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Igor Cavalera

From: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Since: 1970–present
Releases: 9

About

Igor Graziano Cavalera (born 4 September 1970) is a Brazilian musician, best known as the former drummer for the heavy metal band Sepultura, which he co-founded with his brother Max in 1984. Max left the band in 1996, and Igor himself would depart nearly ten years later, making him the last original member of Sepultura to leave the band. The brothers have since reunited in the band Cavalera Conspiracy.

He has played in the bands Nailbomb and Strife. As his hip-hop influences grew stronger, he began to DJ. Cavalera is one half of DJ duo Mixhell, a project he founded with his wife Laima Leyton.
In 2016, Soulwax introduced a new live show entitled "Soulwax Transient Program for Drums and Machinery", for which the new line up included Cavalera as one of three drummers (along with Victoria Smith and Blake Davies) as well as Igor's wife Laima Leyton (of Mixhell) on synths and backing vocals. This live show was the basis for their album From Deewee, released March 24. Cavalera has remained an official member of Soulwax since then.

From Igor Cavalera on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.