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Sepultura is a Brazilian thrash metal band, formed in 1984. Sepultura means "grave" in Portuguese, which they chose after Max Cavalera, one of the founding members, was translating the lyrics of the Motorhead song "Dancing on Your Grave".

Sepultura was formed in Belo Horizonte in 1984 by Max Cavalera (rhythm guitar), his younger brother Igor Cavalera (drums), Paulo Pinto (bass), and Jairo Guedes (lead guitar). Sepultura signed to Cogumelo Records after a few years of performing. Lamounier left Sepultura without recording on a demo due to differences in idelogies. Max took over as vocals later on. Sepultura's first EP was Bestial Devastation, a split with Overdose's album on the flipside. Sepultura's first LP was Morbid Visions (1986), which included the moderate hit "Troops of Doom" that attracted Sepultura some attention. Both albums are nowadays regarded as early milestones in the establishment of death metal. After Morbid Visions, Jairo Guedes left Sepultura for another thrash metal venture and Sao Paulo based guitarist Andreas Kisser replaced him. Sepultura's second full-length album was Schizophrenia, which was a critical success that led to a contract with Roadrunner Records.

With Roadrunner distributing Schizophrenia worldwide, Sepultura reached new audiences of metal fans. This was cemented by 1989's Beneath the Remains, which is hailed as one of the best thrash albums of the late 1980s. It was followed by a long European and American tour. Sepultura's first US show was October 31, 1989 at the Ritz in New York City, opening for King Diamond. By the time Sepultura released 1991's Arise, Sepultura were located in Phoenix, Arizona and had become one of the most critically-praised metal bands of the time, in spite of a lack of mainstream success.

This was changed by Chaos A.D. (1993), which saw a departure from the traditional thrash style, now mixing it with groove metal elements. Though generally regarded as a sell-out by thrash fans, the Sepultura album helped form the groove metal genre and saw Sepultura achieve recognition beyond the thrash metal community. Sepultura continued with this on 1996's Roots, in which Sepultura further innovated by experimenting with elements from the music of Brazil's indigenous peoples and traditional thrash, with a slower, downtuned nu metal sound. The title track is probably Sepultura's best-known song, and often a staple at live shows.

In parallel, in 1994, Max and Igor, aided by Alex Newport of Fudge Tunnel, recorded a more industrial LP, Point Blank, under the signature Nailbomb. Nailbomb played a full set live only once, mostly the same tracks as on the album, and the performance was released as Proud to commit commercial suicide. Nailbomb also played selected tracks live on Sepultura's 1994 tour with guests Fudge Tunnel.

In 1996, Sepultura played on the Ozzfest main stage alongside Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Danzig, Biohazard, and Fear Factory.

At the height of Sepultura's fame, however, a series of events broke the band apart. Just after the album "Roots", Sepultura decided to fire their manager, Gloria, Max Cavalera's wife.

It was rumoured that there was some intra-band tension throughout the latter half of 1996, and at the end of a successful tour of Britain later that year, at Brixton Academy on 16th December 1996, Sepultura told Max they would not renew Gloria's management contract. Max Cavalera left Sepultura, and subsequently formed a new one, Soulfly. The others announced that they would continue under the Sepultura name and were searching for a replacement.

A recording of Max's last show with Sepultura was later released as a live album, 2002's Under A Pale Grey Sky by their former record label Roadrunner Records, against the wishes of Sepultura. Derrick Green from Cleveland wound up filling the frontman spot, and Sepultura released Against in 1998. Against was commercially less successful than its two predecessors, as was the follow-up Nation. These releases saw Sepultura move away from their previous approach of the thrash metal sound - a process already in motion in such releases as Roots, and aided by Max's departure - and this led to widespread criticism from Sepultura's original fanbase. Subsequent releases have had a positive effect in returning praise to Sepultura, but opinion is divided on their new direction.

After recording Revolusongs, an EP full of covers in 2002, the band released the album Roorback in 2003, which garnered a lot of positive reviews.

In November 2005 the live Double-DVD and Double-CD Live in São Paulo was released. This was the first official live album from Sepultura.

The release of 'Live In Sao Paulo' marked the first involvement of the new 'Sepularmy' street team in promotion of Sepultura's music. The Sepularmy is unrelated to the bands record label SPV and its members are motivated purely by the desire to share Sepultura's music with as many people as possible. The army is expected to be involved in the promotion of all Sepultura's releases and endeavours for the foreseeable future and anyone is welcome to register and help out.

A new Sepultura album, called Dante XXI was released on March 14, 2006. It is based around Dante's The Divine Comedy. This album has been considered to be Sepultura's best effort with Derrick Green and also carries some thrash influence. Although some areas of the media have criticized the album, Sepultura fans have received it well.

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