“In the cage, in the cage you will remain, they lock you down for life”
While the pandemic paralyzed the entire world and prevented
bands from touring, Latin America’s biggest metal export
SEPULTURA refused to sit back and act like an animal trapped
in a cage. Like the flowers growing out of the deceased bird’s
body depicted on the stunning colourful cover artwork by
Eduardo Recife, the thrash metal pioneers from Belo Horizonte
made good use of their unexpected free time to start a
project that kept them busy throughout the entirety of 2020:
„»SepulQuarta« was born at the very beginning of the pandemic
when everything was halted”, guitarist Andreas Kisser
remembers. “We had a new album out, but we couldn’t tour
for it. Therefore, we created this recurring event where we
could talk with our fans around the world, play our music and
exchange ideas, it was a blast! »SepulQuarta« kept us alive
and strong throughout one of the most difficult times in human
history.”
“Doing Sepulquarta during this period allowed me to stay in
contact with music. Playing my instrument was the only thing
left to do in this pandemic,” adds drummer Eloy Casagrande,
and indeed, music seemed to be a good way of coping with
the never-ending lockdown and fear of loss and isolation that
haunted people worldwide. Obviously, the Brazilian pioneers
were not the only musicians feeling this way, so they started
to connect with friends and colleagues worldwide and asked
them to not only be part of their weekly podcast, but also join
them in playing one of SEPULTURA’s classics tracks. From the
safety of their homes, international stars like David Ellefson,
Scott Ian, Danko Jones, Devin Townsend, Matt Heafy and
many more recorded a SEPULTURA track together with the
band, which have now been mixed and mastered by Conrado
Ruther for release on CD, 2LP and all streaming platforms.
“We invited our amazingly talented friends to be a part of
our project, either jamming with us or as a guest in the many
Q&A’s we promoted,” Andreas explains. “We talked about
our history, music, politics, sports, philosophy, depression and
the environment among other things. We learned a lot with
specialist guests and many of the great minds of today. Here
you will find unique performances of SEPULTURA’s music from
the many phases of our career, with amazing guest musicians
that lent us their talent and energy to record these historical
versions!”
Side A
01. Territory
02. Cut-Throat
03. Sepulnation
04. Inner Self
Side B
01. Hatred Aside
02. Mask
03. Fear, Pain, Chaos, Suffering
04. Vandals Nest
Side C
01. Slave New World
02. Ratamahatta
03. Apes Of God
04. Phantom Self
Side D
01. Slaves Of Pain
02. Kaiowas
03. Orgasmatron
