Nailbomb
United States · formed 1993 · last active 1995
Nailbomb was an industrial-thrash side project formed in 1993 by Max Cavalera, then frontman of Sepultura, and English musician Alex Newport of Fudge Tunnel, welding grinding industrial metal and thrash to crust punk and sludge. Their lone studio album, Point Blank (Roadrunner, 1994), was cut largely by the duo with session help from Sepultura bandmates Igor Cavalera (drums) and Andreas Kisser (guitar) plus Fear Factory's Dino Cazares. The band played only a warm-up show and a set at the 1995 Dynamo Open Air Festival, documented on the live album Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide, before disbanding; its harsh, sample-laced attack became a cult touchstone of 90s extreme metal.
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MEMBERS
- Max Cavaleravocals, rhythm guitar, bass, samples· also in Cavalera Conspiracy, Killer Be Killed, Sepultura, Soulfly
- Alex Newportvocals, lead guitar, bass, samples
CONNECTIONS
- Cavalera Conspiracysatellitepath →
Cavalera Conspiracy reunites brothers Max and Igor Cavalera, both of whom were part of Nailbomb (Max as core member, Igor as session drummer on Point Blank). source ↗
- Killer Be Killedsatellitepath →
Max Cavalera's mid-1990s project Nailbomb was the stylistic template Puciato and Cavalera cited when forming Killer Be Killed; Cavalera plays in both. source ↗
- Sepulturapath →
Max Cavalera (vocals, rhythm guitar, samples) fronted the industrial-metal project Nailbomb with Alex Newport; his brother and Sepultura drummer Igor Cavalera contributed as a session drummer. source ↗
- Soulflysatellitepath →
Max Cavalera co-founded the industrial-metal project Nailbomb in 1994 with Alex Newport of Fudge Tunnel. source ↗