SEPULTURA: Chaos A.D.

Guitar tab for this Brazilian metal band's 1993 release: Amen • Biotech Is Godzilla • Clenched Fist • Kaiowas • Manifest • Nomad • Propaganda • Refuse/Resist • Slave New World • Territory • We Who Are Not As Others..

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Sepultura

Igor Cavalera Drums
Derrick Green Lead Vocals
Andreas Kisser Guitar/Vocals
Paulo Pinto Bass

Music is what literally saved Igor and Max Cavalera from an obscure existence in Belo Horizante, a small Brazilian city. The brothers formed Sepultura in 1984 with Paulo Pinto (Paulo Junior) and original guitarist Jairo T. After a couple of crude early releases (the Bestial Devastation EP and Morbid Visions album), Andreas Kisser replaced Jairo and the band kicked themselves to a new level of musicianship with the now classic Schizophrenia. That album, and a growing underground fan base, persuaded Roadrunner Records to sign the fledgling act. Sepultura's first worldwide release, Beneath the Remains, was voted one of 1989's top metal albums by critics everywhere and was hailed as a masterpiece of the genre.

Three more albums, Arise (1991), Chaos A.D. (1993), and the groundbreaking Roots (1996), found Sepultura incorporating more and more different influences into their style, ranging from ancestral Brazilian sounds to African roots music, creating a unique blend of genres that, coupled with the band's near-legendary live show, made Sepultura a million-selling act around the globe. But different views on the band's business affairs led to a parting of the ways that even the band members' strong bonds couldn't prevent.

In December of 1996, the band faced their biggest challenge yet: the departure of frontman and co-founder Max Cavalera. The remaining members of the band knew they had reached a crossroads.

"A lot of people thought that Sepultura was only Max, and we were only the musicians behind him," says Andreas. "But Sepultura was always everybody together, and everybody contributed their ideas. We have the same attitude, the same music, and the same message. The only thing different is that Derrick is here now."

Born in Cleveland, Derrick Green has been singing since he was 16, when he joined the Midwest hardcore act Outface. He and the guitarist moved to New York after six years together to form Overfiend. When Sepultura announced that they were looking for a new vocalist, a Roadrunner A&R man sent them an Overfiend demo and told them to check it out.

"We sent him a tape of "Choke" and asked him to put vocals over it," recalls Andreas. "We liked it a lot, so we invited him to come to Brazil, because we were staying there at the end of last year. So we got together, and right away, we were pretty sure he was the man. Not just because of Derrick's technical abilities, but because he's like us. He really believes in the same stuff, has the same vibe -- plus he really likes soccer!"

The group proceeded to record Against, released in 1998, and most recently, Nation in 2001. Having survived the most difficult period of their careers, Sepultura has refocused on what playing music means to them. "It's a good time to come back to the idea of what Sepultura is," concluded Igor at the time of Against's release. "It's not just me, or Andreas, or Paulo, or Derrick -- it's the chemistry of four people playing together."