Farewell for Sepultura is not set in stone – at least according to Andreas Kisser

Andreas Kisser, the guitarist for Sepultura, was asked in a recent interview with Jaimunji of Metal On Tap if he would rule out performing with his bandmates again a few years after their current “farewell” tour came to an end, as per Blabbermouth.

Dude, I don’t rule anything out. It’s irrelevant to say if [the retirement is] gonna be forever or we gonna be back. The important thing is that we’re gonna stop now. We need that rest, because we organize everything around that. We need our time — we need time to look in a different direction. Sepultura is not gonna die, I mean, Motörhead is more alive than… Unfortunately, we don’t have the touring, but Motörhead will be together with us forever. So we’re gonna explore different territories and stuff. And the future, we’re gonna deal [with it] when it comes. I mean, possibilities are always open. I don’t think we have the power to do eight farewell tours, but who knows? [Laughs] I mean, you see [other bands who announced farewell tours before and then came back or kept touring, like] Scorpions, you see Ozzy [Osbourne], you see KISS and Mötley Crüe and Slayer and stuff. It’s okay to rest and to go out a little bit. It’s very healthy, because it shows that art is not really connected to any stereotype of what you should be in the eyes of others.

Andreas also discussed Sepultura’s earlier declaration that it was recording a live CD to commemorate its final series of performances. According to Andreas and his bandmates, the group is recording forty songs in forty different cities for a “massive compilation of our best, most energetic moments on stage.“

Yeah, we’re still making [it], we’re still going places, recording. We have the new [Sepultura] EP that we are performing live as well, the new songs, et cetera. But this is something for next year. We’d like to stop everything we’re doing here, enjoy what we doing, the shows and everything. But we are recording, every show since [drummer] Greyson [Nekrutman] joined the band [in early 2024]. And we have a lot of material. And it’s gonna be an amazing project. We like to take our time as well to do something really special, like vinyl, like old-school KISS ‘Alive II’ type of vibe, with the photos and stuff like that. Very organic and going to the opposite direction of showing everything on the Internet. I remember listening to live albums like Motörhead or [Iron] Maiden or KISS and just imagining with the headphones being in the concert. And not even imagine to be on stage, but just there, because in Brazil we didn’t have shows and concerts. I mean, imagination, it’s such a powerful tool to create atmospheres and to fulfill and pursue your dreams. I was only imagining, and that stuff drove me to be where I am today. So I think we like to try to bring a little bit of that vibe back, since vinyl is back with full power. Who knew? I mean, vinyl was dead, completely, this thing of the past, and now it’s back with full power in times of artificial intelligence. So that’s a hope. This is something organic and human and more connected to something real.

Upcoming shows with Exodus, Biohazard and Tribal Gaze:

• Wednesday, April 29, 2026 – Montclair, NJ, USA – The Wellmont Theater
• Friday, May 1, 2026 – Montreal, QC, Canada – MTELUS
• Saturday, May 2, 2026 – London, ON, Canada – London Music Hall
• Monday, May 4, 2026 – Detroit, MI, USA – Royal Oak Music Theatre
• Tuesday, May 5, 2026 – Louisville, KY, USA – Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
• Wednesday, May 6, 2026 – Nashville, TN, USA – Brooklyn Bowl
• Thursday, May 7, 2026 – Atlanta, GA, USA – The Masquerade
• Friday, May 8, 2026 – New Orleans, LA, USA – The Civic Theatre
• Sunday, May 10, 2026 – Daytona Beach, FL, USA – Welcome to Rockville (Sepultura only)
• Monday, May 11, 2026 – Charleston, SC, USA – Music Farm
• Tuesday, May 12, 2026 – Greensboro, NC, USA – Piedmont Hall
• Wednesday, May 13, 2026 – Reading, PA, USA – Reverb
• Friday, May 15, 2026 – Chicago, IL, USA – Ramova Theatre
• Saturday, May 16, 2026 – Columbus, OH, USA – Sonic Temple (no Exodus/Tribal Gaze)
• Sunday, May 17, 2026 – Milwaukee, WI, USA – The Rave
• Tuesday, May 19, 2026 – Des Moines, IA, USA – Val Air Ballroom
• Thursday, May 21, 2026 – Denver, CO, USA – The Ogden Theatre
• Friday, May 22, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT, USA – The Depot
• Saturday, May 23, 2026 – Boise, ID, USA – Shrine Social Club
• Monday, May 25, 2026 – Las Vegas, NV, USA – House of Blues
• Tuesday, May 26, 2026 – San Diego, CA, USA – The Observatory North Park
• Thursday, May 28, 2026 – Berkeley, CA, USA – The UC Theatre
• Friday, May 29, 2026 – Los Angeles, CA, USA – The Wiltern

• Sunday, August 9, 2026 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena
• Saturday, June 6, 2026 – Maastricht, Netherlands – South of Heaven
• Sunday, June 7, 2026 – Plzeň, Czech Republic – Metalfest
• Monday, June 8, 2026 – Zagreb, Croatia – Tvornica Kulture
• Tuesday, June 9, 2026 – Milan, Italy – Circolo Magnolia
• Wednesday, June 10, 2026 – Rome, Italy – Eur Social Park
• Friday, June 12, 2026 – Interlaken, Switzerland – Greenfield
• Saturday, June 13, 2026 – Nickelsdorf, Austria – Nova Rock
• Sunday, June 14, 2026 – Würzburg, Germany – Posthalle
• Wednesday, June 17, 2026 – Saarbrücken, Germany – Garage
• Friday, June 19, 2026 – Clisson, France – Hellfest
• Saturday, June 20, 2026 – Dessel, Belgium – Graspop Metal Meeting
• Sunday, June 21, 2026 – Lisbon, Portugal – Rock in Rio Lisboa
• Tuesday, June 23, 2026 – Oberhausen, Germany – Turbinenhalle
• Wednesday, June 24, 2026 – Potsdam, Germany – Waschhaus Potsdam
• Thursday, June 25, 2026 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhell
• Friday, June 26, 2026 – Huskvarna, Sweden – Folkets Park
• Saturday, June 27, 2026 – Oslo, Norway – Tons of Rock
• Tuesday, June 30, 2026 – Athens, Greece – Release Athens
• Wednesday, July 29, 2026 – Wacken, Germany – Wacken Open Air
• Saturday, August 1, 2026 – Helsinki, Finland – Tavastia
• Sunday, August 2, 2026 – Tallinn, Estonia – Tallinn Rock Festival
• Wednesday, August 5, 2026 – Villena, Spain – Leyendas del Rock
• Friday, August 7, 2026 – Walton‑on‑Trent, United Kingdom – Bloodstock Festival