# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/max-cavalera
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:13:29.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/max-cavalera"
name: "Max Cavalera"
slug: "max-cavalera"
description: "Massimiliano Antonio \"Max\" Cavalera is a Brazilian-American musician. He co-founded the heavy metal band Sepultura in 1984 with his brother Igor Cavalera, and was the band's lead singer and rhythm guitarist until his departure in 1997. He currently plays in the heavy metal bands Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Nailbomb, Killer Be Killed and Go Ahead and Die."
tagline: "Brazilian guitarist and vocalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Soulfly_With_Full_Force_2018_03_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "BR"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1969-08-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump