Photos and review by: Alan Ralph @ARPhotoSF
Max Cavalera tours a lot. Max and his brother Igor G. are best known for starting the band Sepultura in the early 1980’s, and since leaving that behind nearly 30 years ago, he has Soulfly, Nailbomb, Go Ahead and Die, and Cavalera Conspiracy keeping him and the Cavalera family very busy. They have plenty of good reasons to perform for their fans as much as they do, and that is because there is so much music to play! In fact, alongside Max on this particular excursion, both in the band and crew, is drummer/brother Igor G., guitar/son Igor A., manager/wife Gloria, and merchandise/son Richie.
Occasionally, Spinning Platters struggles to keep up with all of their tours, but do a fairly consistent job at it – 03-19-2024 (Go Ahead and Die), 10-18-2023 (Cavalera Conspiracy), and 06-17-2022 (Cavalera Conspiracy) were three of the most recent shows that were photographed and reviewed here! 03-24-2023 (Soulfly) and 02-25-2019 (Soulfly) were sadly not.
In the past couple of years, Cavalera have re-recorded their earliest Sepultura albums Bestial Devastation (1985), Morbid Visions (1986), and Schizophrenia (1987). They may not be able to tour using the name Sepultura, but they can still celebrate the early albums that they took part in writing and recording!
Cavalera played Bestial Devastation and Morbid Visions in their entirety on the 2023 tour, so they focused more on Schizophrenia this time while still slightly revisiting the other two classic albums… three from Bestial, three from Morbid, and seven from Schizophrenia made up the bulk of the setlist, and for a Monday night metal show, if Cavalera was not sold out, it was damn close!
Click on any photo below for a slideshow of full-size images of Cavalera.
Setlist:
1. From the Past Comes the Storms (S)
2. To the Wall (S)
3. Escape to the Void (S)
4. Morbid Visions (MV)
5. Mayhem (MV)
6. Bestial Devastation (BD)
7. Antichrist (BD)
8. Necromancer (BD)
9. Inquisition Symphony (S)
10. Septic Schizo (S)
11. Nightmares of Delirium (S)
12. R.I.P. (Rest in Pain) (S)
13. medley of Refuse Resist, Propaganda, Territory, Biotech
14. Troops of Doom (MV)
According to a Spinning Platters tour insider, Soulfly have finished recording the follow-up record to the amazing Totem… looks like possibly another Soulfly tour in 2026? Hope so!
