IMax Cavalera ingelinye lamakhanda ensimbi aziwa kakhulu eNingizimu Melika. Eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-35 yomsebenzi wokudala, wakwazi ukuba yinganekwane ephilayo ye-groove metal. Futhi usebenze kwezinye izinhlobo zomculo owedlulele. Kunjalo, sikhuluma ngeqembu iSoulfly.
Kwabaningi abalaleli, uCavalera useyilungu “lomugqa wegolide” weqembu iSepultura, abengumholi walo kwaze kwaba ngu-1996. Kodwa kwakukhona amanye amaphrojekthi abalulekile emsebenzini wakhe.
Ukuhamba kuka-Max Cavalera e-Sepultura
Engxenyeni yokuqala yeminyaka yawo-1990, iqembu iSepultura lalisezingeni eliphezulu lokuthandwa kwalo. Ngemva kokulahla i-thrash metal yakudala, abaculi bazijwayelanisa nezitayela zemfashini. Okokuqala, ibhendi yashintsha umsindo wayo ibheke ku-groove metal, yabe isikhipha i-albhamu edumile ethi Roots, eyaba yi-nu metal classic.
Injabulo yempumelelo ayizange ihlale isikhathi eside. Ngawo lowo nyaka, uMax Cavalera walishiya leli qembu, umholi walo ayeseneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-15 engumholi. Isizathu kwakuwukuxoshwa komkakhe, owayenesikhundla somphathi weqembu iSepultura. Esinye isizathu esenza lo mculi anqume ukuhlaba ikhefu ukushona kabuhlungu kwendodana yakhe yokutholwa.
Ukudalwa kweqembu le-Soulfly
UMax wanquma ukuphinda aqale umculo ngo-1997 kuphela. Ngemva kokunqoba ukucindezeleka, umculi waqala ukwakha iqembu elisha, i-Soulfly. Amalungu eqembu lokuqala ahlanganisa:
- Roy Mayorga (izigubhu);
- Jackson Bandeira (isiginci);
- Sello Diaz (bass guitar).
Umdlalo wokuqala weqembu wenzeka ngo-Agasti 16, 1997. Lo mcimbi ubunikelwe njengesikhumbuzo sendodana yalo mculi engasekho (sekuphele unyaka eshonile).
Ngaphambili isigaba
Ekwindla yonyaka ofanayo, abaculi basebenza estudiyo ukuqopha i-albhamu yabo yokuqala. UMax Cavalera wayenemibono eminingi, ukuqaliswa okudinga imali.
Umdidiyeli uRoss Robinson usize umculi ngezimali. Usebenze neqembu le-Machine Head, i-Korn ne-Limp Bizkit.
Ingxenye yohlobo lweqembu leSoulfly yayihambisana nala maqembu, okwawavumela ukuthi ahambisane nezikhathi. Basebenza ku-studio ku-albhamu yokuqala yegama elifanayo izinyanga ezimbalwa.
I-albhamu i-Soulfly yayihlanganisa amathrekhi angu-15, ekudalweni kwayo izinkanyezi eziningi zabamba iqhaza. Isibonelo, u-Chino Moreno (umholi weqembu le-Deftones) wabamba iqhaza ekurekhodweni.
Abangane uDino Casares, uBurton Bell, uChristian Wolbers, uBenji Webb kanye no-Eric Bobo babebandakanyekile kulo msebenzi. Ngenxa yozakwabo abadumile, ukuthandwa kweqembu kwanda, futhi kwakukhona nokuthengiswa okuhle kwe-albhamu.
I-albhamu yakhululwa ngo-April 1998, khona-ke abaculi bahamba uhambo lwabo lokuqala lomhlaba. Ngonyaka olandelayo, i-Soulfly yadlala amasethi emikhosini emikhulu eminingana, yabelana ngesiteji no-Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Tool kanye no-Limp Bizkit.
Ngo-1999, leli qembu laphinde lavakashela eMoscow naseSt. Petersburg, licula amakhonsathi. Ngemva komdlalo, uMax Cavalera walibangisa e-Omsk ukuze avakashele eSiberia okokuqala ngqa.
Udadewabo kanina wayehlala lapho, uMax owayeneminyaka eminingi engamboni. Ngokusho kwalo mculi, kuyena yinto angeke ayikhohlwe ayikhumbula impilo yakhe yonke.
Isiqongo sokuduma
I-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu yadalwa ngaphakathi kohlobo lwensimbi olusemfashinini. Naphezu kwezinguquko ezinkulu ekubunjweni, iqembu laqhubeka nokulandela uhlobo esikhathini esizayo.
I-albhamu yesibili ethi Primitive yavela ngo-2000, yaba ngeyodwa egqama kakhulu emlandweni walolu hlobo. Le albhamu iphinde yaba yimpumelelo kakhulu emlandweni weqembu, yafinyelela kunombolo-32 ku-Billboard in America.
I-albhamu yayithakazelisa ngoba yayihlanganisa izici zomculo wesintu, uMax abonisa isithakazelo kuzo ngesikhathi seqembu le-Sepultura. Izindikimba zemibhalo ephathelene nezicelo zezenkolo nezingokomoya nazo zakhiwa. Ezinye izingxenye ezibalulekile zezingoma ze-Soulfly zihlanganisa izindikimba zobuhlungu, inzondo, ulaka, impi nobugqila.
Iqoqo lezinkanyezi lisebenze ekwakhiweni kwe-albhamu. UMax Cavalera ubuyise umngane wakhe u-Chino Moreno, owajoyinwa nguCorey Taylor noTom Araya. I-albhamu ethi Primitive isahamba phambili emsebenzini weqembu i-Soulfly kuze kube namuhla.
Umsindo oshintshayo ka-Soulfly
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, i-albhamu yesithathu yobude obugcwele "3" yakhululwa. Isizathu sokuthi irekhodi liqanjwe ngale ndlela kungenxa yezakhiwo zomlingo zale nombolo.
I-albhamu ethi "3" yaba ukukhululwa kokuqala kweqembu elithi Soulfly, elikhiqizwa nguCavalera. Kakade lapha ungezwa izinguquko ezithile ezibhekiswe ku-groove metal, ezanqoba emsebenzini owalandela weqembu.
Iqala nge-albhamu ethi Dark Ages (2005), iqembu lagcina liyishiyile imiqondo ye-nu metal. Umculo waba nzima, ulekelelwa ukusetshenziswa kwezinsimbi ze-thrash. Ngesikhathi esebenza ku-albhamu, uMax Cavalera wabhekana nokulahlekelwa abathandekayo. Umngane wakhe oseduze uDimebag Darrell wadutshulwa, kwathi umzukulu kaMax naye washona, okwamthinta kakhulu.
I-disc Dark Ages yaqoshwa emazweni amaningana omhlaba ngesikhathi esisodwa, okuhlanganisa iSerbia, iTurkey, iRussia ne-USA. Lokhu kuholele ekusebenzisaneni nabaculi abebengalindelekile. Ngokwesibonelo, engomeni ethi Molotov, uMax wasebenza noPavel Filippenko eqenjini le-FAQ.
Iqembu le-Soully namuhla
Iqembu le-Soulfly liyaqhubeka nomsebenzi walo wokudala, likhipha ama-albhamu. Kusukela ngo-2005, umsindo ubulokhu unolaka. Ngezinye izikhathi ungabona ithonya lensimbi yokufa, kodwa ngokomculo u-Soulfly uhlala ngaphakathi kwe-groove.
Naphezu kokushiya iqembu iSepultura, uMax Cavalera akazange adume kancane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wakwazi ukuqaphela izinhloso zakhe zokudala, okwaholela ekuveleni kwezingoma ezintsha.
