During a recent interview with Alternative Nation, Soulfly’s Max Cavalera explained why the band’s first album features a photo of Chino Moreno (Deftones) holding a pickaxe. As it turns out, the picture was related to a decision to bury the tapes for the record to give them “indigenous power.”
Cavalera said the following:
“We buried [the recordings] in Indigo Ranch. We knew there was a burial ground there — like, [an] Indian burial ground [from] 300 years ago. So, I wanted to capture the essence of the land, of the Indigenous power. So, me [and] Chino from the Deftones, we dig big holes, we put the tapes there. We closed it, let it spend the night. The next day, dug them up. It was cool. It was kind of crazy, but fun at the same time.
“That’s why in the album, there’s a picture of Chino with a shovel, and the shovel is from when we were digging the holes — that’s why he has a shovel. People are like, ‘Why is he holding a shovel in a picture?’ That’s why. Because we’re digging holes in Indigo Ranch, in the Malibu hills.”
He went on to say that he thought it would “help the record somehow.” He also added:
“There’s not really an explanation for it. Just fun and the madness of metal.”
[via The PRP]
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