Legendary Metallers Soulfly Turn up the Heat at The Marble Factory in Bristol [Photos]

Since late July, Soulfly has been on the road, hitting an eclectic mix of venues across Europe and the UK. September 1st sees them visit the southwest of England to play Bristol’s The Marble Factory for a sell-out Sunday show to more than 750.

There’s just the one opener tonight, local extreme metallers Cruelty Circuit, who play bouncy, nu metal adjacent grooves and get the already packed room nice and warm for the main event. The crowd indulged them in their requests for noise, and heads nodded from front to back at their tastier riffs, a strong performance on one of Bristol’s biggest stages for metal bands.

Entering to chants of their name, the legendary veterans Soulfly (check out our interview with frontman Max Cavalera) enter the stage before launching straight into “Back to the Primitive.” Their performance is full of the characteristic energy and bounce in their music, with the sheer aura from frontman Max Cavalera commanding the crowd from start to finish.

Mike Leon on bass and Mike DeLeon are ever-engaging throughout the set, with headbanging, windmilling and grimacing to the crowd never ceasing. The warehouse of The Marble Factory is swiftly turned into pits of equal parts circle and sweat, belying the Sunday night the gig is taking place on.

It’s a performance befitting an artist of their tenure and standing in the scene, with Soulfly playing a comprehensive set, delighting all fans in attendance.

Soulfly (Setlist:

01. Back to the Primitive
02. No Hope = No Fear
03. Superstition
04. Downstroy
05. Seek ‘n’ Strike
06. Prophecy
07. Bumbklaatt
08. Tribe
09. Filth Upon Filth
10. Fire / Porrada
11. Bring It
12. Bumba
13. Bleed
14. Blood Fire War Hate
15. Boom
16. No
17. Jumpdafuckup
18. Eye for an Eye

Soulfly (w/ Cruelty Circuit) @ Marble Factory (Bristol, UK) on September 1st 2024

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