Sepultura, a Brazilian heavy‑metal band formed in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais,
by brothers Max Cavalera (guitar, 1984‑1996) and Igor Cavalera (drums,
1984‑2006), began as a teenage trio in 1984 and released the raw EP
Bestial Devastation in 1985, followed by Morbid Visions in 1986 on Cogumelo
Records. The band signed with Roadrunner Records, issuing Schizophrenia (1987)
and Beneath the Remains (1989), which established their reputation in the global
thrash scene. The breakthrough came with Arise (1991) and Chaos A.D. (1993), the
latter featuring the socially‑charged single "Dead...