Max & Iggor Cavalera Extend ‘Return To Roots’ Tour

When Pollstar chatted with Max Cavalera in September, the Sepultura co-founder and former vocalist/guitarist promised that more dates would be added to the “Return To Roots” tour. True to his word, a second leg of U.S. shows has been added, starting Feb. 9 in Las Vegas.

Max and his brother Iggor hit the road this fall to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Roots. The tour features Sepultura’s sixth studio album performed in full in its entirety.

Courtesy Adrenaline PR – Iggor & Max Cavalera

The album is acclaimed for incorporating native Brazilian rhythms with a mix of groove and death metal. Roots features a recording of a tribe of indigenous Xavante people on the instrumental track “Itsári” and a collaboration with Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown on the track “Ratamahatta.”

The LP is also noteworthy for being the last album to feature Max Cavalera. Iggor left the band in 2006.

“I think it was a very interesting record because of the experimentation with the Brazilian elements and the percussion and going to the tribe and recording,” Max Cavalera told Pollstar. “That’s never been done in metal before. So the record was really kind of the originator of the whole thing that started after that. Then I continued with Soulfly. I think Roots is the pioneer of that ideology of mixing elements, tribal stuff with metal and things like that. I’m really proud of the record.

“I think it was really cool that we did that and I think it’s even cooler that we are playing [it] 20 years later. The songs … became really huge classics. … When we first went on tour, people didn’t know them that well. It’s a lot more fun to play them now, 20 years down the road.”

The brothers are joined on stage during the “Return To Roots” tour by the rest of the Cavalera Conspiracy lineup – guitarist Marc Rizzo and bassist Johnny Chow.

The second leg of dates features support from Immolation and Full Of Hell. Here’s the plan:

Feb. 9 – Las Vegas, Nev., Vinyl @ Hard Rock Hotel
Feb. 10 – Tucson, Ariz., The Rock
Feb. 11 – Lubbock, Texas, Jake’s Sports Cafe & Backroom
Feb. 12 – Houston, Texas, Scout Bar
Feb. 14 – Dallas, Texas, Trees
Feb. 15 – Austin, Texas, Grizzly Hall
Feb. 16 – Little Rock, Ark., Revolution Music Room
Feb. 17 – Atlanta, Ga., The Masquerade
Feb. 18 – Columbus, Ohio, Alrosa Villa
Feb. 19 – Baltimore, Md., Baltimore Soundstage
Feb. 20 – Boston, Mass., Brighton Music Hall
Feb. 21 – New York, N.Y., The Gramercy Theatre
Feb. 22 – Rochester, N.Y., The Montage Music Hall
Feb. 23 – Chicago, Ill., Portage Theater
Feb. 25 – Denver, Colo., Summit Music Hall
Feb. 27 – Billings, Mont., The Pub Station
March 1 – Seattle, Wash., Studio Seven
March 2 – Portland, Ore., Hawthorne Theatre
March 3 – San Francisco, Calif., Slim’s
March 4 – Santa Ana, Calif., The Observatory

Tickets are on sale now. Meet & greet passes are available at the merch booth. Visit MaxAndIggorReturnToRoots.com for more information.