My Battle Jacket: Max Cavalera

It's an iconic piece of the metal uniform - the "battle jacket," a vest covered in band patches, self-made and worn with pride. In our new series, "My Battle Jacket," artists and fans take us on tours of their vests and talk about the inspiration, process and meaning behind them. For episode one, we met up with Max Cavalera - of Sepultura, Nailbomb, Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy fame - in L.A., where he showed us two of his oldest vests and revealed how Discharge inspired him to make a "battle jacket" before he even knew the term, how he constructed his own "bullet belts" out of AA batteries as a kid in Brazil, and why he chooses to safety-pin his patches on instead of sewing them.

[@localcrisis]

wow, this man seems really into metal...he should form a thrash band called sepultura

[@MetalMeadows]

you are so right haha

[@sirmcsirface9916]

Nah they would be drama he'd end up solo project.. probably something called soulfly or something

[@japasla3824]

Esse cara sim representa nosso Brasil 🇧🇷

[@sadville13]

The safety pins are actually a really good way of doing it.
Then nothing is difficult to replace.

[@sacredbonesrecords]

Great book Defenders of the Faith: The Heavy Metal Photography of Peter Beste, coming out this September that showcases photographs of battle vests!

[@savonneplummer8364]

Thank you for this. It made me smile 😁. Max is such a cutie

[@seanbaros-qe1rp]

Max is a badass!!🤘🤘

[@guillermocarreon3071]

LIVING LEYEND!!!
LONG LIVE THE CAVALERA

[@marcoshaydar2749]

Max idol #1 i meet him bogota we open the show for him FENIX 👊👊👊💛💙❤ love 2 you from fenix and COLOMBIA

[@anarcho262]

Nice to see some Punk.

[@RickGrimesS5]

Legend. Looks like he lost some weight too.. Good for him. After that he just needs to practise a bit more and he'll be in a really great shape.

[@td5387]

Who the fuck are you to tell this guy to practice ?
U should practice leavin comments cause u sound like a real douchebag

[@cablr9555]

Keep the dream alive bro 🤘👹

[@HVYMTL333]

🤘🏻METAL 4EVR🤘🏻

[@bringerofstorms514]

Wow a belphegor patch cool

[@GERAH717]

Pretty good band

[@GERAH717]

Im from Chicago and is hard to find a good metal records stores around here

[@jetsunthinley936]

Nice! Motorhead is my favorite band. You should see my Motorhead battle jackets.

[@shredman87.57]

Thanks to max for introducing me to godflesh and discharge

[@shutyourmouthnow]

Bolt Thrower are better than this, and Mekong Delta better than Destruction

[@shredman87.57]

@@shutyourmouthnow discharge is awesome

[@shutyourmouthnow]

@@shredman87.57 are ok-ish...not my cup of tea as I'm more on the best of the best speed 'n' trash' n' death area.

[@shredman87.57]

@@shutyourmouthnow fair, I love speed metal

[@alcurist]

what's the first song?

[@silasdelobo4385]

5:18 song please 🙏🏼

[@davidnumberoneporto]

I think it's Nailbomb - Vai Tomá No Cú

[@bmoneyrancidfan91]

Werent they like brazilian balck metal at the beginning

[@nanoyt1]

What song is 1:02???

[@vincenzomecarelli6997]

Sepultura - Procreation (of the wicked). This is a cover of the Celtic Frost song!🤘

[@MrAlecksTv]

its on the Blood Rooted Album, Procreation of the Wicked... its heavy AF

[@eriklopes6233]

What song is 1:40 pleace🤘🎸😎🙏

[@djpedro6627]

Motörhead - Dancing on your grave

[@abrahammelano864]

Poser

[@paranoidmaniac1063]

☝️🤓

[@ppap6581]

🤓

[@shutyourmouthnow]

man, Sepultura and Slayer was the best metal band ever... but you screw it.
Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy are like a water gun in a real war compared with old Sepultura....but it is like it is- Slayer remain the Kings of Metal, and there's not gonna be soon another band to be at least on their level like you was.