Sepultura Bow Out in São Paulo With 32-Song Farewell Blowout

Sepultura's farewell tour is over. The Brazilian metal institution played its last show on Saturday, November 7th at São Paulo's Suhai Music Hall, capping a run that stretched more than two and a half years and officially kicked off on March 1st, 2024 in Belo Horizonte.

The setlist ran 32 songs deep, pulled from 14 albums. Several tracks returned from long absences: 'Altered State' for the first time since 2013, 'We've Lost You' since 2015, 'Itsári' since 1998 and 'Reza' since 2005. The encore delivered a drum solo, a shortened 'Ratamahatta' and 'Roots Bloody Roots.'

The guest list read like a family reunion. Ethan Kahn and Sean Sterling of Chained Saint, Allan Wallace of Eminence, Yohan Kisser, Krisiun's Moyses Kolesne, Torture Squad's Amilcar Christofaro and Ratos de Porão's João Gordo all took the stage. Ratos de Porão also joined for covers of 'Crucificados pelo sistema' and 'Beber até morrer,' the former back for the first time since 2013.

The most loaded moment belonged to Jairo Guedz, the guitarist known as 'Tormentor' who preceded Andreas Kisser. He played on Sepultura's first two albums, Bestial Devastation and Morbid Visions, and contributed early songwriting to Schizophrenia. Guedz came out for 'Biotech Is Godzilla,' 'Slave New World' and 'Troops of Doom,' the last with Derrick Green on rhythm guitar.

The tour's start was marked by a lineup change: Grayson Nekrutzman debuted on drums after Eloy Casagrande left for Slipknot. And while the run was billed as a retirement, the band has since eased off that language, telling interviewers they might come back in some form after an extended rest.