Sepultura plans to wrap up their career at one final show sometime in 2026 in São Paulo, Brazil and it seems pretty unlikely that former frontman Max Cavalera and former drummer Igor Cavalera will join them despite being invited come jam at the final show. Which I guess isn’t surprising, given that Max has been pretty vocal and critical of Sepultura carrying on over the years without the Cavalera brothers.
In an interview with Full Metal Jackie, Max said he and his brother are pretty much carrying on the spirit of the band at this point. And factually, it’s hard to argue against that – the brothers are booked to play their Chaos A.D. material opening for Slayer this year. What better indication is there that they’re basically old school Sepultura incarnate?
“To me, I feel — and I’m not saying that just for myself — I think a lot of fans feel that me and Igor kind of carry the spirit of Sepultura with us on everything that we do. And I don’t know — they still call it Sepultura, but everybody knows that it’s not the same and it’s never gonna be the same. And I don’t have nothing to do with what they’re doing, with the disbanding of the band.
“Me and Igor, we have our own path, we are on our own thing, we are revisiting those old material on our own time. And the way we did them was the way we always did — it was from our heart. For us, it’s really special to preserve that. I think it’s kind of like that young heart, the teenage heart that lives inside of you. I kind of like keep that really sacred.
“And no matter what happens in in the business or the politics of music, I try not to let that affect my young mind and soul that I carry with me all the time. So I feel like that when talk about Sepultura. It was a special band of a special time and we celebrate that — I get a chance to celebrate that with Igor, regardless of what the other guys are doing.”
Source: metalinjection.net
