Professionally filmed video of SEPULTURA‘s complete March 30 efficiency at Lollapalooza Brasil at Autódromo de Interlagos in São Paulo, Brazil will be seen beneath.
Featured songs:
01. Refuse/Resist
02. Territory
03. Determined Cry
04. Kairos
05. Perspective
06. Means To An Finish
07. Kaiowas
08. Escape To The Void
09. Agony Of Defeat
10. Come up
11. Ratamahata
12. Roots Bloody Roots
In a current interview with Germany’s Steel Hammer journal, guitarist Andreas Kisser spoke about SEPULTURA‘s plans for the rest of the Brazilian band’s farewell tour, which launched in early 2024. Requested the place the ultimate SEPULTURA live performance will happen, Andreas stated: “We’re planning on doing a really massive present in São Paulo, Brazil, or in [SEPULTURA‘s original hometown of] Belo Horizonte. We’re nonetheless balancing these concepts. However on the finish of 2026, we might like to do that final present. We would wish to stretch [out the tour]. There is no motive for us to cease in a rush simply because we introduced [the] final [tour] two years in the past or so. We had a good time final 12 months. This 12 months is already trying nice…. We’re doing Lollapalooza in South America — Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Now we have a number of exhibits in Central America, a number of festivals this 12 months in Europe, a number of particular live shows. In 2026 we might love to do all the large festivals and end in Brazil.”
Concerning what the farewell tour has been like thus far, Andreas stated: ”It is superb. And it is nice to really feel and to see that SEPULTURA is necessary in so many individuals’s lives. Lots of people are very emotional coming to the exhibits, remembering the primary present or the primary shirt, the primary music they ever heard. Some folks that met their wives in a SEPULTURA live performance, they bought married, they bring about their children. It is superb.
“Heavy metallic, it is a massive household, not solely the SEPULTURA followers, however all of the metallic group,” he continued. “It is a massive household. And it is nice to see that lots of people that by no means seen SEPULTURA earlier than are coming to see SEPULTURA for the primary time, which is nice. And never solely younger individuals — individuals which can be following SEPULTURA for thus a few years, they’ve by no means seen SEPULTURA stay, and now that we are saying that is the final [tour we will do], they’re leaving their homes to return to see us. So it is nice. We’re having the most effective occasions. And every part is the best way it is speculated to be, the best way we deliberate — to have a good time. It isn’t a tragic or melancholic state of affairs. We really feel nice. We’re having the most effective time of our lives and celebrating. It is a very grateful feeling for our followers.”
Lower than two months in the past, Kisser was requested by Actuality Test TV about the potential of reuniting with authentic SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera and drummer Igor “Iggor” Cavalera for a closing present to cap off the band’s ongoing farewell tour. He stated: “I hope so. The thought is to do a really final present [in 2026] in São Paulo, Brazil, the place we now have all of the friends, buddies to have a good time our historical past.”
He continued: “There is no motive to be combating. We simply go on stage, take pleasure in ourselves. We all know play the songs. It is gonna be a celebration for the followers. Forty years of historical past, it is lots — many albums, many alternative adjustments and completely different types of music. And it is gonna be a tremendous get together — I hope so — and hopefully all people shall be an element [of it].”
SEPULTURA kicked off the North American leg of the large “Celebrating Life By Loss of life” farewell tour on September 17, 2024 on the Harmony Music Corridor in Chicago, Illinois. The band performed a career-spanning set that honors SEPULTURA‘s 40 years of existence. Becoming a member of SEPULTURA on this tour have been Florida-based loss of life metallic veterans OBITUARY, iconic New York hardcore pioneers AGNOSTIC FRONT, and São Paulo, Brazil’s loss of life/thrash metallers CLAUSTROFOBIA.
SEPULTURA is placing collectively a stay album commemorating their final run of exhibits. The band is recording 40 songs in 40 completely different cities for what shall be a “large compilation of our greatest, most energetic moments on stage,” in line with an announcement launched by SEPULTURA in December 2023. Requested in an interview with Germany’s Moshpit Ardour if SEPULTURA‘s closing present may also be included within the bundle, Andreas stated: “Who is aware of? All the things is feasible. We did three massive exhibits in São Paulo [Brazil] earlier than we went to the States. And we recorded the entire present — the cameras, DVD and stuff. After all, these items that we’re recording for the stay album is audio solely. And we’re planning to have the final farewell present in São Paulo in 2026, so we wish to go locations, we like to go to locations that we have by no means been earlier than. We love to do our goodbye in a relaxed temper — no hurry. There is no motive actually to hurry something. We’re having fun with the second a lot. We’re celebrating the momentum. It is implausible. It is superb. So it is one thing that’s gonna be on the recording as nicely, this nice vibe, the connection we now have with the gang and stuff. However, yeah, every part is feasible. I imply, after all, the final present, [it] could be nice to have a register. We like to ask all of the ex-members, together with the brothers, Cavalera brothers. Let’s have a look at what occurs. We’re working in the direction of that, to have an enormous celebration for the followers.”
Acknowledging the truth that SEPULTURA had an acrimonious break up with Max Cavalera practically 30 years in the past, Andreas stated: “We do not care who is true or improper. We’re by no means gonna get to that time. [Laughs] Now we have completely different level of views and completely different views about identical historic occasions and stuff. So let’s jam, let’s have a very good time for the followers, for us, for ourselves, and actually shut this superb 43 years or 44, no matter it is gonna be on the time, in peace with ourselves, and actually attain for one thing completely different afterwards. Not less than in my viewpoint, I wish to, after all, proceed with music and every part, however perhaps do one thing completely different. Who is aware of?”
In a separate interview with Steel Hammer journal, Kisser and vocalist Derrick Inexperienced have been requested about their plans for after the completion of the farewell tour. Andreas stated: “I do not know, and it feels nice. I need to examine acoustic guitar, and to create educational materials on the SEPULTURA music. I’ve accomplished small issues right here and there, however not a whole overview of my guitar enjoying and writing. I’ll resolve when the time comes, however proper now it’s time to have a good time the second.”
Derrick added: “I need to do much more with the TV present I am engaged on, ‘Freeway To Well being’. I’ve additionally been taken with doing voiceover work in animation or commercials. Musically, I might love to do one thing outdoors of metallic with extra singing, but when any individual approaches with one thing I believe is intriguing, I am positively open to that, as a result of I by no means need to step away from music.”
Requested if Andreas and Derrick will nonetheless work collectively sooner or later, Kisser quipped: “Nah. We solely speak to one another by contract. When the contract is finished, we’re accomplished. [Laughs] No, after all there are a number of potentialities. I’d like to work with Derrick outdoors of SEPULTURA. Now we have the concept for a reggae challenge on the playing cards, which we now have an incredible title for. The consolation zone is the worst factor that may occur to an artist. It will be boring to cease SEPULTURA and do one thing else that’s SEPULTURA-like.”
SEPULTURA kicked off its farewell tour on March 1, 2024 at Enviornment Corridor in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The sold-out present marked the band’s debut efficiency with drummer Greyson Nekrutman, who beforehand performed with SUICIDAL TENDENCIES.
SEPULTURA introduced drummer Eloy Casagrande‘s departure on February 27, 2024, explaining in an announcement that he was leaving to hitch “one other challenge”, with Eloy later confirming that he’s the brand new drummer of SLIPKNOT.
The information of Eloy‘s exit from SEPULTURA got here simply two months after the band introduced it will have a good time its fortieth anniversary in 2024 by embarking on a “farewell tour” which can cowl all the globe.
In SEPULTURA‘s assertion, the remaining bandmembers expressed their shock over Casagrande‘s departure, saying they have been “taken unexpectedly” that their now-former drummer would “abandon every part associated to SEPULTURA” lower than a month previous to the beginning of the tour.
