Few heavy metal bands have had such a storied and fascinating career as Sepultura. The Brazilian quartet rose to fame playing furious serrated thrash with a death metal edge, before shifting their sound by incorporating tribal rhythms and nihilistic atmosphere on game-changing albums like Chaos A.D. and Roots. Credited by many as having both introducing the world to extreme metal and helping to create nu-metal, Sepultura’s seething, ritualistic influence can be felt all throughout heavy music and the bands who play it.Today, on the 26th anniversary of Chaos A.D.’s release, we look at the bands who wouldn’t exist today were it not for Sepultura. Here are 11 that come to mind… Hatebreed The first thing one probably associates with Hatebreed’s music is muscle...
