In a recent interview with IMPACT Metal Channel, Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser shared his thoughts on Max and Igor Cavalera’s decision to revisit Sepultura’s early albums, ‘Morbid Visions’ and ‘Bestial Devastation.’
“I don’t think anything. I mean, it’s a weird choice that they had. I think artistic value is zero,” Kisser said. “Maybe they’re going for some money or something, but there’s no reason to do something like that. I much rather prefer The Troops Of Doom, the new band from Jairo [former Sepultura guitarist Jairo ‘Tormentor’ Guedz], which are doing a really amazing tribute to that era, very honest, doing new stuff, writing new music… But if they’re having a good time, so let it be. I don’t care, man. I just think it’s totally unnecessary. It’s really very disrespectful from themselves, for their own selves in the past.”
Kisser didn’t hold back and raised questions about the reasoning behind the Cavalera brothers’ decision. “It’s weird to see a guy [Max] who always says, ‘Oh, I did this,’ ‘I did all that,’ ‘I’m so creative,’ and ‘I did everything by myself,’ and doing this shit, like re-recording riffs that we did 30, 40 years ago. It doesn’t click, the rhetoric with the example. But whatever. I just don’t think that — the artistic value is zero.”
While sharing his thoughts, Kisser also talked about Sepultura’s future as the band nears the end of their farewell tour. Even with the idea of a ‘farewell,’ the band is still working on new music with their drummer, Greyson Nekrutman. “Yes, we’re working on new songs, actually, with Greyson,” Kisser revealed. “We have an amazing chemistry. He’s an amazing musician, an amazing guy.”
“We’re gonna put together, with the live album that we are recording, every show. The idea is to put together 40 songs in 40 different cities around the world. And together we’re gonna have four songs, new songs with Greyson, in this big package,” he added.
When asked what fans can expect from the new songs, Kisser left it open with a tease: “The unexpectable. Wait and see. Who knows?”
These latest comments are interesting because Kisser had previously said he would love for the Cavalera brothers to jam with Sepultura before they retire for good.
