After releasing 2020's dizzying concept LP
Quadra,
Sepultura was ready to hit the road and preach the progressive thrash gospel from the stage. Instead, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the band went into lockdown mode and began moshing from the relative safety of home. A Q&A-style podcast was started and before long others from the displaced metal community were joining in to talk shop and jam. Those weekly team-ups with friends and peers have been collected on
SepulQuarta, a socially distanced live LP that features contemporaries like
Devin Townsend,
Scott Ian (
Anthrax),
Danko Jones, and
Matt Heafy (
Trivium) helping to re-interpret some of
Sepultura's best tracks. The set commences with a blazing
Ian and
David Ellefson-assisted rendering of concert staple "Territory," one of several cuts that allows frontman
Derrick Green to finally put his tenured renditions of the band's
Max Cavalera-era material to tape.
Sacred Reich bassist
Phil Rind helps the band tear through a propulsive version of 1989's "Inner Self," while
Fernanda Lira (
Crypta, ex-
Nervosa),
Angelica Burns (
Hatefulmurder), and
Mayara Puertas (
Torture Squad) join
Green on a relentless take of 1998's "Hatred Aside." In keeping with
Sepultura's spirit of innovation, the band is joined by influential Brazilian drum legends
Joao Barone and
Charles Gavin, who add some regional flair to an eclectic rendition of 1996's "Ratamahatta." The set closes with a driving and menacing version of
Motoerhead's "Orgasmatron" (featuring
Phil Campbell) that adds a nice sharp exclamation point to the proceedings. ~ James Christopher Monger
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