Soulfly release new song ‘Ritual’

SOULFLY have released a new song!

The new song, titled Ritual, is the title track from the band’s upcoming record which is scheduled to be released in October this year.

Speaking about the track, vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera says, “this song took a long time and almost didn’t make the record. We recorded it as an instrumental and ran out of time in the studio. We ended up having to fly Josh Wilbur (producer) out to my house to finish the vocals. He kept on telling me he wanted ‘more of that tribal shit’, like some of the stuff on our first record and Primitive. We ended up creating the chorus on the spot and layering something like 12 or 16 tracks of chanting for it. After we heard it and were listening back, we got really excited and were high-fiving each other. Josh just turned to me and said that that was what he wanted to hear as a fan, and he was really happy to get that out of me. We both knew it was a new SOULFLY classic for the ages and had to be the album opener. I’m really proud of this song and I think old-school fans of my work are going to love it.”

Listen to Ritual here: 

Alongside the release of the new song, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming record. Both of which are available to view below:

Track List: 

1.  Ritual
2.  Dead Behind The Eyes (feat. Randy Blythe)
3.  The Summoning
4.  Evil Empowered
5.  Under Rapture (feat. Ross Dolan)
6.  Demonized
7.  Blood On The Street
8.  Bite The Bullet
9.  Feedback!
10.  Soulfly XI

Ritual is set for release on October 19th via Nuclear Blast Records. A range of pre-order packages are available and can be purchased here.

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