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Sepultura is a Brazilian thrash metal/death metal band assembled in 1984, though their current sound is often described as groove
metal.Sepultura was formed in Belo Horizonte in 1983 by Max Cavalera (guitars and vocals) younger brother and Igor Cavalera
(drums). Sepultura signed to Cogumelo Records after a few years of performing. Their first EP was Bestial Devastation, a split with
another band's album on the flipside. Their first LP was Morbid Visions (1986 in music), which included the moderate hit "Troops of
Doom" that attracted the b ...read more
Sepultura is a Brazilian thrash metal/death metal band assembled in 1984, though their current sound is often described as groove
metal.Sepultura was formed in Belo Horizonte in 1983 by Max Cavalera (guitars and vocals) younger brother and Igor Cavalera
(drums). Sepultura signed to Cogumelo Records after a few years of performing. Their first EP was Bestial Devastation, a split with
another band's album on the flipside. Their first LP was Morbid Visions (1986 in music), which included the moderate hit "Troops of
Doom" that attracted the band some attention. After Morbid Visions, Jairo Guedez left the band for another death metal venture and
Sao Paulo based guitarist Andreas Kisser replaced him. Their second full-length album was Schizophrenia, which was a critical
success that led to a contract with Roadrunner Records.
At the height of Sepultura's fame, however, a series of events broke the band apart. First, just before the band were due to play at
the 1996 Donington Monsters of Rock Festival, lead singer Max Cavalera's wife (and the band's manager), Gloria, was hit by the
death of her teenage son in a car crash. Max and Gloria left the rest of the band to go back to America, and the band performed as a
trio for the first timeA recording of Max's last show with the band was later released as a live album, 2002's (2002 in music) (Under
A Pale Grey Sky) by their former record label Roadrunner Records, against the wishes of the band. Derrick Green of Cleveland wound
up filling the frontman spot, and the band released Against in 1998 (1998 in music). Against was commercially less successful than
its two predecessors, as was the follow-up Nation. These releases saw Sepultura move away from their previous approach of the
thrash metal sound - a process already in motion in such releases as Roots, and aided by Max's departure - and this led to
widespread criticism from the band's original fanbase. Subsequent releases have had a positive effect in returning praise to the
band, but opinion is divided on their new direction.A new album, called Dante XXI was released on March 14, 2006 (2006 in music).
It based around Dante's The Divine Comedy. This album has been considered to be the band's best effort with Derrick Green and
also carries some thrash influence. Although some areas of the media have critised the album, fans have recieved it well. « hide |
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