“Full of Thrash Vibes”: Soulfly Recruits Chase Bryant for 2025 Spirit Animal Tour
Mike Leon announced his departure from Soulfly in early April after a decade in the metal band’s roster. The band continued their planned performance in Mexico City on May 3rd with frontman Max Cavalera’s son Igor Amadeus Cavalera on bass, but now they’ve announced a touring member for their upcoming European trek.
Chase Bryant of Warbringer will be bringing his thunderous low end to the group’s dynamic as they take on The Old Continent. The news was shared on Soulfly’s Instagram with a statement by Cavalera.
“Welcome to the tribe Chase!” he wrote. “Chase will be playing bass for Soulfly on our ‘Spirit Animal’ Europe Tour 25! Chase is an amazing player, technical but also full of thrash vibes! Soulfly will play festivals like Graspop and Copenhell and we’ll go from Germany to Bulgaria dropping groove bombs everywhere!”
Get a taste of Bryant’s style with this playthrough of the Warbringer song “Heart of Darkness,” which features some great melodic and tapping lines along with straight-up thrash playing.
Soulfly’s European tour kicks off on June 7th in the Netherlands and will cover lots of ground before finally wrapping up on July 20th in France. See below for full tour dates.
Soulfly “Animal Spirit” 2025 European Tour Dates:
| Date | Location | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 7 | Maastricht, Netherlands | South of Heaven |
| Jun 8 | Essen, Germany | Turock |
| Jun 9 | Poznan, Poland | Tama |
| Jun 10 | Belgrade | Dorcol Platz |
| Jun 11 | Riga, Latvia | Meina Piektdiena |
| Jun 12 | Tallinn, Estonia | Helitehas |
| Jun 14 | Helsinki, Finland | Tavastia |
| Jun 15 | Tanpere, Finland | Olympia |
| Jun 17 | Uppsala, Sweden | Parksnackan |
| Jun 19 | Oslo, Norway | John Dee |
| Jun 20 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhell |
| Jun 21 | Dessel, Belgium | Graspop |
| Jun 23 | Frankfurt, Germany | DasBett |
| Jun 24 | Cham, Germany | La Cham |
| Jun 25 | Tubingen, Germany | Sudhaus |
| Jun 27 | Dischigen, Germany | Rock am Hartfeldsee Festival |
| Jun 28 | Hauteville | Abyss Festival |
| Jun 29 | Berne, Switzerland | Muhie Hunziken |
| Jun 30 | Saarbrucken, Germany | Garage |
| Jul 2 | Ballenstedt, Germany | Rockharz Festival |
| Jul 3 | Budapest, Hungary | Rockmaraton |
| Jul 4 | Zwierzyniec, Poland | Rockowisko Zwoierzyniec |
| Jul 6 | Stip, North Macedonia | D Festival |
| Jul 8 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Maimunarnika |
| Jul 9 | Bucharest, Romania | Quantic |
| Jul 10 | Belgrade, Serbia | Dorcol Platz |
| Jul 11 | Vizovice, Czech Republic | Masters of Rock |
| Jul 12 | Graz, Austria | PPC |
| Jul 13 | Zagreb, Croatia | Vintage Industrial Bar |
| Jul 15 | Milan, Italy | Legend |
| Jul 16 | Pordenone, Italy | Capitol |
| Jul 17 | Zurich, Switzerland | Dynamo |
| Jul 18 | Weil am Rhein, Germany | Baden in Blut Metal Open Air |
| Jul 19 | Bertingen, Germany | Rock unter den Eichen |
| Jul 20 | Imsming, France | Mozhell |
In his time with No Treble, Kevin has met hundreds of amazing bassists and interviewed icons like Jack Casady, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Marcus Miller, and more. He's a gigging bassist performing jazz in Northern Virginia and bluegrass with The Plate Scrapers up and down the East Coast. Kevin appreciates all genres of music, from R&B to metal and everything in between. Connect with Kevin on Facebook and check his performance schedule on his website.
