History Music / Soulfly

%%* AlternativeMetal: Not so much recently, but a very, very straight example early on.%%zce

* GenreMashup: Soulfly's albums usually feature some kind of HeavyMetal mixed with instrumentation and musical cues [[WorldMusic from different parts of the world]]. {{Reggae}}, flamenco, tribal music, salsa, and even CountryMusic sometimes show up here and there.

%%* MetalScream: Max utilizes a Type 1.

* NewSoundAlbum: The band's first four albums were essentially a NuMetal / GrooveMetal hybrid, with world music influence and even AlternativeMetal influence. Starting with ''Dark Ages'', the band shifted into a ThrashMetal / DeathMetal sound, similar to Music/{{Sepultura}}'s early material. ''Enslaved'' takes the DeathMetal influences to a higher level.

%%* NotChristianRock: Many of Soulfly's songs deal with spiritual, pro-God subject matter, but Soulfly is definitely not a ChristianRock band, especially not with the occasional ClusterFBomb.

* Marc Rizzo - lead guitar (2003–present)

* GenreMashup: Soulfly's albums usually feature some kind of HeavyMetal mixed instrumentation and musical cues [[WorldMusic from different parts of the world]]. {{Reggae}}, flamenco, tribal music, salsa, and even CountryMusic sometimes show up here and there.

* GenreMashup: Soulfly's albums usually feature some kind of HeavyMetal mixed instrumentation from different parts of the world, and world music genres. {{Reggae}}, flamenco, tribal music, salsa, and even CountryMusic sometimes show up here and there.

A HeavyMetal band based in Phoenix, Arizona and formed by former Music/{{Sepultura}} frontman Max Cavalera, Soulfly began as a [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly genre stew]], mixing elements of GrooveMetal, AlternativeMetal, NuMetal, ThrashMetal and world music, including {{Reggae}}. The band moved away from the initial NuMetal influence, placing more emphasis on GrooveMetal for the albums ''3'' and ''Prophecy'', but has since returned to Cavalera's ThrashMetal roots.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Soulfly's albums usually feature some kind of HeavyMetal mixed instrumentation from different parts of the world, and world music genres. {{Reggae}}, flamenco, tribal music, salsa, and even CountryMusic sometimes show up here and there.

%%* BaldOfAwesome: Marc since 2008.

%%* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their songs are around an 8, but they go all over the place. The Soulfly instrumentals generally range from 1 to 5, sometimes alternating between passages. Whenever a clean vocalist guests on a song, it sometimes can drop a few levels, an example being "Son Song", their duet with Music/JohnLennon's son Sean, which is a hard 6. Some of their later material after their sound shift to death/thrash (''Dark Ages'' and after), can get as high as a 9, with ''Enslaved'' being a 9 for the most part.

%%* BadassBeard: Max, Marc and Mike

* AlternativeMetal: Not so much recently, but a very, very straight example early on.
* BadassBeard: Max, Marc and Mike
* BaldOfAwesome: Marc since 2008.
* BigFun: Max when he connects to the fans during concert.

* GrooveMetal
* HeavyMetal
* IAmTheBand: Max Cavalera.
* MetalScream: Max utilizes a Type 1.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their songs are around an 8, but they go all over the place. The Soulfly instrumentals generally range from 1 to 5, sometimes alternating between passages. Whenever a clean vocalist guests on a song, it sometimes can drop a few levels, an example being "Son Song", their duet with Music/JohnLennon's son Sean, which is a hard 6. Some of their later material after their sound shift to death/thrash (''Dark Ages'' and after), can get as high as a 9, with ''Enslaved'' being a 9 for the most part.

* NotChristianRock: Many of Soulfly's songs deal with spiritual, pro-God subject matter, but Soulfly is definitely not a ChristianRock band, especially not with the occasional ClusterFBomb.
* NuMetal: In addition to the groove metal and thrash metal elements.

* SpecialGuest: Their first four albums (particularly their NuMetal albums) were [[{{Trivia/Soulfly}} scattered with guest appearances]]. Even the ThrashMetal album ''Omen'' featured a couple of guests.
** Max himself guested on the Music/{{Deftones}} song "Headup", and in fact took the band's name from one of its lines.
* ThrashMetal

[[caption-width-right:220:Max Cavalera, the only member who will [[IAmTheBand still be likely to be a member of the band]] by the time you read this.]]

* BigFun: Max when he connect to the fans during concert.

* NewSoundAlbum: The band's first four albums were essentially a NuMetal / GrooveMetal hybrid, with world music influence and even AlternativeMetal influence. Starting with ''Dark Ages'', the band shifted into a ThrashMetal / DeathMetal sound, similar to Music/{{Sepultura}}'s early material. ''Enslaved'', the band's latest album, takes the DeathMetal influences to a higher level.

!!Tropes for an tropes:

!!Soulfly provides examples of the following tropes:

* DarkerAndEdgier: Soulfly's first albums (at least up to 'Prophecy') had a tribal/world music-influenced groove metal sound, and most of the songs were about spirituality, though had some aggressive moments. Starting with 'Dark Ages', the music started to tend towards thrash metal and death metal, and incorporated new lyrical themes like war, religion, slavery, politics... and left the spiritual themes behind.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their songs are around an 8, but they go all over the place. The Soulfly instrumentals generally range from 1 to 5, sometimes alternating between passages. Whenever a clean vocalist guests on a song, it sometimes can drop a few levels, an example being 'Son Song', their duet with Music/JohnLennon's son Sean, which is a hard 6. Some of their later material after their sound shift to death/thrash (''Dark Ages'' and after), can get as high as a 9, with ''Enslaved'' being a 9 for the most part.

* NewSoundAlbum: The band's first four albums were essentially a NuMetal / GrooveMetal hybrid, with world music influence and even AlternativeMetal influence. Starting with ''Dark Ages'', the band shifted into a ThrashMetal / DeathMetal sound, similar to Music/{{Sepultura}}'s early material. ''Enslaved'', the band's latest album, takes the DeathMetal influences to a higher level.

* 1998: Soulfly
* 2000: Primitive
* 2002: 3
* 2004: Prophecy
* 2005: Dark Ages
* 2008: Conquer
* 2010: Omen
* 2012: Enslaved
* 2013: Savages
* 2015: Archangel

* FiveManBand: Plus manager Gloria Cavalera.
** TheLeader: Max
** TheLancer: Mike
** TheSmartGuy: Marc
** TheBigGuy: Zyon
** TheChick: Gloria
* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Max: choleric
** Marc: melancholic
** Zyon: phlegmatic
** Mike: sanguine