Last we heard from agro metallers Soulfly, frontman Max Cavalera had just chopped off the dreadlock he’d been growing for two-plus decades. But now, the band have shared a social media post showing the guitarist and vocalist back in the studio.
Soulfly just posted a picture to Instagram of Max working on some riffs, with the following caption:
“Tribe! SOULFLY are proud to announce that we have entered the studio to record the follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2018 release, Ritual.
“For the twelfth album, the band is working with producer Arthur Rizk (CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, POWER TRIP, CODE ORANGE) at Platinum Underground in Phoenix, Arizona.
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“Max Cavalera comments, ‘I’ve been working on this record with my son, Zyon, since June of last year. We are in the studio now with producer Arthur Rizk, creating a really wild record. Expect the unexpected! No rules, no limits, not holding anything back, just pure #SOULFLY!’
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The as-of-yet-untitled-record is tentatively scheduled for a late 2021 release via @NuclearBlastRecords. Stay tuned for more updates.”
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Given the critical acclaim that the band saw with the release of 2015’s Archangel and 2018’s Ritual, Soulfly are on a bit of a hot streak right now. Hopefully, Max’s short dreadlock is being kept in a glass box and prayed to regularly.
If you want to know how Max grew such a stately length of lock, a 2011 interview dug up by Blabbermouth will shed some insight: “Just leave it there, and it grows, and leave it alone. I wash it. It’s clean. I did find food one time. I opened one of them up and found some macaroni or cheese or rice. I think my wife was going through the dreads and [she said], ‘There’s some food in here, right?’ A stash from tour.
“But, yeah, I just let it grow. I’ve been growing it since 1997. That’s when I started. I never stopped. There’s been rumors that I cut it off. Sometimes fans come to me and say, ‘Hey, man, let me see your dreads. Oh, they’re still there. I heard that you cut it off.’”
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Words by Chris Krovatin
