Origin:	USA
Genres:	Metalcore

Page online:	January 16, 2016
Last update/review:	April 25, 2021

Killer Be Killed

Max Cavalera is a busy man. Already fronting both Soulfly and Cavalera, he decided to hook up with The Dillinger Escape Plan mainman Greg Puciato in a new project, eventually roping in Mastodon bassist Troy Sanders and christening the band Killer Be Killed. The guys stated that the sound would bring in influences from all the members, and that's the case, as 2014's Killer Be Killed doesn't directly sound like any of the aforementioned bands but fans of said bands would feel at home here. The style is loosely in the metalcore field if a single genre must be named, the songs are harsh and heavy, with clean and metalcore vocals shared equally. Collaborations like this are often one-offs, and with the band being silent for several years that appeared to be the case here, but in 2020 a second album, featuring the Cavalera/Puciato/Sanders core but also Converge/Mutoid Man drummer Ben Koller, was released, entitled Reluctant Hero.