Andreas Kisser doesn’t have any contact with Max and Igor Cavalera.
“There’s no relationship at all,” the guitarist replied when asked by Mark Kadzielawa of 69 Faces Of Rock how things are with Max and Igor these days. “We have just a communication between our managers and stuff, and that’s it. Very respectful. But no friendship or no communication.”
Kisser also talked about whether he might reunite with Max and Igor for a final show to end the band’s farewell tour. “I hope [we can make it happen]. Yeah, it’d be great. We’re working on it. And I think we have the plan to go till 2026,” the rocker revealed.
He continued, “We’d like to go everywhere, really to explore all the stuff that we can on this last goodbye. And hopefully, at the very last show, which will be in Brazil, we have the participation on all the ex-members, including the brothers, of course. That’d be great for the fans and for everyone involved. And hopefully, we could celebrate together this amazing history.”
“I won’t deny that it would be great to have a very last show with their participation, but it has to be great,” Kisser also told Metal Hammer in July.
The musician added, “It has to have people who are there to celebrate and not trying to discuss who was right or wrong on decisions from the past. In the end, we are celebrating now as the Sepultura of today. If they want to be a part of it, it would be amazing.”
Kisser made his comments after Max was asked if he got an invite to the final concert of Sepultura’s farewell tour. He said, “I have not [been approached]. In fact, I think I saw one thing Andreas, of course said, like, ‘Why are we gonna ask them [Max and Igor to take part]? They’re gonna spoil the party,’ which is very typical of Andreas to say that.”
Max then shared, “I don’t know. I think I’m gonna let things happen the way they’re gonna happen. I’m not gonna force anything, and if there comes a time where we feel that we should make a reunion — okay, fine, as long as we do it the right way. Just like with these re-recordings [of early Sepultura albums that Igor and I are doing under the Cavalera name]. I think we made them the right way — honest, proper, from the heart.”
The classic lineup of Sepultura split up in 1996 when Max left after the band fell out with his wife Gloria, their manager. Igor, Max’s brother, stayed for another ten years before reuniting with Max in Cavalera Conspiracy.