Freedom, at last
Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser talks about the band’s departure from Roadrunner after 13 years
Marco Antonio Barbosa
15/08/2001
The news dropped like a bomb in the Brazilian (and the international) metal community. After 13 years of association with the North-American label Roadrunner, the Brazilian band Sepultura decided to part with the label and move on. In an official note out on July 19th, the group announced (on their website, www.uol.com.br/sepultura) their decision not to renew the contract with Roadrunner due to the label’s lack of interest in the band’s career. To find out what’s going to happen with the band, Allbrazilianmusic made an exclusive interview with guitarist Andreas Kisser, who, along with Derrick Green (vocal), Paulo Jr. (bass) and Igor Cavalera (drums), make up the present formation of Sepultura.
"We are free, at last. The truth is that Roadrunner never really supported Sepultura’s new phase", says Andreas, referring to the band’s rebirth in 1997, with the replacement of original leader Max Cavalera (who left to form Soulfly) for American singer Derrick Green, with whom they have released the albums Against (1998) and Nation (2001). "They don’t believe in the strength of the new formation, and didn’t even invest on a video-clip or single off of Nation; they kept asking us to record another Roots", claims Andreas. The guitarist is mentioning the last album recorded with Max, in 1996, which impressed both critics and fans with its mixtures of Brazilian indigenous sounds and thrash metal. "We have received many proposals and ‘a thousand’ contract options, with Brazilian and international labels. We’re going to study all of them and do what’s best for the band", reveals Andreas, without further details.
"We are free, at last. The truth is that Roadrunner never really supported Sepultura’s new phase", says Andreas, referring to the band’s rebirth in 1997, with the replacement of original leader Max Cavalera (who left to form Soulfly) for American singer Derrick Green, with whom they have released the albums Against (1998) and Nation (2001). "They don’t believe in the strength of the new formation, and didn’t even invest on a video-clip or single off of Nation; they kept asking us to record another Roots", claims Andreas. The guitarist is mentioning the last album recorded with Max, in 1996, which impressed both critics and fans with its mixtures of Brazilian indigenous sounds and thrash metal. "We have received many proposals and ‘a thousand’ contract options, with Brazilian and international labels. We’re going to study all of them and do what’s best for the band", reveals Andreas, without further details.