Andreas Kisser, guitarist for Brazilian thrash legends SEPULTURA, is featured in a new interview with Sonic Violence. An excerpt from the story is available below:

If you haven’t already heard Kairos (released last July), then you are truly missing out. Sounding like something from the early 90’s, yet with a definite modern edge, it rumbles, screams and demands to be heard, preferably at high volumes. Andreas says of its ‘past and present’ sound, “We never tried to copy nothing from the past, but Kairos talks about Sepultura and the 26 years of history, celebrating the moment of today, what we are now, so naturally some stuff can resemble some old stuff. We are influenced by ourselves, we talked about our experiences, we have lyrics for our fans, our families, friends, labels, managers and all that were and are part of our history. There’s a little bit of everything that we did before plus some of the new feelings and ideas we have today.”

Amongst the more interesting songs on the album are ‘Mask’ and ‘Just One Fix’, the latter a cover of influential industrial-groove metal band MINISTRY. When asked of the choice of having ‘Just One Fix’ in the middle of the album sequence, Kisser says “Because Ministry was one of our big influences, especially in the early 90?s, they changed the way heavy music could be presented, with simpler riffs, drum loops and industrial sounds. I think our album Chaos A.D. has a lot of Ministry in it and now we have the chance to pay tribute to this great band.”

The album also has a second cover song (as a bonus song at the end of the album), THE PRODIGY’s ‘Firestarter’. “The Prodigy is a band that we admire and respect a lot and I love them live, we never did anything like them so that was our challenge, to ‘Sepulturize’ them.”

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As previously reported, Sepultura will return to North America once again this April. Joining them are bay area thrash titans DEATH ANGEL, Brazilian death metal brethren KRISIUN, and new breed of thrashers HAVOK.

“We are so excited to go back to North America,” commented Kisser. “Last year was great but this time we have the new album Kairos out and people already know the new stuff. Plus, it’s the first time we are touring with our long time friends in Death Angel and our brothers from Brazil, Krisiun. Finally we have a chance to tour with a Brazilian band outside Brazil; a long time wish! So prepare yourselves for an amazing and historical tour. North America deserves some real extreme and intense metal! See you all soon on the RELENTLESS WORLDWIDE TOUR, DESTROY!”

Tour dates include:

April

10 - Yost Theater – Santa Ana, CA
11 - DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA (no Death Angel)
12 - Branx – Portland, OR
13 - Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
14 - In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
15 - Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
16 - Manny’s – Billings, MT
17 - The Exchange – Regina, SK
18 - Pyramid Cabaret – Winnipeg, MB
20 - Majestic Theater – Madison, WI
21 - Mojoe’s – Joliet, IL
22 - Water Street Music Hall – Rochester, NY
23 - The Opera House – Toronto, ON
24 - Imperial Theater – Quebec City, QC
25 - Club Soda – Montreal, QC
26 - Bogies – Albany, NY
27 - Sonar – Baltimore, MD (no Death Angel)
28 - TBA
29 - Higher Ground – South Burlington, VT
30 - Irving Plaza – New York, NY (no Death Angel)

(Photo - Alex Solca)