CAVALERA CONSPIRACY Performs With SACRED REICH Drummer In Hollywood (Video)

SACRED REICHdrummerGreg Hallfilled in forCAVALERA CONSPIRACY'sIgor Cavaleraat this past Thursday night's (April 28)CCconcert at the […]

By Steinmetal

• May 1, 2011

SACRED REICHdrummerGreg Hallfilled in forCAVALERA CONSPIRACY'sIgor Cavaleraat this past Thursday night's (April 28)CCconcert at the House Of Blues in Hollywood, California.Igorwas unable to make the show due to the fact that he was "stuck in London" as a result of visa issues.Gregjoked, "I've had a whole 24 hours to prepare. AsPhil[Rind,SACRED REICHbassist/vocalist] always says, 'It will be fine.'"

Video footage of the West Hollywood performance can be viewed below. (Note: Some of the songs featured other drummer sitting behind the kit, includingCAVALERA CONSPIRACYfrontmanMax Cavalera's sonsZyonandIgor).

Speaking to theMetal Assaultweb site shortly before taking the stage in West Hollywood,CAVALERA CONSPIRACYfrontmanMax Cavalerastated about his brother's absence from the gig, "Yeah, it's pretty messed up. He couldn't get a visa in time. He's in London right now, flying, and he's gonna be here [on Friday, in time for the show in Anaheim, California]. He couldn't make it for tonight, so I called my friendGreg Hall[to fill in for the Hollywood show]. He's the drummer forSACRED REICH. He's a great drummer. We just did a soundcheck, so he covered all theCAVALERAstuff, so we're good. Some of my kids are gonna help, too - they're gonna play drums in some songs, too. So we're gonna make it happen.Igorwill be here tomorrow, so he'll only miss one show. It sucks, but at least he's gonna make it. It's really kind of a messed up thing with the visa, and he's [had] a hard time with the passport. He got held up in England and he's gonna fly, but the flight only gets here tomorrow."

"Blunt Force Trauma", the sophomore album fromCAVALERA CONSPIRACY, sold around 5,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 11 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's debut CD,"Inflikted", opened with 9,000 units to enter the chart at No. 72.

"Blunt Force Trauma"was once again tracked with ex-MACHINE HEAD/SOULFLYguitaristLogan Mader, who co-produced the LP withMax.Loganalso mixed the follow-up to the band's debut album,"Inflikted", which has sold less than 50,000 copies in the United States since its March 2008 release, according toNielsen SoundScan.

The brothersCavaleraco-foundedSEPULTURA, the Brazilian metal band that redefined and established the genre outside of the U.S. and Europe. AfterMaxexited the band, there was a rift between himself and his brother, one that was eventually repaired through the redemptive power of music. Some time had passed andMaxandIgorwere unable to resist the musical pull in their magnetic fields and their musical collaboration was renewed. The duo are back for round two withCAVALERA CONSPIRACY.

CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's lineup is filled out by guitaristMarc Rizzo, who plays withMaxinSOULFLY, and bassistJohnny Chow.