Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser criticizes Cavalera re-recordings of the first albums

Guitarist Andreas Kisser of Sepultura recently gave his candid opinions on Max and Igor “Iggor” Cavalera’s choice to go back and re-record some of the band’s early songs, such as “Morbid Visions” and “Bestial Devastation”, in an interview with IMPACT Metal Channel. Andreas’s first album with the band, “Schizophrenia”, is also re-recorded. Although fans have generally responded favorably to the decision, Kisser’s perspective on the matter was not very thrilled.

I don’t think anything. I mean, it’s a weird choice that they had. I think artistic value is zero. Maybe they’re going for some money or something, but there’s no reason to do something like that. I much rather prefer The Troops Of Doom, the new band from Jairo, which are doing a really amazing tribute to that era, very honest, doing new stuff, writing new music… But if they’re having a good time, so let it be. I don’t care, man. I just think it’s totally unnecessary. It’s really very disrespectful from themselves, for their own selves in the past. It’s weird to see a guy [Max] who always says, ‘Oh, I did this,’ ‘I did all that,’ ‘I’m so creative,’ and ‘I did everything by myself,’ and doing this shit, like re-recording riffs that we did 30, 40 years ago. It doesn’t click, the rhetoric with the example. But whatever. I just don’t think that — the artistic value is zero.

As the band nears the end of their farewell tour, Kisser also provided insight on Sepultura‘s future plans during the criticism. In contrast to what fans may anticipate from a “farewell,” the band and its drummer, Greyson Nekrutman, are now collaborating on new songs.

Yes, we’re working on new songs, actually, with Greyson. We have an amazing chemistry. He’s an amazing musician, an amazing guy. We’re gonna put together, with the live album that we are recording, every show. The idea is to put together 40 songs in 40 different cities around the world. And together we’re gonna have four songs, new songs with Greyson, in this big package.

All that’s left to do is imagine the result.

The unexpectable. Wait and see. Who knows?