History Music / Sepultura

* TokenMinority: Derrick is the sole black member of the band, as well as one of the very few well-known black musicians in extreme metal as a whole, a status he shares with [[Music/{{Suffocation}} Terrance Hobbs, Mike Smith]], [[Music/{{Oceano}} Adam Warren, Chason Westmoreland]], Serge Kasongo (Leng Tch'e), Caller of the Storms (Blasphemy), Byron Davis and Doc Coyle (God Forbid), [[Music/{{Entombed}} Alex Hellid]], [[Music/KillswitchEngage Howard Jones]], [[Music/{{Inferi}} Malcolm Pugh]], [[Music/{{Aborted}} Mendel bij de Leij]], Tommy Vext (ex-Divine Heresy), Katon W. de Pena (Hirax), and Aantar Lee Coates (Diabolic).

* ''A-Lex'' (2009)

* TokenMinority: Derrick is the sole black member of the band, as well as one of the very few well-known black musicians in extreme metal as a whole, a status he shares with [[Music/{{Suffocation}} Terrance Hobbs, Mike Smith]], [[Music/{{Oceano}} Adam Warren, Chason Westmoreland]], Serge Kasongo (Leng Tch'e), Caller of the Storms (Blasphemy), Byron Davis and Doc Coyle (God Forbid), [[Music/{{Entombed}} Alex Hellid]], [[Music/KillswitchEngage Howard Jones]], [[Music/{{Inferi}} Malcolm Pugh]], [[Music/{{Aborted}} Mendel bij de Leij]], Tommy Vext (ex-Divine Heresy), and Katon W. de Pena (Hirax).

** Since the departure of Max Cavalera in 1996, even though Andreas seems to have supplanted Max in the FaceOfTheBand status, given his appearances in music conventions all over the country.

* SiblingTeam: Max and Igor before they left the band

* TokenMinority: Derrick is the sole black member of the band, as well as one of the very few well-known black musicians in extreme metal as a whole, a status he shares with [[Music/{{Suffocation}} Terrance Hobbs, Mike Smith]], [[Music/{{Oceano}} Adam Warren, Chason Westmoreland]], Serge Kasongo (Leng Tch'e), Caller of the Storms (Blasphemy), Byron Davis and Doc Coyle (God Forbid), [[Music/{{Entombed}} Alex Hellid]], [[Music/KillswitchEngage Howard Jones]], [[Music/{{Inferi}} Malcolm Pugh]], [[Music/{{Aborted}} Mendel bij de Leij]], and Katon W. de Pena (Hirax).

* TokenMinority: Derrick is the sole black member of the band, as well as one of the very few well-known black musicians in extreme metal as a whole, a status he shares with [[Music/{{Suffocation}} Terrance Hobbs, Mike Smith]], [[Music/{{Oceano}} Adam Warren, Chason Westmoreland]], Serge Kasongo (Leng Tch'e), Caller of the Storms (Blasphemy), Byron Davis and Doc Coyle (God Forbid), [[Music/{{Entombed}} Alex Hellid]], [[Music/KillswitchEngage Howard Jones]], [[Music/{{Inferi}} Malcolm Pugh]], and [[Music/{{Aborted}} Mendel bij de Leij]], and Katon W. de Pena (Hirax).

* HarshVocals: For the most part, but after Derrick Green showed up, you can occasionally hear clean vocals.

* RearrangeTheSong: The Cavalera brothers' current band Cavalera Conspiracy re-recorded their first album ''Morbid Visions'' in 2023.

* ''Morbid Visions'' (1986)

* LongTitle: ''The Mediator Between the Head and Hands Must Be the Heart'' (a line from ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'').

Sepultura [[note]]Portuguese for "grave" - the name comes from the Music/{{Motorhead}} song "Dancing On Your Grave"[[/note]] are a HeavyMetal band from [[UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} Belo Horizonte]] that's been kicking around since 1984 and is [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff one of the few Brazilian acts that's even more popular to the north in the USA]]. They've been active in quite a few subgenres of metal but they're most famous as one of the most important GrooveMetal bands.

* SiblingTeam: Max and Igor before they leave the band

* StupidStatementDanceMix: The band did this to themselves with "Chaos B.C.", which is mostly lifted from "Refuse/Resist", with bits of "Nomad" and "Manifest" thrown in for good measure.

* FiveManBand: The classic lineup, including their then-manager Gloria Cavalera.
** TheLeader: Max
** TheLancer: Andreas
** TheSmartGuy: Paulo
** TheBigGuy: Igor
** TheSmurfettePrinciple: Gloria

** TheChick: Gloria

* ConceptAlbum / FilkSong: ''Dante XXI''' is based on ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', and ''A-Lex'', on ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' (though Max Cavalera stated the rest of the band [[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=112604 did not even like it]]).

Recorded in the USA, their 1991 album ''Arise'' increased their popularity and showed the band's first exploration of other genres while still keeping their thrash/death sound. The real change came with ''Chaos A.D.'' two years later. On Chaos, Sepultura ditched the thrash/death fusion and instead dove headfirst into GrooveMetal, combining Igor's groove-laden rhythms with churning riffs and a [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly genre stew]] that included IndustrialMetal, HardcorePunk and Brazilian percussion. Thanks to Andy Wallace's heavy production and several successful singles ("Refuse/Resist", "Territory", "Slave New World"), ''Chaos'' became the band's breakthrough album, earning both commercial and critical success. Their similarly-acclaimed followup ''Music/{{Roots}}'' was yet another change in sound (NuMetal this time) that also placed emphasis on Brazilian percussion (supplied by Carlinhos Brown) and featured a collaboration with members of the Brazilian Xavante Indian tribe, as well as appearances by [[Music/{{Korn}} Jonathan Davis]], [[Music/LimpBizkit DJ Lethal]], and [[Music/FaithNoMore Mike Patton]].

** Parodied by Mamonas Assassinas, a compatriot, [[OneBookAuthor short]]-lived comedy NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly band, whose song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjbcmTE38mU Débil Metal]]"[[note]]a play on "débil mental" - lit. "mentally debile\weak of mind," used to describe stupid, crazy people[[/note]] is sung on the style of Sepultura, with the vocalist doing an impression of Max:

* IAmTheBand: Andreas Kisser is Sepultura. It used to be the Cavalera brothers of Max and Igor, who co-founded the band. Then Max quit in 1996, which left Igor in control. Then Igor quit in 2006, so since then, Andreas has taken control and been behind much of Sepultura's songwriting and composition, as well as appearing the most in the band's press conferences.
* LeadDrummer: Eloy Casagrande is famous for his great technical ability and precision, wild and energetic stage presence, and his aggressive and technical playing style that makes heavy use of polyrhythms. Even modern Sepultura's detractors will almost universally agree that regardless of what they think of the band, Eloy is a fantastic drummer.
* LongTitle: Their album "The Mediator Between the Head and Hands Must Be the Heart"

** Parodied by Mamonas Assassinas, a compatriot, [[OneBookAuthor short]]-lived comedy NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly band, whose song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-lYaIKPJLQ Débil Metal]]"[[note]]a play on "débil mental" - lit. "weak of mind," used to describe stupid, crazy people[[/note]] is sung on the style of Sepultura, with the vocalist doing an impression of Max:

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: ''Bestial Devestations'', ''Morbid Visions'' and ''Schizophrenia'' would be in the 9 to 10 range. ''Beneath The Remains'' is a 9. ''Arise'' and ''Chaos A.D.'' are an 8 or 9 (except for "Kaiowas"). While their following albums are generally a 7 to 9, except for their acoustic instrumentals, which would be a 1 ("Jasco") to 3 ("Itsari").
** "Ratamahatta" from ''Music/{{Roots}}'' would be a 6.

* AscendedFanboy: Derrick Green

** Max is a Type 3. Derrick is a Type 1.

The band was formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera, who drew influences at first from popular eighties metal and rock bands like Music/IronMaiden, Music/{{Motorhead}}, Music/{{ACDC}}, Music/JudasPriest and Music/VanHalen, but later on expanded into more extreme metal acts like Music/{{Venom}}, Music/{{Metallica}}, [[Music/ExodusBand Exodus]] and Music/{{Sodom}}. After some lineup difficulties, Sepultura obtained a record contract and released their debut ''Morbid Visions'' in 1986. Visions remains the only pure DeathMetal album the band ever released before their sound started evolving.

Lead guitarist Jairo Guedes lost interest in death metal soon afterwards and quit, replaced by Andreas Kisser. Not only did this create Sepultura's "classic lineup", but it also changed their sound as Kisser brought in more influences apart from death metal. With ''Schizophrenia'', the band switched to a hybrid of ThrashMetal and DeathMetal that earned them critical acclaim. Also around this time they began making waves in the USA, moving to metal label Creator/RoadrunnerRecords and touring the hell out of ''Schizophrenia'' and ''Beneath the Remains''.

* GutturalGrowler: Max. Derrick less so.