Former SEPULTURA members Max Cavalera and Igor “Iggor” Cavalera will perform select tracks from the band’s seminal “Beneath The Remains” and “Arise” albums on a U.S. tour this spring/summer. The trek will include an appearance at this year’s Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 26-29 at several venues, including Rams Head Live, Soundstage and the Edison Lot. Joining Max and Igor on the trek will be Mike Leon of SOULFLY and Daniel Gonzalez of POSSESSED.
Says Max: “‘Beneath The Remains’/‘Arise’ tour is coming! Introducing on bass guitar, thrashing and blasting bass beast Mike Leon (SOULFLY) and on lead guitar, state-of-the-art death/thrash expert Daniel Gonzalez (POSSESSED/GRUESOME). We’re gonna take these songs to the metal world in the most brutal way ever! Under a pale gray sky, we shall arise.”
Adds Igor: “We can only count with the illest players to step on stage with me and Max to play ‘Beneath’/‘Arise’. So getting Dan Gonzalez from POSSESSED/GRUESOME and Mike Leon from SOULFLY was an amazing choice!… Can’t wait to hit the road!”
Says Leon: “I am super excited to be a part of the revival of these classic albums with the brothers that created them. It is a great honor! These shows are gonna CRUSH, and I’m sure that we are gonna deliver these songs better than they have ever been played before to everyone who joins us! See you on the road!”
States Gonzalez: “It would be an understatement to say that I am incredibly stoked and honored to be able to play with Max and Iggor, and the fact that we’ll be playing material from ‘Beneath The Remains’ and ‘Arise’ is beyond surreal to me since I grew up worshiping those albums. Max and Iggor helped change the standards of extreme metal and those albums are still living proof of that. It’s insane to me as a fan and as a musician to be able to play these songs live, and I can’t wait to do them justice!!!”
The tour dates are as follows:
May 22 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
May 23 – Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s
May 24 – Dallas, TX @ Amplified Live
May 25 – Little Rock, AR @ Little Rock Music Hall
May 26 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
May 27 – Huntington, WV @ The Loud
May 28 – Baltimore, MD @ Maryland Deathfest
May 31 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
Jun. 01 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
Jun. 02 – Harrisburg, PA @ XL Live
Jun. 03 – Columbus, OH @ The King of Clubs
Jun. 04 – Joliet, IL @ The Forge
Jun. 05 – Ft. Wayne, IN @ Piere’s Event Center
Jun. 06 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
Jun. 08 – Lincoln, NE @ Royal Grove
Jun. 10 – Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater
Jun. 11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
Jun. 13 – Tacoma, WA @ Elks Temple at Spanish Ballroom
Jun. 14 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
Jun. 16 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Jun. 17 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Jun. 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
Jun. 21 – Austin, TX @ Come And Take It Live
Jun. 22 – Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
Jun. 23 – San Antonio, TX @ The Rock Box
Jun. 24 – El Paso, TX @ Rockhouse Outside
Jun. 25 – Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
Max and Igor kicked off a tour celebrating “Beneath The Remains” and “Arise” back in 2018. In early 2020, Max revealed plans to bring the trek to the U.S., but no dates had been announced prior to the pandemic.
In 1996, Max exited SEPULTURA after the rest of the band split with Max‘s wife Gloria as their manager. Igor left SEPULTURA in June 2006 due to “artistic differences.” His departure from the band came five months after he announced that he was taking a break from SEPULTURA‘s touring activities to spend time with his second wife and their son (who was born in January 2006).
The current SEPULTURA lineup — featuring guitarist Andreas Kisser and bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. alongside Derrick Green on vocals and Eloy Casagrande on drums — released its latest studio album, “Quadra”, in February 2020 via Nuclear Blast.