Recorded with renowned producer Ross Robinson (KORN, MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY) and co-produced by Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SYMPHONY X, INCANTATION), The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart will be released in North America on October 29th as a jewel-case and as a digi-pak with a bonus “Making Of” DVD. The 2-LP double gatefold green vinyl version will be released on November 12th.
Bundles include an exclusive t-shirt design & can be pre-ordered now from the Nuclear Blast USA Webshop: http://smarturl.it/tmbhahmbth-cddvd
The track listing for TMBHAHMBTH is:
01. Trauma Of War
02. The Vatican
03. Impending Doom
04. Manipulation of Tragedy
05. Tsunami
06. The Bliss Of Ignorants
07. Grief
08. The Age Of The Atheist
09. Obsessed
10. Da Lama Ao Caos (Chico Science & Nação Zumbi cover)
SEPULTURA kicks off their headlining “Tsunami Of Metal” North American tour in Hollywood, California on November 1s with Boston’s UNEARTH, Canada’s KATAKLYSM, Joey Jordison’s SCAR THE MARTYR (select dates), British Columbia’s ANCIIENTS (select dates), and openers DARK SERMON from Florida. The tour wraps up in Austin, Texas on November 24th and SEPULTURA will play a solo show in Tempe, Arizona on November 26th.
“Tsunami Of Metal” North American Tour 2013 dates are:
11/01/13 House Of Blues – Hollywood, CA**
11/02/13 Ramona Mainstage – Ramona, CA**
11/03/13 Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA**
11/04/13 Neumos – Seattle, WA**
11/07/13 Skyway Theater – Minneapolis, MN**
11/08/13 Pops Nightclub – Sauget, IL#
11/09/13 Harpo’s – Detroit, MI#
11/10/13 Wolstein Center – Ohio Metal Fest (Main Stage) – Cleveland, OH#
11/11/13 House Of Blues – Chicago, IL#
11/13/13 Empire – Springfield, VA#
11/14/13 Palladium – Worcester, MA#
11/15/13 Phoenix Theater – Toronto, ON – CANADA#
11/16/13 Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA#
11/17/13 Reverb – Reading, PA#
11/18/13 Gramercy Theater – New York, NY#
11/20/13 Beacham Theater – Orlando, FL#
11/21/13 Grand Central – Miami, FL#
11/23/13 Queen City Music Hall – Ft. Worth, TX#
11/24/13 Emo’s East – Austin, TX#
11/26/13 – Club Red – Tempe, AZ **SEPULTURA ONLY**
** with SCAR THE MARTYR & DARK SERMON
# with ANCIIENTS & DARK SERMON
Advanced purchase ticket links are available on SEPULTURA’s official Facebook page.
Visit SEPULTURA online at http://www.SEPULTURA.com.br.
According to Nuclear Blast Records, Legendary Brazilian metal icons SEPULTURA will release their upcoming album The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart on October 25th (Europe) and October 29th (Noth America) via Nuclear Blast. In anticipation Andreas Kisser sat down with DP no estúdio com o Sepultura to talk through the album. Read that track-by-track below:
“Intro”
“Actually the intro is the demo we did just before we went to the studio, with all the songs played at the same time! It’s like you are listening to all the songs that you will hear separately on the album at once. It sounds so great, noisy
and powerful and it was a result of an accident that I had on my computer. Each song had its track so when I accidentally played the tracks together they came strong and beautiful so I decided to show the guys and they all liked it!”
“Trauma of War”
“This will be the first song on the album and is one of the fastest and most brutal songs we ever did. The performance of our drummer Eloy is fantastic, it gave such an energy to the song that the guitars, bass and vocals had to top that level of brutality, for sure our strongest opener so far. I wrote the lyrics inspired by friends that went to war and came back with some kind of trauma, some kind of disturbance that they have to live with for the rest of their lives.”
“The Vatican”
An ironic tribute to the conclave that elected Argentinian Pope Francis I as the successor of Benedict XVI. “This track has some Death Metal influences. The lyric tells the story of how the Vatican was created, filled with blood, orgy, murders, corruption, adultery. It’s one of the most evil and perverse lyrics I ever wrote.”
“Impending Doom”
”Song with a very slowed tempo, with heavy picks and a low-tuned rhythm. Its nickname was “Puxada”, because of the guitar’s riff characteristic. This track is very heavy. The lyrics are Derrick’s. And it talks about cursed inheritances that are left from generation to generation. What world we are going to leave for ours heirs?”
“Manipulation of Tragedy”
“Another of Derrick’s lyric. Talks about collective manipulation through a culture of fear, creating tragic and drastic situations in order to justify certain decisions made by the governors, legitimizing some limitations to the society. The manufactured consent. The song was born from Eloy’s double bass drumming rhythm. It sounds very Sepultura, with influence from several periods of the band.”
“Tsunami”
“Derrick wrote the lyrics for it, part inspired by the natural phenomena and part by the ‘tsunami’ of information we receive nowadays through the world wide web and the media in general. A tsunami is the most powerful force of nature, stronger than any earthquake, tornado or a storm. It simply destroys everything in its path. The result is total destruction but also total cleanup, a new beginning.”
“The Bliss of Ignorants”
Derrick’s lyric. “It’s about the illusion created in society that we are free to do whatever we want, but, in fact, it is not like that. Freedom is limited and part of the society lives under ignorance, euphoric, without awareness of everything that surrounds us. The song opens with percussive drum, low tuning and groovy sound. Its nickname was ‘Brasuca’. It’s kind of a mix of Roots and Chaos Ad rhythm. Ross influenced us to explore more this Brazilian side. With participation of percussionist Fred Ortiz (Beastie Boys’ former drummer who plays with Derrick in Maximum Hedrum).”
“Grief”
“It is a song that starts with clean guitars in a way that we never attempted before, I think it was our biggest challenge on this album and it came out amazing. I wrote the song inspired by a tragic incident that happened in Brazil in January 2013. More than 200 kids died in a fire inside a night club. The place didn’t have the proper emergency exits and most of the people died asphyxiated, it was horrible. The small town at the south of the country, where most of the people were from, was in total grief. I wrote this song to honor the victims and their families.”
“The Age of the Atheist”
“This is a song I wrote inspired by the hard times we live today and how difficult is to believe in things. So many theories of conspiracies against the official reports that make your head turn with so much confusion, all religions that are pushing each other away like never before, making disagreements instead of unity. We have to believe in our strength. We, as people, have the power to change everything and we are losing this belief, becoming numb and hopeless.”
“Obsessed”
“Deals with the shopping anxiety. The compulsive purchase of unnecessary goods and the consequent accumulation of things produced by the unruled and uncontrolled thirst. People do not worry with the origin of what they consume. There is an eternal search for satisfaction through the consumption, preventing people from evolving in the way that they should. This is the track that has the participation of Dave Lombardo, a fill on the song with Dave’s rhythmic characteristics. It’s a great honor having this idol and master in our song.”
The artwork for The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart was created by Brazilian artist Alexandre Wagner (http://www.alwg.org). The album was recorded with renowned producer Ross Robinson (KORN, MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY), who worked with SEPULTURA on their landmark 1996 release Roots, and co-produced by Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SYMPHONY X, INCANTATION), who previously worked on SEPULTURA’s Roorback (2003), the Revolusongs EP (2002), and Nation (2001).
The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart track listing:
01. Trauma Of War
02. The Vatican
03. Impending Doom
04. Manipulation of Tragedy
05. Tsunami
06. The Bliss Of Ignorants
07. Grief
08. The Age Of The Atheist
09. Obsessed
10. Da Lama Ao Caos (Chico Science & Nação Zumbi cover)
According to Blabbermouth.net, SEPULTURA members Derrick Green (vocals) and Andreas Kisser (guitar) joined KORN on stage last night (Saturday, October 19) to perform SEPULTURA‘s classic song “Roots Blooody Roots”. Professionally filmed video footage of their appearance can be seen below (Note: Skip to around 47-minute mark.) Green wrote on Facebook afterwards: “What a cool surprise tonight rocking out ‘Roots Bloody Roots’ with KORN!! Too much fun!!”
KORN singer Jonathan Davis was featured as a guest on the track “Lookaway” — along with Mike Patton of FAITH NO MORE — on SEPULTURA‘s 1996 album “Roots”.
Legendary Brazilian metal icons SEPULTURA have just released via their Facebook Page, the new Album teaser for their upcoming album The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart.
The album will be released next friday, October 25, in Europe (Nuclear Blast) and Brazil (Substancial Music). A week before the release date, the “Blog DP No Estúdio Com O Sepultura” brings to you a teaser of the album. Check it out below.
You can listen to samples of six songs: “The Bliss of Ignorants”, “Trauma Of War”, “The Vatican”, “Grief”, “Manipulation of Tragedy” e “Obsessed”. “The mediator between head and hands must be the heart” is a bomb, varying between fast, aggressive and brutal songs with others in which the weight of the groove forms a true wall of sound. Heavy, cavernous, apocalyptic.
Recently SEPULTURA released the first trailer for their upcoming album The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart here:
The artwork for The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart was created by Brazilian artist Alexandre Wagner (http://www.alwg.org). The album was recorded with renowned producer Ross Robinson (KORN, MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY), who worked with SEPULTURA on their landmark 1996 release Roots, and co-produced by Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SYMPHONY X, INCANTATION), who previously worked on SEPULTURA’s Roorback (2003), the Revolusongs EP (2002), and Nation (2001).
The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart will be released in North America as a jewel-case and as a digi-pak with a bonus DVD. The track listing for the album is:
01. Trauma Of War
02. The Vatican
03. Impending Doom
04. Manipulation of Tragedy
05. Tsunami
06. The Bliss Of Ignorants
07. Grief
08. The Age Of The Atheist
09. Obsessed
10. Da Lama Ao Caos (Chico Science & Nação Zumbi cover)
According to Blabbermouth.net, Brazilian/American metallers SEPULTURA will embark on a European headlining tour in February 2014. Support on the trek will come from LEGION OF THE DAMNED, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM and MORTILLERY.
The dates are as follows:
Feb. 07 – DE – Bochum, Matrix
Feb. 08 – DE – München, Backstage
Feb. 09 – DE – Aschaffenburg, Colos-Saal
Feb. 10 – DE – Hamburg, Markthalle
Feb. 11 – DK – Esbjerg, Tobakken
Feb. 12 – DE – Osnabrück, Rosenhof
Feb. 13 – DE – Berlin, C-Club
Feb. 14 – PL – Katowice, Megaclub
Feb. 15 – DE – Glauchau, Alte Spinnerei
Feb. 16 – CZ – Zlin, Masters of Rock Club
Feb. 18 – SK – Zilina, Smerr Club
Feb. 19 – AT – Wien, Arena
Feb. 20 – AT – Salzburg, Rockhouse
Feb. 21 – DE – Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn
Feb. 22 – CH – Pratteln, Z 7
Feb. 23 – DE – Saarbrücken, Garage
Feb. 24 – FR – Lyon, CCO Villeurbonne
Feb. 25 – FR – Toulouse, Bikini
Feb. 26 – ES – Barcelona, Salamandra 1
Feb. 27 – ES – Madrid, Arena
Feb. 28 – PT – Lisbon, Paradise Garage
Mar. 01 – ES – Pamplona, Totem
Mar. 03 – FR – Caen, Cargo
Mar. 04 – FR – Rennes, L’Antipode
Mar. 05 – FR – Paris, Trabendo
Mar. 06 – NL – Den Haag, Paard
Mar. 07 – NL – Enschede, Atak
Mar. 08 – BE – Antwerp, Trix
Mar. 09 – NL – Eindhoven, Effenaar
SEPULTURA‘s new album, “The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart”, will be released on October 25 via Nuclear Blast Records. The artwork for the CD was created by Brazilian artist Alexandre Wagner, who specializes in charcoal drawing techniques.
Although it was inspired by Fritz Lang‘s classic 1927 movie “Metropolis”, the CD, “The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart” is not a concept album or a soundtrack like its precedessors “Dante XXI” (based on “The Divine Comedy”) and “A-Lex” (based on “A Clockwork Orange”).
“The Mediator Between The Head And Hands Must Be The Heart” was tracked over a 40-day period at producer Ross Robinson‘s (KORN, LIMP BIZKIT, SLIPKNOT) studio in Venice, California and is being mixed and mastered by co-producer Steve Evetts, who previously worked with SEPULTURA on the “Nation” (2001), “Revolusongs” (2002) and “Roorback” (2003) albums, in addition to having collaborated with Ross on a number of other projects in the past.
SEPULTURA recorded a total of 14 songs for the follow-up to 2011’s “Kairos”, including a cover version of DEATH‘s “Zombie Ritual”. The CD will also feature a guest appearance by former SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo.
SEPULTURA‘s upcoming CD will mark the first time the band will have recorded an album outside Brazil since “Against”.
The reunion between SEPULTURA and Robinson was first suggested by Monte Conner, the former Roadrunner Records A&R chief who is now the head of Nuclear Blast Entertainment, a U.S. partnership with Nuclear Blast owner Markus Staiger.
Robinson produced SEPULTURA‘s classic “Roots” album in 1995. Released in February 1996 by Roadrunner, it was the band’s last studio album to feature founding member and vocalist Max Cavalera.
According to Nuclear Blast Records, In Part 3 of SEPULTURA’s new album trailer series, guitarist & songwriter Andreas Kisser discusses the band’s 22 year-old drummer Eloy Casagrande; Eloy weighs in on becoming a writing member of the band & meeting the new album’s special guest Dave Lombardo (ex-SLAYER, PHILM, GRIP INC., FANTOMÂS) for the first time; and footage of the Casagrande/Lombardo face-to-face drum session (which took place in producer Ross Robinson’s living room) is also included.
“The Age Of The Atheist,” a track off of SEPULTURA’s forthcoming album, The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart, can be streamed in its entirety at: http://youtu.be/eWILExgA5GE
Recorded with renowned producer Ross Robinson (KORN, MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY) and co-produced by Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SYMPHONY X, INCANTATION), The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart will be released in North America on October 29th as a jewel-case and as a digi-pak with a bonus “Making Of” DVD. The 2-LP double gatefold green vinyl version will be released on November 12th.
Bundles include an exclusive t-shirt design & can be pre-ordered now from the Nuclear Blast USA Webshop: http://smarturl.it/tmbhahmbth-cddvd
The track listing for TMBHAHMBTH is:
01. Trauma Of War
02. The Vatican
03. Impending Doom
04. Manipulation of Tragedy
05. Tsunami
06. The Bliss Of Ignorants
07. Grief
08. The Age Of The Atheist
09. Obsessed
10. Da Lama Ao Caos (Chico Science & Nação Zumbi cover)
Next month, SEPULTURA will headline their “Tsunami Of Metal” North American tour with Boston’s UNEARTH, Canada’s KATAKLYSM, Joey Jordison’s SCAR THE MARTYR (select dates), British Columbia’s ANCIIENTS (select dates), and openers DARK SERMON from Florida. The trek launches in Hollywood, California on November 1st and wraps up in Austin, Texas on November 24th.
Confirmed “Tsunami Of Metal” North American Tour 2013 dates are:
11/01/13 House Of Blues – Hollywood, CA**
11/02/13 Ramona Mainstage – Ramona, CA**
11/03/13 Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA**
11/04/13 Neumos – Seattle, WA**
11/07/13 Skyway Theater – Minneapolis, MN**
11/08/13 Pops Nightclub – Sauget, IL#
11/09/13 Harpo’s – Detroit, MI#
11/10/13 Wolstein Center – Cleveland, OH#
11/11/13 House Of Blues – Chicago, IL#
11/13/13 Empire – Springfield, VA#
11/14/13 Palladium – Worcester, MA#
11/15/13 Phoenix Theater – Toronto, ON – CANADA#
11/16/13 Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA#
11/17/13 Reverb – Reading, PA#
11/18/13 Gramercy Theater – New York, NY#
11/20/13 Beacham Theater – Orlando, FL#
11/21/13 Grand Central – Miami, FL#
11/23/13 Queen City Music Hall – Ft. Worth, TX#
11/24/13 Emo’s East – Austin, TX#
** with SCAR THE MARTYR & DARK SERMON
# with ANCIIENTS & DARK SERMON
Advanced purchase ticket links are available on SEPULTURA’s official Facebook page.
Visit SEPULTURA online at http://www.SEPULTURA.com.br.
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