Sepultura

Sepultura
Sepultura at the Metalmania festival in 2007
Background information
Origin	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Genres	Groove metal thrash metal death metal alternative metal black metal (early)
Years active	1984–present
Labels	Cogumelo New Renaissance Roadrunner Epic Steamhammer Nuclear Blast
Associated acts	Sarcófago Nailbomb Soulfly Cavalera Conspiracy Udora Les Tambours du Bronx
Website	sepultura.com
Members	Paulo Jr. Andreas Kisser Derrick Green Eloy Casagrande
Past members	Wagner Lamounier Roberto Raffan Jairo Guedz Max Cavalera Igor Cavalera Jean Dolabella

Sepultura (Portuguese pronunciation: [se.puw.ˈtu.ɾɐ], "grave") is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera, the band was a major force in the thrash metal and groove metal genres during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments drawing influence from alternative metal, world music, nu metal,hardcore punk and industrial metal.

Sepultura has had several changes in its lineup since its formation, with Max and Igor Cavalera departing in 1996 and 2006, respectively. Sepultura's current lineup consists of vocalist Derrick Green, guitarist Andreas Kisser, bassist Paulo Jr. and drummer Eloy Casagrande. Since Igor Cavalera's departure in 2006, there have been no original members left in the band. Paulo Jr. and Kisser, who joined Sepultura in 1985 and 1987 respectively, are the only members to appear on every album, except that their debut album Morbid Visions featured Jairo Guedz on guitar instead of Kisser.

Sepultura has released fourteen studio albums to date, the latest being Machine Messiah (2017). Their most successful records are Arise (1991), Chaos A.D. (1993) and Roots (1996). Sepultura has sold over three million units in the United States and almost 20 million worldwide, gaining multiple gold and records around the globe, including in countries as diverse as France, Australia, Indonesia, United States, Cyprus and their native Brazil.