Soulfly Unveil New Single Dead Behind The Eyes Featuring Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe
Monday, 17 September 2018
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Char Tupper
Soulfly have shared the latest track from their upcoming LP, 'Ritual'.
Dead Behind The Eyes features guest vocals from Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe, with lyrics inspired by the Cenobites, the extra-dimensional beings made popular by the Hellraiser film series. Soulfly vocalist and guitarist, Max Cavalera explained:
"That song, the vocal pattern is really based on [Sepultura's 1987 album] 'Schizophrenia' and From The Past Comes The Storm. It's totally influenced by that. When I worked on the song, I worked with my son Zyon and he was listening to 'Beneath The Remains' and asking me about songs like Stronger Than Hate and all those parts and mesmerized by it, and I was, like, 'You know what? Let's challenge this! Let's make a song like that!' So I started working with him and added all those parts and it has one of my favorite guitar solos of Marc Rizzo. I gave him a whole section. It was crafted like 'Ride The Lightning' era. You've got this solid rhythm behind the leads, which not many people do. It can be kind of a headache to put it together and it might take a little time, but I think the final result is fucking awesome."
Speaking about Blythe’s involvement, Cavalera said:
"It was really cool. [Randy is] really tight with [producer] Josh [Wilbur] and Josh has done all the Lamb of God stuff, and he was working on the Burn the Priest record, so I just told Josh to give him the tracks and, 'Show them to him, and if there’s anything he likes, if he wants to sing on it, it’s all cool.'"
'Ritual' is due out on October 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. The album also features Ross Dolan from Immolation guesting on Under Rapture.
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