SEPULTURA
SEPULTURA, the Brazilian thrash metal band from Belo Horizonte, originally formed by Max and Igor Cavalera in 1984, needs no introduction and has become one of the most influential thrash metal bands since the 1990s.
The current members are Paulo Jr. on bass – the only musician present in Sepultura since its beginnings – Andreas Kisser on guitar since 1987, Derrick Green – the only non-Brazilian member – on vocals since 1998, and the latest member to join the current lineup of the group is drummer Eloy Casagrande since 2011, a young prodigy who was only twenty years old when he joined the group.
Formed amidst the police repression that marked the final days of the military dictatorship in Brazil, Sepultura achieved international success in the late 1980s with a style akin to thrash metal, contributing to the popularization of the genre in the United States and Europe. Their three landmark albums are Arise (1991), Chaos A.D. (1993), and Roots (1996). Their fifteenth album, Quadra, was released in February 2020 on the German metal label Nuclear Blast.
Since Derrick joined the band, Sepultura has found a new lease of life, allowing them to endure and remain a leading force in the genre.
As of 2020, Sepultura's discography comprises a total of fifteen studio albums, two live albums, three compilations, four EPs, five videos, thirteen singles, and fifteen music videos, which have sold over three million copies in the United States and 20 million copies worldwide. In 2024, they will celebrate the band's fourth decade.
We thank them, especially Derrick Green, for their support over the years. We hope to see them again soon at a festival: HELLFEST 2022!!!