With their farewell tour nonetheless raging throughout the globe, Brazilian steel icons Sepultura are getting ready one last reward for followers: a brand-new four-song EP, set for launch in 2026.
The forthcoming effort will mark the primary recorded output with drummer Greyson Nekrutman, who joined the band in 2024 following the sudden departure of longtime percussionist Eloy Casagrande to Slipknot.
In a brand new interview carried out at this yr’s Mystic Competition, guitarist Andreas Kisser revealed the venture: “We recorded 4 new songs with Greyson on drums. I do not suppose no one is aware of that, however there we go. We’ve got 4 new songs, and we’ve got the intention, subsequent yr, to launch an EP, simply to have a good time this momentum. It is unique songs that we labored [out]. It is already recorded and all the pieces, and we’re taking our time, actually, to see the place it is gonna be the great time to do it.”
Kisser went on to elucidate that the brand new materials was put collectively in a relaxed, exploratory method: “…We did it in our time with no rush. There isn’t any names [for the songs]. We will resolve that later. We’re nonetheless mixing the fabric — no rush. And it is nice. Due to the farewell [tour] thought, we are able to try this as effectively, to plan one thing like that, or not plan one thing like that, plan as much less that we are able to to actually to problem ourselves artistically to work one thing like that.”
As for that last Sepultura present, guitarist Andreas Kisser would nonetheless find it irresistible if former frontman Max Cavalera and former drummer Igor Cavalera could possibly be there. Kisser beforehand invited the Cavalera brothers to come jam on the last present, although Max has made it clear that he has zero intention of doing so.
Nonetheless, Kisser mentioned in a latest interview with Actuality Verify TV that he hopes the Cavalera brothers and different former members can come out and make one last look with Sepultura.
“I hope so. The thought is to do a really final present [in 2026] in São Paulo, Brazil, the place we’ve got all of the company, associates to have a good time our historical past,” mentioned Kisser. “There isn’t any motive to be preventing. We simply go on stage, take pleasure in ourselves. We all know learn how to play the songs. It is gonna be a celebration for the followers. Forty years of historical past, it is loads — many albums, many alternative adjustments and completely different types of music. And it is gonna be an incredible social gathering — I hope so — and hopefully everyone can be an element [of it].”
When requested in a 2024 interview with Steel Injection, Max Cavalera mentioned the one reunion that mattered to him was one with Igor. Which has been occurring fairly extensively because the Cavalera brothers revisit their early Sepultura materials.
“The extra the time passes by, the extra I really feel that I need not. Like I mentioned, the true reunion is between myself and Igor, and I did that,” mentioned Max. “It is pure magic and superb what we’re doing proper now. You form of have to appreciate if we find yourself doing a Sepultura reunion, it is virtually like we won’t return to the Cavalera factor, You understand? It will not actually make sense.
“Individuals in all probability can be like ‘I do not wish to go watch Cavalera in the event that they’re doing a ‘actual’ reunion.’ To me, I do not wish to try this as a result of I really like what we’ve got right here in Cavalera now. It is so unhealthy ass. So yeah, it is undoubtedly out of the query. You possibly can ask Igor the identical query. He does not wish to do it both. I believe folks can simply hand over, it isn’t gonna occur man. It is not gonna occur.”
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