SEPULTURA Announces Details Of Farewell Release 'The Cloud Of Unknowing' EP, Shares New Song 'The Place'
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As the curtain falls on an extraordinary career spanning more than four decades, Brazilian/American metallers SEPULTURA are preparing to close their final chapter at the end of this year. With over 40 years of band history, 14 gold records, and performances across more than 80 countries, SEPULTURA stand as Brazil's uncompromising emissary to the global stage and one of today's most influential metal bands.
Currently bringing SEPULTURA's pioneering sound to audiences worldwide on the "Celebrating Life Through Death" farewell tour, the question has arisen: how should SEPULTURA mark the end of such a monumental journey? The answer came naturally: By capturing a final creative moment and preserving it for posterity. The result is "The Cloud Of Unknowing" EP, set to be released on April 24 via Nuclear Blast Records.
"The Cloud Of Unknowing" EP is one of SEPULTURA's most diverse and emotionally resonant releases. Across four tracks, the EP serves as a bittersweet farewell, showcasing the full spectrum of the band's creativity, reflecting both the ferocity and depth that have defined SEPULTURA's legacy.
SEPULTURA has today released EP track "The Place", which vocalist Derrick Green sheds some light on: "This song deals with immigrants who have come to a place seeking refuge and start a new life. Once assimilated into a false sense of security and relentless propaganda, they began to act out against what they hate about themselves. The transition begins to escape from the self-hatred and the lashing out against people who believed in the same ideas. I feel the lyrics truly follow the transitions of the song. Starting with disappointment and arriving at anger."
"The Cloud Of Unknowing" EP will be available in the following formats:
* Oxblood
* Transparent Petrol (Nuclear Blast exclusive)
* Crystal clear (band exclusive)
* Transparent red (band exclusive)
* All LP variants come with a CD of the EP in a card wallet.
"The Cloud Of Unknowing" EP track listing:
01. All Souls Rising
02. Beyond the Dream
03. Sacred Books
04. The Place
Watch the official lyric video for "The Place" here.
Last year, SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser spoke about plans to release new music with the SEPULTURA's current touring drummer, 23-year-old Greyson Nekrutman, who officially replaced the group's longtime drummer Eloy Casagrande in February 2024. He said at the time: "We recorded four new songs with Greyson on drums. I don't think nobody knows that, but there we go. We have four new songs, and we have the intention, next year, to release an EP, just to celebrate this momentum. It's original songs that we worked [out]. It's already recorded and everything, and we're taking our time, really, to see where it's gonna be the good time to do it."
Regarding how the new SEPULTURA material came about, Andreas said: "It was very spontaneous. We had a situation that we played the 70000 Tons Of Metal [cruise in January 2025] and we stayed in Miami. 'We have this studio. We have a few ideas. Okay, let's do it.' [Laughs] And it was great. No pressure from labels, no due date… But it's great… We did it in our time with no rush… And it's great. Because of the farewell [tour] idea, we can do that as well, to plan something like that, or not plan something like that, plan as less that we can to really to challenge ourselves artistically to work something like that."
SEPULTURA kicked off its farewell tour on March 1, 2024 at Arena Hall in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The sold-out show marked the band's debut performance with Nekrutman, who previously played with SUICIDAL TENDENCIES.
SEPULTURA announced Casagrande's departure on February 27, 2024, explaining in a statement that he was leaving to join "another project", with Eloy later confirming that he was the new drummer of SLIPKNOT.
The news of Eloy's exit from SEPULTURA came just two months after the band announced it would celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2024 by embarking on a "farewell tour" which will cover the entire globe.
(Source: www.blabbermouth.net)
