These days, music fans are searching for an escape. Live shows and many scheduled album releases have been placed on hiatus in 2020. Instead, listeners are retreating to favorite records and songs, reminiscing over old photos and videos taken at shows this time last year, and promising to never again take live music for granted.
Brazilian metal legend and long-time Arizona resident Max Cavalera has been hard at work to provide whatever musical solace he can for his fans — and himself: writing new Soulfly music, hosting live Facebook sessions, and most recently, releasing the new Killer Be Killed album, Reluctant Hero, the long-awaited follow-up to the band’s 2014 debut.
Killer Be Killed is the heavy metal supergroup composed of Converge drummer Ben Koller and three distinct powerhouse vocalists: Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan), Cavalera (Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy,…