SePOLLtura - Chaos A.D.

I saw Sepultura four times in the 90s, the best of which was Brixton 1993, supported by Paradise Lost. I saw them at Donington in 1994 on a bill with Biohazard and Pantera (both awesome) and also Extreme and Aerosmith, of whom I have no recollection and makes me think I probably went home early. The Roots stuff was immense live.

Headswim were also on that Donington bill and damn I'd forgotten about them - what a live band.

Siegbran, are you a “the first demo was the best, they sold out after that” guy generally? Not meant as snark; that attitude is very real, especially among metal fans of A Certain Age (my age, tbh) and that’s kind of the vibe I’m getting here.

relistened today and i agree Roots is a downstep but its certainly not bad... just too long and a bit underwritten. other than the great singles some of it just floats past. it's an amazing sound but they needed more songs. in comparison the two LPs before it are just incredible (and short!)

re: roots. yeah, i'm def on roots-is-good camp. we all remember how sep's dm contemporaneous were all pretty much adjusting, redifining, changing their sound, right? so, theirs, seemed perfectelly natural to my ears. all about the drumming and percussion going on in roots. it's the igor show, isn't it? yeah, by then they were a lot into nação zumbi (yes!) and all the other mangue beat guys, and it shows

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