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While mourning the death of their diplomat father, teenage brothers Max and Igor Cavalera discovered Black Sabbath and started thrashing away on drums and guitar as a way of releasing their emotions. Left in a tough situation, the siblings worked their way from the humble backstreets of Belo Horizonte, Brazil to become one of the loudest, angriest and most influential metal acts of their era. Named after the Portuguese word for grave, Sepultura's classic line-up of Max Cavalera (vocals, guitar), Andreas Kisser (guitar), Paulo Jr (bass) and Igor Cavalera (drums) produced the landmark albums Beneath The Remains (1989), Arise (1991) and Chaos AD (1993) and created a fast, thundering new brand of death metal. Sixth album Roots (1996) added Latin rhythms and grooves to their cacophony of sound and brought their biggest chart success, reaching Number 4 in the UK, but Max Cavalera quit in 1997 after the death of his stepson. With Derrick Green joining as front man, the band continued to rage on with albums Against (1998), Nation (2001) and Kairos (2011) and remain well-respected elder statesmen of the heavy metal scene, having sold over 30 million records.
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