Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA have reunited with producer Ross Robinson (SLIPKNOT) to record the band’s next album, slated for release in October through Nuclear Blast Records. The CD is currently being tracked at Robinson’s studio in Venice, California and is being co-produced by Steve Evetts, who previously worked with SEPULTURA on the following albums: Nation (2001), Revolusongs (2002) and Roorback (2003). Video footage from inside the studio has been released and may be viewed below.
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 Ross 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 Roots album in 1995. Released in February 1996 through Roadrunner Records, it was the band’s last studio album to feature founding member and vocalist Max Cavalera. SEPULTURA has spent most of the past two years on tour in support of its 12th studio album, and Nuclear Blast Records debut, Kairos, which hit stores in July 2011.