Cavalera Conspiracy

Soulfly/Cavalera Conspiracy frontman Max Cavalera spent the weekend at his compound in Arizona, working on new material for an unnamed, no-further-details-available project (that means we don’t have a band name, let alone anything like a street date, so don’t ask) with Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato (who provided guest vocals on the song "Rise of the Fallen," from Soulfly's Omen). Puciato was first to break the news, posting the photo above on his personal site, gregpuciato.com, and then writing the following on Facebook: "Day two out here on this writing session with Max.

Cavalera Conspiracy have announced a North American headlining tour, with support coming from Otep, Earth Crisis and Mold Breaker (a hardcore/thrash band featuring Max Cavalera's sons Igor and Zyon). Only seven dates have been announced as of today, but many more will be revealed in the near future.

The 2011 Sonisphere Festival brought thousands of fans to Knebworth, UK to see performances by Megadeth, Cavalera Conspiracy and Slipknot, among other bands. Now the British TV channel Sky Arts HD is going to be running 90 minutes of highlights from the show at 10 PM (that's 5 PM EST, Americans).

Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor's book, Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good, has hit the New York Times bestseller list. You can see the list here; Seven Deadly Sins is at #26, right between former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's On China and...Shit My Dad Says. Anyway, this made us think that other Roadrunner artists probably have stories to tell, and philosophies of life, that readers would enjoy.

Soulfly will be performing at Lokerse Feesten in Belgium on July 31, and Max Cavalera's son Zyon will be behind the drum kit.  He made many special appearances with Cavalera Conspiracy on their recent European tour, performing "Attitude/Cockroaches" at Sonisphere, With Full Force, and Hellfest, to name a few. According to Gloria Cavalera, Max's wife and manager (and Zyon's mom), he learned to drum "sitting at the feet of some of the most gifted metal drummers of all time, including his uncle Iggor Cavalera (when he was in Sepultura!!!), Bill Ward, and Roy Mayorga, to name a few." This will be a special guest appearance only, since Zyon's full-time band is Mold Breaker, formed with his younger brother Igor. Here's some audience-shot footage of Zyon performing with Cavalera Conspiracy at the Nova Rock festival in Austria this summer: Soulfly's most recent CD, 2008's Conquer, is available now from Amazon and iTunes..

Cavalera Conspiracy guitarist Marc Rizzo (who also plays in Soulfly) was interviewed by Peter Bailey of the website The Metalheadz when the group performed at the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, England last week. Here's the video: Cavalera Conspiracy recently wound down their tour in support of their second album, Blunt Force Trauma, which is out now..

The logo for Cavalera Conspiracy was recently spotted in a field in England, as a crop formation. You can see the story here, on a site devoted to crop circles and other mysticism. Since they first started appearing with great frequency and getting covered in the media, many idiots have asserted that crop circles are the work of aliens or other paranormal beings.

With the return of Cavalera Conspiracy, Blunt Force Trauma being heralded as a modern day classic, and a headlining tour going strong, there is no

Cavalera Conspiracy's very own Max Cavalera will be a guest THIS WEEKEND (5/13-5/15) on Fu

What did I learn today about Cavalera Conspiracy's guitar giant, Max Cavalera?  Well, besides the fact that the man loves his Häagen-Da