Tag Archives: Dave Elitch

Bill Burr calls seeing Meshuggah live a “life-altering experience”

Posted by on February 2, 2018

Comedian Bill Burr is one of the most popular comedians out there right now. He’s also got a pretty successful podcast. And this should come as no surprise to Metal Insider readers, but he likes metal. He’s spoken on his podcast in the past about instrumental stoner rockers Earthless, and yesterday, he went on and […]

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Killer Be Killed play first show together

Posted by on February 23, 2015

[youtube]http://youtu.be/7SJUe4wIQSo[/youtube] The initial lineup announcement of Killer be Killed sounded almost too good to be true. The frontmen of The Dillinger Escape Plan and Soulfly/Cavalera Consipiracy with Troy Sanders from Mastodon and Dave Elitch from the Mars Volta? While the album delivered, the logistical schedule of the band meant that they wouldn’t all be readily available […]

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Danny Carey, Neil Peart and Stewart Copeland walk into a room…

Posted by on February 17, 2015

[youtube]http://youtu.be/1mUjLAWIj7E[/youtube] If you’re a fan of drums, then you probably just had a nerdgasm from the headline alone. Former Police drummer Stewart Copeland uploaded a video yesterday of a jam at his studio, the Sacred Grove, in which Rush drummer Neil Peart and Tool drummer Danny Carey stopped by to jam with him. Interestingly enough, […]

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Ben Koller of Converge to play Killer Be Killed shows

Posted by on January 7, 2015

When metal supergroup Killer Be Killed released their debut album last year, many wondered if they would ever be able to play live. Given that Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Soulfly/Cavalera Conspiracy have their own busy touring schedules, it seemed doubtful. Then it was announced that they’d be playing the Soundwave shows in Australia, […]

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Max Cavalera talks about songwriting process, new Cavalera Conspiracy album, dream collaboration

Posted by on November 4, 2014

With their third album, Pandemonium, out today (4), Cavalera Conspiracy mixed things up a little bit this time out. Admitting that their first two albums were very similar, frontman Max Cavalera spoke to us in New York about how they switched things up to make a rawer album. We also spoke to him about juggling three […]

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Watch what might be the only Killer Be Killed video

Posted by on June 4, 2014

[youtube]http://youtu.be/kVE2GFvQhyM[/youtube] If there’s one thing that’s certain about Mastodon and The Dillinger Escape Plan, it’s  that they tour incessantly. If there’s one thing that’s certain about Max Cavalera, it’s that he’s almost always working on an album, whether it’s with Soulfly or Cavalera Conspiracy, or side projects like Killer be Killed. It’s because of the […]

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This is what Killer Be Killed look like together

Posted by on May 13, 2014

[youtube]http://youtu.be/ROQGbW8_mCQ[/youtube] Somehow, Google Play got all four members of Killer Be Killed together for an on-camera interview. Given that Troy Sanders just started a tour with with Mastodon, Greg Puciato just got off the road with The Dillinger Escape Plan, Max Cavalera is probably recording another album with Soulfly or Cavalera Conspiracy and Dave Elitch […]

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New and Noteworthy, May 13th: This work is timeless

Posted by on May 13, 2014

Weeks like this one are what make this column a joy for me to write. When there are so many high-quality albums debuting in a single week, I often don’t know where to begin, because I’m so excited about it all. I certainly hope you all enjoy this list as much I do!     […]

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Killer Be Killed album streaming now

Posted by on May 7, 2014

Next Tuesday (May 13), the self-titled debut from Killer be Killed will be in stores, but it’s streaming now courtesy of Metal Sucks. As you already know, the band consists of Mastodon’s Troy Sanders, The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Greg Puciato, Soulfly/Cavalera Conspiracy’s Max Cavalera (who also used to be in some band called Sepultura) and drummer Dave […]

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Killer Be Killed premieres another new song called “I.E.D.”

Posted by on May 2, 2014

Killer Be Killed proved they were worthy of the title supergroup with the tracks “Wings of Feather and Wax” and “Face Down” off their self-titled debut album. Now we’ve got another song to hold us over till the album’s May 13 release. The song “I.E.D” starts off very Max Cavalera-inspired. Then Troy Sanders and Greg […]

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