History Music / Soulfly

* Zyon Cavalera - drums (2012-present)

* FiveManBand: The Dark Ages lineup, plus manager Gloria Cavalera.

** TheLancer: Marc
** TheSmartGuy: Bobby
** TheBigGuy: Joe

** Max: Choleric
** Marc: Melancholic
** Zyon: Phlegmatic
** Mike: Sanguine

Partly owing to his reason for leaving Sepultura and forming this band was the death of Cavalera's stepson and best friend, Dana Wells. Other tragedies in Cavalera's life followed; the death of [[Music/{{Snot}} Lynn Strait]] resulted in Cavalera contributing to the Snot tribute ''Strait Up'', and during the recording of Soulfly's fifth album, ''Dark Ages'', [[Music/{{Pantera}} Dimebag Darrell Abbott]] was shot to death during a concert, and Cavalera's 8 month old grandson Moses unexpectedly died due to health complications.

* Max Cavalera - vocals, rhythm guitar (1997–present)

* Mike Leon – bass (2015–present)

!!{{Soulfly}} provides examples of the following tropes:

* FiveManBand: The Dark Ages line, plus manager Gloria Cavalera.

A HeavyMetal band based in Phoenix, Arizona and formed by former {{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.

* 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 {{Sepultura}}'s early material. ''Enslaved'', the band's latest album, takes the DeathMetal influences to a higher level.

* Jackson Bandeira (Lúcio Maia) – guitar (1997–1998)
* Logan Mader – guitar (1998–1999)
* Mikey Doling – guitar (1999–2003)

* Dino Cazares – guitar (1997)

[[RevolvingDoorBand The band has gone through numerous line-up changes over the years]], with the only consistent member being Max Cavalera. In addition to the line-up changes, a lot of Soulfly's music is collaboration-based, and built to accommodate a great deal of [[HeyItsThatGuy guest appearances]].

** Max himself guested on the {{Deftones}} song "Headup", and in fact took the band's name from one of its lines.

** Max Cavalera: Sanguine
** Marc Rizzo: Melancholic
** Tony Campos: Choleric
** Zyon Cavalera: Phlegmatic

* Max Cavalera - vocals, guitar (1997–present)

* Marc Rizzo - guitar (2003–present)
* Tony Campos – bass (2011–present)

* 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 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.

* XMeetsY: Music/{{Sepultura}} meets Music/{{Santana}} and {{Reggae}}. Now it's more like pre-''Chaos A.D.'' Sepultura and new Sepultura meet Music/{{Skindred}} and Music/IllNino.

A Music/HeavyMetal band based in Phoenix, Arizona and formed by former {{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.

* Music/HeavyMetal

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Soulfly's albums usually feature some kind of Music/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.

The band has gone through numerous line-up changes over the years, with the only consistent member being Max Cavalera. In addition to the line-up changes, a lot of Soulfly's music is collaboration-based, and built to accommodate a great deal of [[HeyItsThatGuy guest appearances]].

* AlternativeMetal

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Soulfly's albums usually feature some kind of Music/HeavyMetal mixed instrumentation from different parts of the world, and world music genres. {{Reggae}} sometimes makes an appearance here and there.

* NuMetal
* ReligionRantSong: Most of the songs about religion are actually anti-religion (but still pro-God).

* XMeetsY: Music/{{Sepultura}} meets Music/{{Santana}} and {{Reggae}}. Now it's more like pre-''Chaos A.D.'' Sepultura meets new Sepultura

* Tony Campos – bass (2010–present)

* Joe Nunez - drums (2000–2001, 2003–present)

* Johny Chow – bass (2010–present)

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Kind of hard to pin down. The first few albums were around an 8, with the instrumental songs/passages going lower. Eventually, the band moved towards a heavier sound, and began to stay in the range of a high 8 or a 9.

A HeavyMetal band based in Phoenix, Arizona and formed by former {{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.

* HeavyMetal

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Soulfly's albums usually feature some kind of HeavyMetal mixed instrumentation from different parts of the world, and world music genres. {{Reggae}} sometimes makes an appearance here and there.

* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Sean Lennon, as in the son of John Lennon of ''The Beatles'', performed the chorus of 'The Son Song' on the band's album 'Primitive'. The fact that he looks and sounds just like his father makes it even weirder. Strangely enough, it actually sounded good.

Partly owing to his reason for leaving Sepultura and forming this band was the death of Cavalera's stepson and best friend, Dana Wells. Other tragedies in Cavalera's life followed; the death of [[{{Snot}} Lynn Strait]] resulted in Cavalera contributing to the Snot tribute ''Strait Up'', and during the recording of Soulfly's fifth album, ''Dark Ages'', [[Music/{{Pantera}} Dimebag Darrell Abbott]] was shot to death during a concert, and Cavalera's 8 month old grandson Moses unexpectedly died due to health complications.