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On August 14th (worldwide) metal icons Soulfly will release their 10th studio album, Archangel, via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Today, the band has revealed the stunning cover artwork created by artist Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, ICED EARTH, SODOM) for the band’s upcoming dark and atmospheric masterpiece.

”I am so proud to be releasing SOULFLY’s tenth album,” comments founder/vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera. “I feel it is my most mystic album since Prophecy. The guest collaborations have always been a trademark of SOULFLY and Archangel is no different! We can’t wait to play this live for the worldwide tribe!”

In regards to the band and the album cover, artist Eliran Kantor states:
"I've been a fan of Max's music ever since discovering Beneath The Remains in high school. When my wife and I got married 'Territory' was even played at the dance party part of our wedding.

“Max asked me to do a traditional piece depicting Archangel Michael - and I tried to go beyond the straight-up neo-classical style as that has been perfected centuries ago, so I mixed in SOULFLY's own visual world: hence the wings and spear being shaped like the SOULFLY tribal icon, the cliff with the ocean view just like on the first record, and the Brazilian flag being the core of it's color scheme."
Archangel was produced and mixed by Matt Hyde (SLAYER, BEHEMOTH, CHILDREN OF BODOM). Check out the track list for all formats and list of guest performers on the album below.

SOULFLY - to enter studio in January, hint return to tribal elements and »Roots« like concept!
SOULFLY - to enter studio in January! - 2017-12-07

2017-12-07 - Metal icons SOULFLY have announced to enter the studio in January to record the follow-up to 2015's »Archangel« which will most likely be released in summer 2018 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment.

The as of yet untitled album will be recorded with Josh Wilbur, who also worked with Max Cavalera's other band, KILLER BE KILLED as well as heavy-hitters LAMB OF GOD and GOJIRA.

In an interview with Backstage Axxess, Cavalera said: "I'm actually writing right now. I'm collecting the riffs right now and getting the ideas." and added: "I'm excited, because I think the album will have a little bit of a return to some tribal sounds that I haven't done since »Prophecy«. So that'll be cool, to return to some of that. And then the rest of the album will be a continuation of »Archangel«; a lot of people like »Archangel«. And, of course, I think that it will be also somehow influenced by »Psychosis«, 'cause »Psychosis« was such a cool record that I'm sure that somewhere in the SOULFLY record we'll have the influence of that on top of it too. So it'll be a really cool record to work on."

In another interview with the No Limits Music Show, he explained that the next SOULFLY album will be "deeply tribal, very spiritual. There's a concept. I cannot tell you much about it, 'cause it's kind of a surprise. But there is a concept behind the record, and I have not done a record with a concept like this since »Roots«. So this one has got the same kind of feeling that »Roots« has."

Max and his brother Igor Cavalera are currently touring Europe, playing the iconic SEPULTURA album »Roots« in its entirety.

Soulfly are set to release their devastating new album »Ritual«, on October 19. Today, the band is pleased to reveal the first single from that soon to be landmark release.

Check out 'Evil Empowered', here: https://youtu.be/HB7gYzoVUQw

»Ritual« was produced, recorded and mixed by Josh Wilbur (KILLER BE KILLED, LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA). Cover artwork was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, ICED EARTH, SODOM). Additional booklet art was handled by Marcelo Vasco Arts (SLAYER, HATEBREED, KREATOR), who also handled the package design. The album features multiple guests including Randy Blythe (LAMB OF GOD) and Ross Dolan (IMMOLATION).

Pre-order SOULFLY's eleventh studio album »Ritual«, here: http://nblast.de/RitualSoulfly
Digital: http://nblast.de/RitualSoulfyDigital
Pre-save the album on Spotify: http://nblast.de/SOULFLYritualPreSav
Listen to the track 'Evil Empowered' in the NB Novelties Playlist: http://nblast.de/SpotifyNovelties