While it was an interesting premise with hyper-political themes and had the famed Alex Newport working with Max, the songs just lack the heart and focus that a lot of Max’s career has had. This project unfortunately represents the weakest of Max’s material. Keep in mind that it’s just one opinion and these can be viewed differently by others! Without further ado, here is the list of Max Cavalera’s 21 albums over 31 years of music making, ranked from worst to best. That’s a ridiculous amount of music from just one man! With Archangel, the tenth Soulfly album, releasing today, why not rank his entire body of work? His lyrics might often be cheesy, and sometimes he writes simple bouncy riffs, but they’re some of the best riffs to groove to. Six with Sepultura, ten under Soulfly, one as Nailbomb, three Cavalera Conspiracy albums, and one as the Killer Be Killed supergroup. He’s had 21 studio albums where he’s had a significant amount of creative control, and his distinctive sound is apparent in each. He also had a stint with Nailbomb, got his hand in many projects, formed the great Killer Be Killed with members of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Mastodon, and The Mars Volta, and reunited with his brother who he used to be together with in Sepultura to form Cavalera Conspiracy. His early years with Sepultura saw him releasing extremely influential thrash albums, but then he left and made his own band Soulfly, where he released a constant stream of solid groove metal albums that slowly turned into thrash over time. Max Cavalera has definitely had a storied career.

Banner photo courtesy of photographer Luca Passerotti.

Cavalera conspiracy albums