Soulfly

Soulfly wasted no time in releasing an eponymous debut album that would go on to reach number 79 in the Billboard 200. They developed their metal sound to invite influences from traditional South American music. They released their second album “Primitive” on September 26th 2000, on the prestigious alternative music label, Roadrunner Records, which made it to number 32 in the Billboard 200 chart, and number 11 in the Independent Albums chart. The album featured appearances from Corey Taylor from Slipknot on the song “Jumpdafuckup” and Slayer front man, Tom Araya.

Next came the album “3” which was the third album by Soulfly released on June 25th 2002. It made it to number 46 on the Billboard 200 chart and was responsible for the singles “Downstroy” and “Seek ‘n’ Strike”. “Prophecy”, released on March 30th 2004, was the band’s fourth album. It has since sold 275,000 units. Cavalera invited some ‘world’ music influences, inviting Brazilian elements into the arrangement of the album. The album would reach 82 on the Billboard 200 but make it to 24 on the German Album Charts.

“Dark Ages” was the following instalment released on October 4th 2005. It featured the vocals from his son, Richie on “Staystrong”. The following album “Conquer” was a step in the right direction with the album charting not only at number 66 in the Billboard 200, but number 7 on the UK Rock Albums chart and then the top 40 of Germany, Austria, Australia, Finland and Netherlands. The sequential album “Omen” released on May 18th 2010, gave the band an anomalous number 1 in Greece.