“I met Ritchie Blackmore during the Sepultura days. At first, he wasn’t interested in talking to anybody. But the minute I asked, ‘Do you like football?’ he said, ‘Yes – come with me!’” Max Cavalera names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound

Max Cavalera.

Max Cavalera lives for riffs. He goes to sleep every night thinking about them, wakes up in the morning to pick up where he left off and most likely dreams about them in between. 

Just listen to any of his creative exploits – from six game-changing studio albums with Sepultura, 12 efforts with Soulfly, four with Cavalera Conspiracy, two with Killer Be Killed, another two with Go Ahead And Die, plus one with Nailbomb – and you’ll hear how far that obsession has taken him.