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SEPULTURA
http://sepultura.uol.com.br/v6/
Sepultura
is a Brazilian thrash metal band, formed in 1984.
Their name means "grave" in Portuguese, which they chose after Max Cavalera, one of the founding members, was translating the lyrics of the Motörhead song "Dancing on Your Grave" from their Another Perfect Day album
Sepultura was formed in 1984 at Belo Horizonte, the capital city of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The group's initial line-up was: Max Cavalera (rhythm guitar), his younger brother Igor Cavalera (drums), Paulo Jr. (bass), Jairo Guedes (lead guitar) and Wagner Lamounier (vocals). Sepultura signed to Cogumelo Records after a few years of performing. Lamounier left the band without recording on a demo due to differences in ideology. Max took over as vocalist. Their first EP was Bestial Devastation, a split album with fellow Brazilians Overdose. Their first LP Morbid Visions (1986), was initially released in America on New Renaissance Records, a record label owned by Ann Boleyn.
New Renaissance Records was heavily criticized by the media for signing and promoting Sepultura. However, eventually "Troops Of Doom" attracted radio airplay. Both albums are nowadays regarded as early milestones in the establishment of death metal. After Morbid Visions, Jairo Guedes left the band for another thrash metal venture and was replaced by São Paulo-based guitarist Andreas Kisser. Their second full-length album was Schizophrenia, which was a critical success that led them to being contracted to Roadrunner Records.
With Roadrunner distributing Schizophrenia worldwide, Sepultura reached new audiences of metal fans. This was cemented by 1989's Beneath the Remains, which was hailed by Terrorizer magazine as one of the all-time top 20 thrash albums, as well as a gaining a placing in their all-time top 40 death metal records. It was followed by a long European and American tour. Their first US show was October 31, 1989 at the Ritz in New York City, opening for King Diamond. By the time they released 1991's Arise, Sepultura were located in Phoenix, Arizona and had become one of the most critically-praised metal bands of the time, in spite of a lack of mainstream success.
This was changed by Chaos A.D. (1993), which saw a departure from the traditional thrash style, now mixing it with groove metal elements. The album helped form the groove metal genre and saw Sepultura achieve recognition beyond the thrash metal community. They continued with this on 1996's Roots, in which the band further innovated by experimenting with elements of the music of Brazil's indigenous peoples and traditional thrash, with a slower, downtuned metal sound. The title track is probably the band's best-known song, and often a staple at live shows.
In parallel, in 1994, Max and Igor, aided by Alex Newport of Fudge Tunnel, recorded a more industrial LP, Point Blank, under the name Nailbomb. Nailbomb played a full live set only once, and the performance was released as Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide. Nailbomb also played selected tracks live on Sepultura's 1994 tour with guests Fudge Tunnel.
In 1996, Sepultura played on the Ozzfest main stage alongside Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Danzig, Biohazard, and Fear Factory.
[edit] Departure of Max and a new singer
At the height of Sepultura's fame however a series of events broke the band apart. Just after the release of Roots, Sepultura decided to fire their manager, Gloria, Max Cavalera's wife.
It was rumoured that there was some intra-band tension throughout the latter half of 1996, and at the end of a successful tour of Britain later that year, at Brixton Academy on 16th December 1996, the band told Max they would not renew Gloria's management contract. Max Cavalera left the band, and subsequently formed a new one, Soulfly. The others announced that they would continue under the Sepultura name and were searching for a replacement.
Sepultura was also a guest programmer for the longest ever produced music video show, Rage, in Australia.
A recording of Max's last show with the band was later released as a live album, 2002's Under A Pale Grey Sky by their former record label Roadrunner Records, against the wishes of the band. Derrick Green from Cleveland wound up filling the frontman spot, and the band released Against in 1998. 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. Subsequent releases have had a positive effect in returning praise to the band, but album sales still remain low.
After recording Revolusongs, an EP of covers in 2002, the band released the album Roorback in 2003, which garnered many positive reviews.
In November 2005 the live Double-DVD and Double-CD Live in São Paulo was released. This was the first official live album from the band.
The release of 'Live In São Paulo' marked the first involvement of the new 'Sepularmy' street team in promotion of the bands music. The Sepularmy is unrelated to the bands record label SPV and its members are motivated purely by the desire to share the bands music and message around the world.
A new album, called Dante XXI was released on March 14, 2006. It is 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. A music-video for the song "Convicted in Life" was released.
In a recent interview in Revolver Magazine, Max Cavalera stated that Igor and himself would reunite with the original lineup. There are also rumors that the newly reunited Sepultura would play on the main stage at Ozzfest 2007. However Andreas Kisser stated that there would be no reunion in 2007.
Andreas also stated that the band is planning a new studio album release for 2008, being the first without any Cavalera member.[8] In January 2008 the band released a new music-video for the song "Ostia" from the "Dante XXI" album. As stated on their Myspace page, the new album will be another concept album, based on "A Clockwork Orange."
Sepularmy
The Sepularmy was set up in 2005 by Sepultura fans to help promote the band. In the past, the band had suffered from poor promotion from various record labels. After the split from Roadrunner Records, the band suffered a loss in popularity, and as a result, got less exposure.
Their aim is to help spread the music and message of Sepultura, and to promote the band in various ways. Methods include producing flyers that fans can print out and distribute in local venues and music shops, and posting on Internet forums to help reach potential fans.
Studio albums
1986 Morbid Visions Cogumelo Records (Brazil) and New Renaissance Records Remastered on Roadrunner Records - 1990.
1987 Schizophrenia Cogumelo Records Remastered on Roadrunner Records - 1990, 1st album to feature current guitarist Andreas Kisser.
1989 Beneath the Remains Roadrunner Records Certifield Gold Considered to be one of their Magnum Opus.[9] -
1991 Arise Roadrunner Records See Above Beneath the Remains.
1993 Chaos A.D. Roadrunner Records Certified Gold, 1st album to not contain a definite death/thrash-metal theme. More focus on groove metal.
1996 Roots Roadrunner Records Certified Gold, experimented with the music of native Brazilians and also incorporated alternative metal influences like slower tempos and detuned guitars.
1998 Against Roadrunner Records First album without Max, enter Derrick Green as new vocalist, contains hardcore punk influences.
2001 Nation Roadrunner Records Last album with Roadrunner Records.
2003 Roorback SPV Records First album with SPV.
2006 Dante XXI SPV Records Last album to feature a Cavalera and their first Concept album based upon Dante's Divine Comedy.
2008 Sepultura's 11th Studio Album SPV Records The band has stated that they begin writing and practicing next month for a new album based on A Clockwork Orange. They hope to start recording by the end of the year, possibily into early 2008. A spring release is expected.
Members
Derrick Green
Andreas Kisser
Paulo Jr.
Jean Dolabella
Former members
Wagner Lamounier
Max Cavalera
Igor Cavalera
Jairo Guedes
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