Hell Would Have to Be an Ice Cube

I hope it's a successful festival.

I will say that

• NOTHING that would get me to this 3 day concert in IL, which starts tomorrow. It's a really crappy schedule. On Friday and Saturday, there is (literally) five minutes between the band ending on the "Failure Stage" (what an awful name!) and the band starting on the "Nuclear Blast Stage." What if you wanted to see bands on both stages?!? For example, I've heard of Milwaukee's Jungle Rot and Grave (don't know where they are from). Jungle Rot finishes on their set on the "Failure Stage" (what an awful name!) at 11:05 PM and, then, Grave starts at 11:10 PM on the "Nuclear Blast Stage." 
• 49 bands playing is quite impressive. That's 49 drum sets that have to be set up and torn down, at least 49 bass rigs, and at least 49 mics to set up for the vocalist. If there are two guitarists in each band, that's 98 guitar rigs to set up. Plus, if there are any backdrops with the band's logo? Plus any sort of stage things, like a platform for the singer to stand upon while he sings?
• I would love to be in the backstage area to learn what it takes to get the bands from the backstage area to the stage and then backstage. I sincerely hope all the bands are cool to each other and to the people who are putting on the festival.

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1. Buzzard
2. Eulogy in Blood
3. Crater
4. Pulchra MOrte
5. Summoner's Circle
6. Embludgeoment
7. A Hill To Die Upon
8. Bleed the Victim
9. Morbid Saint
10. Hatchet
11. Krisiun
12. Exhorder
13. Kataklysm
14. Saintbreaker
15. M.W.A.
16. Elbow Deep
17. Pains
18. Waco Jesus
19. Sexual Atrocities
20. Ground
21. Genocide Pact
22. Jungle Rot
23. Woundvac
24. Drag Them Down
25. Invidiosus
26. Wvrm
27. Toxic Ruin
28. Byzantine
29. Rhythm of Fear
30. Ringworm
31. Grave
32. Hammerhead
33. Prison
34. Poolside A.T.F.
35. Smash Potater
36. Arrival of Autumn
37. I.N.C.
38. Cast the Stone
39. Skeletal Remains
40. Vio-Lence
41. Cheese Grater Mast.
42. Confused
43. Wrath
44. Meet the Mailman
45. Incite
46. Unearth
47. Crisix
48. M.O.D.
49. Soulfly

10 Best of Max

The 10 best Max Cavalera albums, chosen by Richie Cavalera

10. Soulfly – Ritual

“The last few Soulfly albums felt the same to me, but bringing in Josh Wilbur for Ritual made a huge difference. Max had so much fire in him and I think that came from a lot of the new members getting comfortable. Zyon [Cavalera, drummer] is just kicking ass now!”

9. Sepultura – Roots

“Roots is the Sepultura album that will be remembered forever. It was the real breakout of that tribal style – the first time anyone had ever heard that in metal, in my opinion. And Roots Bloody Roots is so catchy that you’ll probably hear it in an elevator one day.”

8. Sepultura – Chaos A.D.

“That was their ground-breaker. They went outside their box a lot more on Chaos A.D. with Nomad and covering The Hunt. We Who Are Not as Others just has a whole different vibe to it. Plus, you have Andy Wallace’s production, which I think is some of the best ever!”
Warning: Adult language if you understand the vocals

7. Cavalera Conspiracy – Inflikted

“This felt like where Max would have taken Sepultura after Roots. Reuniting with Iggor [Cavalera, ex-Sepultura drummer and Max’s brother] and getting Joe [Duplantier] from Gojira on bass just made it such a standout! People from the Roots era will dig it and it’s the first thing Max and Iggor did in ten years, so it has that special appeal, as well.”

6. Killer Be Killed – Killer Be Killed

“I knew Killer Be Killed would be something different. It had more mainstream-type songs, which Max had never had the chance to do. The band were actually just together in Arizona to work on some new tracks, so I think we’ll have another Killer Be Killed album next year.”

5. Soulfly – Soulfly

“There were a couple different vibes on Soulfly. There was excitement because Max got to do what he wanted, but also a lot of anger from all the shit that went down [leaving Sepultura]. Pissed-off tracks like Eye for an Eye are going to be metal anthems forever now.”

4. Nailbomb – Point Blank

“Nailbomb was new territory – you never saw side-projects back in those days. Point Blank was made at a very special time, where Alex [Newport, vocals, guitar and bass] was one of the most pissed-off people on the planet. Mixed with Max, it was just this perfect moment of crazy music.”

3. Soulfly – Dark Ages

“We had just had an unexpected death in the family, so the tension and energy were running high for Dark Ages. It’s, to me, the standout Soulfly record; their last great one until Ritual. It just had a lot of great ideas and was really, really thrashing. It sucks that unfortunate events bring out the best music.”

2. Sepultura – Beneath the Remains

“For me, Beneath the Remains is one of the top three most important metal albums. I think it changed metal forever. You have these classical-style solos and I think Sepultura perfected the breakdown with that album. Not many were doing that in the ‘80s: Slayer, Metallica and Sepultura.”

1. Sepultura – Arise

“The success of Beneath the Remains put Sepultura in a place where they didn’t have to worry about the small things and could just focus on playing. So Arise has amazing breakdowns and solos like on Desperate Cry and Dead Embryonic Cells. You’re just speechless from the first song. It’s so good; exactly what heavy metal was meant to be.”