Max Cavalera: Yes. “Inflikted” was the first song I wrote. It was supposed to go to the new Soulfly album, but I couldn’t resist doing the song with Igor. I suggested the name. It was inspired by the visit in 1992 to Indonesia with Sepultura where we saw a crazy ritual. There was self-inflicted pain, knives, blood, fire. It was insane. It stuck in my head. My wife Gloria was pregnant at the time and drank snake’s blood. So every time our son acts crazy I tell her it’s from the snake blood. The name came from that. I wrote the song before I was talking to Igor, but it was related to that trip to Indonesia. It was a crazy coincidence. But unfortunately we couldn’t use Inflikted as the band name. A lot of people had used it before, so I had to come up with something else. I just blurted out Cavalera Conspiracy when trying to find a name, and Igor really liked it. I think I like it better than Inflikted. It has a ring to it that connects me and Igor as two brothers back together.
What are your expectations for Inflikted?
Let it do what it does. I’m happy with the record. I hope that fans dig it. I’m going to get on the road and play a lot. Igor is ready to tour and we want to play this thing live.
With Gojira’s schedule will Joe be able to tour with you?
We don’t know. We’re talking to them about it. We already booked some festivals and are working on a U.S. tour right now. He’s supposed to give us an answer soon. We’ll find somebody else to play the bass if we have to, but we’re going ahead with the tour.
When Cavalera Conspiracy plays live, will you do any Sepultura or Soulfly songs?
I came up with a plan for the tour. We’ll play the entire record when we first get on stage. We’ll do 11 songs without stopping, just like dropping a bomb. Then we’ll take a break and do a punk rock Max and Igor jam session where anything goes. We’ll play old Sepultura, we’ll play Nailbomb, Soulfly, we’ll take requests from the crowd.
You did a video for “Sanctuary.” Is that something you enjoy doing?
I like the video, because it’s so (messed) up. The guys were friends of Igor. The video looks like the Blair Witch Project. The director just told us to do our thing. It was the funniest video we ever did. They didn’t even hire makeup people. I’ve been getting fun comments about the video. They think it’s a B movie. That’s what I like about it. Everybody thought it would be a big produced video, and it wasn’t. It was done in Paris by a company Igor found. They do music, art, movies and fashion.
Will you keep doing Soulfly along with Cavalera Conspiracy?
Yes. I recorded a lot of stuff for the next Soulfly album. I did something that I knew I’d regret at the time, but like it later. I made two records at once. It was the way I did Chaos A.D. and Nailbomb in 1994. It’s good for the music, because everything is flowing. One influenced the other. It’s really stressful as a musician to come up with enough song ideas, lyric ideas, sound ideas for two records. It was painful, but it was cool. Both things are pretty much done. Soulfly is being mixed now in England. It was a crazy year for me.
Is there a release date for the Soulfly CD?
We’re looking at July or August. I took time to do Cavalera Conspiracy, but Soulfly is my main band. I love Soulfly.
