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Members of Alice In Chains, Mastodon and more unleash charity cover of Soundgardenâs Rusty Cage
Listen to the debut single from Chris Cornell tribute group King Ultramega â a revolving covers project raising money for MusiCares.
The Soulfly/Mastodon/Dillinger Escape Plan supergroup are back!
Killer Be Killed, the ultra-heavy coming together of Soulflyâs Max Cavalera, Troy Sanders from Mastodon, and ex-Dillinger Escape Plan/Black Queen singer Greg Puciato, are releasing their second album, Reluctant Hero, on November 20. But if you feared a Samson-like bout of weakness from Max after he cut his 20-odd-year-old dreadlock off the other week, we have good news: their new single, Inner Calm From Outer Storms, out on Friday, is heavier than a whole shed full of dreads.
âItâs about the camaraderie, musically and personally, which is so important to us and which feels so healthy,â says Troy of the band. âItâs an environment and an atmosphere when weâre together thatâs just purely enjoyable. People ask, âWhy would you need to be in this band?!â or, âWhy would you need to do this with another group of guys?â The energy and excitement is very particular. Itâs just a fabulous experience to get to do it with those guys. Theyâre wonderful to be around. They make me laugh. Theyâre all very humble. If jamming with those guys didnât mean the world to me, I just wouldnât do it.â
On how the new album ended up coming about, Troy explains: âOur first record came out six years ago. We ended up only ever playing that one short tour of Australia, but it left us on such a high note that in the five years since, amongst the four of us itâs never been a question of if there will be another record, but when. Weâve stayed in tight contact, living by the calendar, and every time the four of us had five or 10 days free at the same time, we would meet in Phoenix, Arizona and work on new music. In our hearts, this was just too damned good to let go after one album and one short tour.â