Metal'n'Brazil: Sepultura (english)

Sepultura (grave) is a Brazilian band of thrash and death metal with touches of ethnic music from Brazil formed in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) by Max and Igor Cavalera with his friends Paulo Pinto and Jairo T. Sepultura influences are Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Ratos de Porao, Slayer, Iron measure, Morbid Angel, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Possessed, Exumer, Death and V8 among others. The band has sold over 20 million albums worldwide.

The band's name is taken from the song by MotorHead: "Dancing on your grave". Their first demo is recored in 1985. Next to Cogumelo Produçoes recorded their first EP "Bestial Devastion" with Overdose and its "Século XX". Thanks to the success of the EP (5,000 copies sold) Cogumelo joined Roadrunner Records to release the first LP of the band: "Morbid Visions" with singles like "War", "Cruxifixion" and "Troops of Doom".

Max believes that group needs a better guitarist Jairo T so signed Andreas Kisser. In 1987 they recorded "Schizophrenia" where is felt the touch of the new guitarist. The group is provided with songs like "Inquisition Symphony" and "Escape to the Void" the latter inspired by the novel of Marianhau Aquino. Sepultura signed definitely with Roadrunner Records and in 1989 recorded their third album, "Beneath the Reamins" with the single "Arise" that became cult group and lead the Rock In Rio 2. From this point begin to incorporate sounds more industrial like "Chaos AD" 1993 and "Roots" in 1996 with the participation of Jonathan Davis of KoRn, DJ Lethal and Mike Patton of Faith No More.

Problems begin when the wife of Max planned the rehearses allowing Max to make other projects which upset the rest of the band. When the group raised the replace his wife, Max went with her to form Soulfly. The new vocalist was Derrick Green (Outface, Alpha Jerk and Overfiend).

In the following disc hardcore and Japanese percussion rhythms are incorporated. The following albums were "Against" (1998), "Nation" (2001), "Revolusongs" (2002) and "Dante XXI" (2006) the latter was a conceptual work based on "The Divine Comedy" by Dante. In early 2006 Igor decided to take a temporary break from their divorce the birth of his fourth child. He was replaced by Roy Mayorga (Thor, Medication, Soulfly, Amebix and now Stone Sour) on the tour with In Flames. Untying Igor became finally that same year and was replaced by Jean Dolabella (Udora, Diesel) like new drumer.

In 2007 participated in the tribute to Sick of It All: Our Impact Will Be Felt: A Tribute to Sick of It All with the song "Scratch The Surface". Other bands which took part: Bleeding Through, Hatebreed and Napalm Death. A year later they recorded "A-Lex" (Lawless) built on the book A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess with a version of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony recorded with a symphony orchestra. "Kairos" was published in 2011 for the record label Nuclear Blast Records.

Members:
Derrich Green - vocals and guitar
Andreas Kisser - guitar and vocals
Paulo Jr. - bass and vocals
Eloy Casa Grande - drums and percussion

Exmiembers:

Max Cavalera

Igor Cavalera

Wagner Lamounier

Jairo Guedes

Jean Dolabella

Discography:

1986: Mord Visons

1987: Schizophrenia

1989: Beneath the Remains

1991: Arise

1993: Chaos A.D.

1996: Roots

1998: Against

2001: Nation

2003: Roorback

2006: Dante XXI

2009: A-Lex

2011: Kairos

2013: The Mediator Between the Head and the Hands must be the Heart