One of the founders of Brazilian biggest metal band, drummer Igor Cavalera, announces that he is leaving Sepultura. Cavalera claims \"outworn and incompatibility of thoughts\" with the remaining band members - guitarist Andreas Kisser, bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. and vocalist Derrick Green - and signalizes new projects. Asserts the drummer:\"A lot of reasons made me take this important decision in my life and I would like to share it with everybody. I believe my mission in Sepultura has come to an end. I am very proud of all we have done, but nowadays I feel that the band formation no longer lives up to my expectations. Since my last European tour in 2004, I have noticed that my ideas didn’t match with the others.”
Since 1985, Sepultura has put out ten world wide releases that sold millions of copies. They debuted with “Bestial Devastation” in 1985, their latest effort is 2006\'s \"Dante XXI\".
The band reached its peak in 1996, with the release of their album “Roots” which represented a musical swerve in the heavy metal scene, introducing new experiences such as tribal percussions and teaming up with the Brazilian Indian tribe Xavantes.
However, after the album release and the world tour of “Roots”, guitarist, lead singer and Igor’s brother Max Cavalera left the band to continue his career with Soulfly. Sepultura continued their works and success with a new singer, Derrick Green.
Apart from touring since 2005, when he was substituted by Roy Mayorga, Igor Cavalera has noticed that his personal ambitions where worlds apart from the rest of the band and slightly detached from the creative process of Sepultura. Says Igor:
\"Many years of work in group, made the relationship get outworn and I feel that there isn’t compatibility of thoughts and ideas between the rest of the band and me. I tried to make this clear and suggested that we should take a break. However their priority was to continue playing in despite of my permanence.\"
As a drummer and musician, Igor Cavalera persists and looks forward to new references to produce something authentic and real, which may represent what Sepultura was once in his life. Lately the musician has researched a contemporary view of the heavy metal scene, looking for different influences such as hip hop, hardcore, tribal percussions and electronic music.
According to Igor, the decision of leaving Sepultura was one of the most difficult in his career, since he dedicated most of his life to it as founder of the band:
“I would like to immeasurably thank all of the fans which supported me and continue encouraging our music. And also to everyone who had worked to make Sepultura exist.”
Currently Sepultura have officially selected Jean Dolabella (ex-Udora) as their new touring drummer, following Roy Mayorga\'s decision to join Stone Sour as a full-time member.
