Disco de Sepultura: “Live in Sao Paulo”

Obviously the reviewer ' MeTalHeaD4Ever "DEath" ' didn't listen to these CD's, because he mentions tracks (Spit) that aren't even on this 2CD-set.

What this CD-set displays is a raw and unedited testament of the sheer destruction that Sepultura leaves behind when playing live. The concert consists of 20 songs, picked out of all their albums from 1985 to 2003, plus one intro.

Put this CD in your CD-player and listen to the bone-chilling intro featuring all the intro's of all the albums mixed together. From the childish, primitive, 'evil' voice of Bestial Devastation, to the acoustic intro to Beneath the Remains, to the cricket noise of Roots and the amazing cello/guitar collaboration (Valtio) of Nation. When the intro fades away the audience chants 'Sepultura! Sepultura!' and the mayhem begins.

Relentless drumming, awesome guitar-riffing, vocals that send shivers down your spine.. Most of the older songs are sped up some more, and all are peformed flawlessly.

Some extra's are thrown in in the shape of Alex Camargo from Krisiun singing together with Derrick on Necromancer, Jairo Guedz (original Sepultura guitarist) playing rhythm on the aforementioned track and Troops of Doom, Joao Gordo from RDP 'singing' along on Reza and Biotech is Godzilla.

The only place of rest on this CD is Bullet the Blue Sky, an harshened cover of U2, and a cover of Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos originally by Public Enemy.

While the mix and production may not be perfect, these discs should get in your CD-player, volume on 10, and thrash away!

The peformance is amazingly tight, the audience shouts and songs along, the song choice is excellent, and the guys from Seps clearly enjoy it all!

Get this, and the Double-DVD, and enjoy it until Sepultura come to a town near you - wich is an even better experience than the DVD or CD set!

The waiting is for their next studio album, Dante XXI, next year...

Top notch live performance from version two of Sepultura. The vocals, riffs, solo's and musicianship is amazing and a pleasure to listen to, the set list is great and thanks for such an awesome live album.

when I first heard about Max's split with Sepultura back in '97 I was stunned and disappointed, and after hearing that they were going to replace him and continue with the Sepultura name, well, I didn't know what to think. my initial reaction to their first album with newcomer Derrick Green "Against" was slightly confused enthusiasm. it took some time, but now I love all the post-Max Sepultura albums. however I know there are plenty of hardcore old-school Sepulfans that are NOT down with the new line-up at all, and I can respect that. their best albums are the ones they did with Max, there's no doubt about that. but one must ponder the age old question: is a band just one person, or the sum of several people? people say it is not Sepultura without Max, but if it were the other way around and the other 3 guys never continued with Sepultura, would Max be able to find 3 new guys and continue with the Sepultura name? would people accept HIS version of the band? there are plenty of old-school Sepulfans that also don't like Soulfly for that matter. nevertheless, even if you don't like the songs from the Derrick Green fronted band, you might still enojoy their new album, Live In Sao Paulo. they offer some pretty decent versions of older Sepulsongs (two-thirds of the set consists of songs from the Max years). however I only have 2 complaints with the album. first, more than half of the songs only feature one guitar (Derrick only plays on a few songs, and guest Jairo plays on some), thus making the older material sound a little weaker than they should. I can live with a Sepultura without Max's voice, but it should at least have 2 guitars going on. if Andreas continues to be the sole guitarist in the band when they perform live, him and Paulo should at least try to figure out a way to construct a fuller, denser sounding guitar/bass arsenal. and second, they tend to rush the pace on some of the performances (which is natural for alot of bands), instead of staying true to the original tempo of the songs. the bottom line is I consider myself a fan of ALL of Sepultura's music, from Morbid Visions all the way up to Roorback. in a perfect world we would still have Max in the band, but no one ever said that life is fair. so with that in mind I embrace the 21st century Sepultura in all it's power & glory. there are rumors that one day Max will reunite with them. well, this will not happen anytime soon. however, I think what would be really cool is if Max reunites with Sepultura on the 10 year anniversary of Dana's death in August of 2006. we can only hope.

a friend of mine bought this to check it out... wow was this crap... the guys should just bring Max back.