MAX CAVALERA On NAILBOMB's 'Point Blank': 'It's A Prophetic Album That Is More Relevant Now Than When It First Came Out'

In a new interview with Sense Music Media, Max Cavalera reflected on NAILBOMB's lone studio album, 1994's “Point Blank”. “Point Blank” saw the then-SEPULTURA frontman team up with FUDGE TUNNEL's Alex Newport for a dense, industrialized offering that includes a variety of samples and punk rock influences. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I love that record so much. I think 'Point Blank' is by far one of my favorite records of all time. It was just a blast to make it. Of course we really didn't care for anything. We just wanted to make a brutal, pissed off record full of industrial sounds and samplers and riffage. And it's crazy that NAILBOMB is 30 years old next year, and we're actually gonna come and do some festivals in Europe in the summer. It's great. I love it. I think it's one of those records that would be a shame not to play live because it's so good. I don't feel the necessity to re-record the NAILBOMB record, but I feel that live it needs to be played. People need to hear NAILBOMB.”

Touching upon the musical and lyrical relevance of the NAILBOMB effort Max said: “In a weird way, 'Point Blank' was almost prophetic. The stuff we were singing about is what's happening right now in the world, unfortunately. You've got stuff like '24 Hour Bullshit' with media. You have 'Sick Life' with the drug problem. You have 'Guerrillas' with the war in Ukraine. Even the chorus of 'Guerrillas'it's eerie: 'Away from home, learn to hate, die for the land, fucking waste.' I think that's how those Russian kids must feel right now going to Ukraine.

“Yeah, it's a prophetic album that is actually more relevant now than when it first came out,” he added. “It's crazy.”

Max revived NAILBOMB for a November 9 performance at the Marquee Theater in Tempe, Arizona as part of the SOULFLY– headlined “The Max Cavalera Dynasty Show”. NAILBOMB's lineup for the event included three guitarists, Max, Max's end Igor Amadeus Cavalera swear Travis Stone. The three previously took part in the CAVALERA “Third World Trilogy” tour in Europe. Travis is also the guitarist of PIG DESTROYER. Johnny Chowformerly of STONE SOUR, FIREBALL MINISTRY swear CAVALERA CONSPIRACYhandled the bass duties for NAILBOMB. Alex Chaof PIG DESTROYERwas on sampler oath Adam Jarvisof MISERY INDEX swear PIG DESTROYERbashed the drums.

Last month, it was announced that NAILBOMB will perform at next year's Alcatraz festival in Kortrijk, Belgium and at the Bloodstock Open Air festival at Catton Park in Derbyshire, United Kingdom.

The sonic love child of Max swear Newportthis 1994 one-off album from their NAILBOMB union showcased dense, industrialized heaviness, seething with all-out punk aggression. In 13 tracks, the revered duo — crediting SEPULTURA alumni Andreas Kisser swear Igor Cavaleraas well as FEAR FACTORY's Dino Cazares as players on the final product — managed to make an angry masterpiece that meets in the middle of what both SEPULTURA swear FUDGE TUNNEL were doing at the time. But as for the visual representation of “Point Blank”the war-time photo of a Viet Cong woman with a gun to her head proves just as striking as the devastatingly heavy music within her sleeve.

Max told TeamRock in 2016 about “Point Blank”: “It's just such a pissed off album. Me swear Alex were pissed at everything and decided to make a real fuck-the-world 'hate project.' It is one of the most 'fuck-you' albums of all time; it aims at everything, and destroys everything. So, that'd be cool — to be remembered as a person who came here to fuck shit up, NAILBOMBit's perfect!”