Nailbomb
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Template:About Template:Infobox musical artist Nailbomb is a heavy metal band formed in 1993 as a side project by Brazilian musician Max Cavalera (then the frontman of Sepultura) and British musician Alex Newport of Fudge Tunnel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They play a combination of primarily industrial metal and thrash metal.<ref name="genres" >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band recorded one studio album, Point Blank, and played a warmup live performance and their only official gig for 29 years at the 1995 Dynamo Open Air Festival two days later, after which the band disbanded.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Next Generation">Template:Cite book</ref> The band reunited for the first time in 29 years in Tempe, Arizona in November 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
History
Nailbomb hosted other musicians to play guest spots, including D.H. Peligro (Dead Kennedys), Max Cavalera's brother Igor Cavalera (Sepultura co-founder), and guitarist Dino Cazares (co-founder and guitarist of Fear Factory).<ref name="Next Generation" /> Nailbomb's second album, Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide, was a live recording capturing the band's appearance at the 1995 Dynamo Open Air Festival in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.<ref name="Next Generation" />
The project was largely defunct for over two decades, with no intention of the band ever reuniting or releasing any new material, until Cavalera announced in April 2017 he would play the entire Point Blank album on tour with his band Soulfly. Newport was not involved in the performances, citing his busy schedule as the reason. Instead, Cavalera drafted his son Igor Cavalera Jr., who had previously toured as a bassist and backing vocalist for Soulfly, to perform Newport's vocal and keyboard/sampler parts.
On August 14, 2024, Max Cavalera announced that Nailbomb would reunite for its first show in 29 years as part of the "Max Cavalera Dynasty Show", which took place at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona on November 9. In addition to Cavalera, the lineup for this show was his son Igor and Travis Stone both on guitar, bassist Johny Chow, sampler Alex Cha and drummer Adam Jarvis.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nailbomb performed at both Wacken Open Air in Germany and Bloodstock Open Air in England in August 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Band members
Current members
- Max Cavalera – vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, samples (1993–1995, 2024–present)<ref name="nailbombweb">"Band List, Industrial Metal, Nailbomb" at spirit-of-metal.com</ref>
- Igor Amadeus Cavalera – vocals, rhythm guitar (2024–present)
Former members
- Alex Newport – vocals, lead guitar, bass, samples (1993–1995)
Session members
- Igor Cavalera – drums<ref>"Life at Dynamo DVD 2005" at artistdirect.com</ref>
- Andreas Kisser – lead guitar
- Dino Cazares – rhythm guitar
Touring members
- Travis Stone – lead guitar (2024–present)
- Alex Cha – samples (2024–present)
- Adam Jarvis – drums (2024–present)
- Jackie Cruz – bass (2025–present)
Former touring members
- Igor Cavalera – drums (1995)
- D.H. Peligro – drums (1995)
- Evan Seinfeld – bass (1995)
- Rhys Fulber – keyboards (1995)
- Barry C. Schneider – drums (1995)
- Richie Cavalera – rhythm guitar (1995)
- Michael "Scoot" Gladok – bass (1995)
- Dave Edwardson - bass, backing vocals (1995)
- Christian Olde Wolbers – bass (1995)
- Johny Chow – bass (2024)
- Chris Moore (Repulsion, Vosh) – drums (2025)
- Demir Soyer (Goetia, Execution Hour) – guitar (2025)
Discography
- Studio albums
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- Live albums
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- Video albums
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References
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- American industrial metal musical groups
- American thrash metal musical groups
- American political music groups
- Groove metal musical groups
- Musical groups established in 1993
- Musical groups disestablished in 1995
- Musical groups reestablished in 2024
- American rock music duos
- Heavy metal duos
- Heavy metal supergroups