with a violin; I always loved the sound of the instrument, especially for melodic stuff. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
We were always big fans of Hellhammer, but when Celtic Frost came on with 'Morbid Tales,' to me it was a game-changer… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
My dad had a guitar but it was acoustic, so I smashed a mirror and glued broken glass to it to make… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
I really don't like writing lyrics. It's totally a mandatory thing. It's like homework. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
Nailbomb was never really a big record. It's big in the underground. It's huge and it developed a big cult following. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
Yeah, I always had the habit of translating a lot of Black Sabbath records - that's kinda like how I first learned… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a drummer but my brother Iggor was better at it, so I took up guitar instead. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
Music is never-ending, that's what I love about it. Even after we're dead, this music will still exist... that's the best bit.… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
It's hard to get at first. I think the first time you listen to 'Chaos A.D.,' you're not sure exactly what you… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
We normally use Peavey amplifiers, and I use an ESP guitar with two Boss pedals: a flanger and a big wah pedal.… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
Schizophrenia' was the first real production of the Cogumelo label. They put everything they had into it. The original album had a… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
A lot of what we sing concerns the Brazilian way of life. The stuff I write is reality, everything I see. That's the stuff… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
We treated 'Psychosis' like a labor of love from the beginning, from the selection of riffs - I spent like a month just doing… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
I think the first Soulfly album is one of the strongest records I've ever made. It was definitely the most difficult album to record.… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
Nailbomb was never really a big record. It's big in the underground. It's huge and it developed a big cult following. — Max Cavalera Copy Share
Some people love 'Roots;' some people hate 'Roots.' Some people only like the old stuff. Some people want me to play like I did… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
It's hard to get at first. I think the first time you listen to 'Chaos A.D.,' you're not sure exactly what you just heard.… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
I never let whatever - people or ideas or opinions - get in the way of something that is in your head, or is… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
A Clockwork Orange' was one of my favorite movies as a teenager. I had a big poster on my wall in Brazil. — Max Cavalera Copy Share
When we did the 'Roots' tour with Cavalera Conspiracy, it was more flashy. It was supposed to be a big deal because it was… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
I don't know if people know this, but I kind of got Fear Factory signed with Roadrunner. I really bugged Monte Conner back in… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
The whole 'Roots' thing is a very confusing time in my life, because I don't think I knew how to deal with the whole… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
We normally use Peavey amplifiers, and I use an ESP guitar with two Boss pedals: a flanger and a big wah pedal. My sound… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
