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Sepultura
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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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A-Lex
01/23/2009

2.4
45 Votes
Dante XXI
2006

3.2
78 Votes
Live in Sao Paulo
2005

3.8
12 Votes
Roorback
2003

2.7
45 Votes
Under A Pale Grey Sky
2002

3.6
31 Votes
Nation
2001

2.4
59 Votes
Against
1998

2.7
52 Votes
Roots
1996

3.4
241 Votes
Chaos A.D.
1993

4
256 Votes
Arise
1991

4.1
224 Votes
Beneath the Remains
1989

4.1
190 Votes
Schizophrenia
1987

3.6
71 Votes
Morbid Visions/Bestial Devastation
1986

3.1
54 Votes

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