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Sepultura are preparing a large-scale live album documenting their farewell tour, with the 40-song project now expected to arrive in 2027. The Brazilian metal veterans recorded performances across their “Celebrating Life Through Death” run, with the aim of selecting 40 tracks captured in 40 different cities.
The release is intended to preserve the energy of the band’s final touring chapter and reflect the breadth of a career that has taken them to audiences around the world. An exact release date, final tracklist and album title have not yet been announced.
Guitarist Andreas Kisser has explained that the band recorded its concerts throughout the farewell tour, building a substantial archive from which to choose the finished performances, in an interview with Loud Society. The approach allows the musicians to represent different crowds and stages rather than relying on a single concert recording.
Next year we’re gonna put out a live album. 40 songs. We recorded everything on this farewell tour, every show. [It will be] all about this tour with this [most recent Sepultura] lineup.
Will there be a DVD of this?
No. I mean, we’re gonna film the last show, of course. We don’t know what we’re gonna do with that, but we’re definitely gonna film. But the live album, it’s live, like audio, like old school. 40 tracks, 40 different cities around the world. Because we recorded every show. So we were organized with a lot of photos, booklets and stuff— old-school vibes, vinyl, box set.
Sepultura launched “Celebrating Life Through Death” in March 2024, marking four decades of the band with a worldwide series of concerts. The final performance took place in São Paulo, Brazil, on November 7, 2026, closing the extended touring campaign.
The group’s lineup for the farewell period included vocalist Derrick Green, guitarist Andreas Kisser, bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. and drummer Greyson Nekrutman. Nekrutman joined shortly before the tour began, following the departure of Eloy Casagrande.
The musicians also released the EP “The Cloud Of Unknowing” in 2026, featuring newly recorded material from the final lineup. That release offered a studio counterpart to the extensive concert documentation being assembled for the live album.
Since forming in the 1980s, Sepultura have played a defining role in the development of extreme metal. Albums including “Beneath The Remains”, “Arise”, “Chaos A.D.” and “Roots” helped establish the group’s international reputation.
The forthcoming live collection promises a different kind of retrospective: performances captured during the band’s final tour, with the audience response and atmosphere of each city becoming part of the recording.
Although the touring chapter has ended, Kisser has previously left open the possibility of future projects without announcing any reunion. For now, the live album is the most concrete next step in documenting the group’s legacy.
