Robb Chavez of “Robb’s Metalworks” conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, SEPULTURA, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, KILLER BE KILLED) on October 28 in Austin, Texas.

Speaking about why SOULFLY had made a gradual transition towards a more extreme sound on the band’s recent albums, Max said: “I’m not sure. I’m really attracted to extreme metal. I like the power and the energy of it.”

He continued: “SOULFLY is very interesting, because [2015’s ‘Archangel‘ is] our tenth album, so we had to do something different. So I thought… ‘Archangel‘ had biblical themes that I never worked with before. The cover had the Archangel Michael. And it was really cool, man. We worked first time with Matt Hyde, a great producer, and then we had some really great guests like Todd [Jones] from NAILS on ‘Sodomites‘ and Matt [Young] from KING PARROT on ‘Live Life Hard!‘ And, yeah, it came out really cool. I love the record. I think Zyon‘s [Max Cavalera‘s son and SOULFLY drummer] doing really good; he’s playing a lot better than he did on ‘Savages‘.

Max added: “As far as why it gets heavier, I can’t… That’s just me. I just love the heavy stuff. I can’t get rid of it. All the stuff I touch ends up… CAVALERA [CONSPIRACY] got heavier. KILLER BE KILLED is the only exception — it’s kind of more melodic — because it has the other guys that can sing on it. But as far as my stuff, I just love getting heavier and heavier. You know, I might do a record that goes back to the tribal stuff in the future; that’s been on the back of my mind to do it. But, for now, I’ve been very happy with the records I’ve been releasing — kind of extreme metal coming out and making its presence felt. It feels really good.”

(via Blabbermouth)