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Though their name means grave in Portuguese language, Sepultura
came to life in 1984, in Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL. The group, which initially
featured lead singer+guitarist Max Cavalera, lead guitarist Jairo T. 'Tormentor',
bassist Paulo Jr. and drummer Igor Cavalera, became the most popular Death-Metal
Heavy-Metal Brazilian band worldwide.
The band made its recording debut with a 5-track EP titled "Bestial
Devastation" in 1985 and followed it up with their first full-length
LP, "Morbid Visions", a year later.
After relocating to São Paulo, Jairo T. was replaced by new lead
guitarist Andreas Kisser; the revamped line-up would then hit the studio
in the summer of 1987 to record the band's second full-length album, "Schizophrenia",
constant touring, rehearsal and the addition of Kisser helped Sepultura
develop their sound and gave them an entirely new set of experiences on
which to draw. Not long after they caught the eye of New York-based Roadrunner
Records who released "Schizophrenia" worldwide.
In May 1989 the band released "Beneath The Remains" which was
supported by an extensive international tour; that year they also had
their first hit with "Inner Self", for which they also filmed
their first video.
Sepultura rose to new heights with its fourth album, "Arise";
the record hit the top 40 in the U.K. and reached #119 on The Billboard
Top 200 chart upon its April 1991 release selling over one million copies
worldwide; first single "Dead Embryonic Cells" was unquestionably
the strongest of the band's Death-Metal era.
Two years later "Chaos A.D." brought the band into the top 40
of The Billboard 200 Albums chart for the first time, helped on its way
by two singles: "Territory" and "Refuse/Resist"; their
fifth studio record also peaked at #11 in Britain.
In March 1996, Sepultura returned after almost two years of silence with
their widely acclaimed "Roots"; the set incorporated Brazilian
rhythms as well as field recordings of the Xavantes Indians, Faith
No More singer Mike Patton, Korn frontman
Jonathan Davis and Limp Bizkit's DJ
Lethal all pop up on the album which rose to #27 on The Billboard 200
list and hit #4 in the U.K. giving the band a career-best chart placing
in the process.
However "Roots" closed a major chapter for the group, since
after recording the album, Max Cavalera departed to form Soulfly.
The rest of the band decided to remain together and proceeded to find
a new vocalist; Cleveland-born Derrick Green joined Sepultura officially
in June 1998 and the group soon found itself in the recording studio to
cut their seventh full-length album, "Against"; but it didn't
gain the praise and popularity compared to the band's previous albums,
barely breaking into the top 100 in U.S. and into the top 40 in Britain.
Following the same formula as their first LP without Cavalera, the Brazilian
quartet resurfaced in spring 2001 with "Nation", this album
didn't find a large audience reaching a modest #134 on The Billboard 200
and quickly disappeared from the charts.
The group's next studio record, "Roorback", came out during
the summer of 2003 and not surprisingly, the album was welcomed by critics
but made only a brief appearance in the top 20 of the U.S. Independent
chart.
Sepultura are back with its new album, "Dante XXI", the quartet
continues to be one of the more challenging Metal bands on the scene,
as Green has looked to The Divine Comedy by Italian poet Dante Alighieri
for inspiration.
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