James caught up with Derrick Green from Sepultura at Bloodstock Open Air 2012 to talk about their current album 'Kairos', playing Bloodstock and much more.

How did you find the whole writing and recording process for ‘Kairos’ compared to your previous albums?
It was great because we were working with Roy Z; it was the first time working with him, we heard a lot about him and he’s been trying to work with the band for a long time. He brought in a lot of inspiration to capture the energy that’s put out live onto the CD, so it was really easy to work with him and as a group I found we were able to really channel ourselves to do something we had never done before in terms of just going forward.

‘Kairos’ is an album that has a concept of time, how did this idea come about?
Well Andreas came up with the idea of paradoxes, this time of the God’s it’s called. We really wanted to do something that was more personal in terms of Sepultura and the history of the band so it made sense for us to really channel the energy from the past and take the present mixed together to produce a really kick ass album.

I know ‘Kairos’ been out for just over a year now but have you started work on any new material or have any idea what direction you are going to go in next?
Well yeah, we’re coming to the end of this touring cycle so we’re flowing ideas around for the next album, we have a new drummer so it’s exciting thinking about what we can do next year with it.

You have had a lengthy musical career so far with 12 albums being released so far and tours all over the world with many different bands, but what you say your main high and low points have been?
I think some of the high points were things like Rock In Rio, the feeling playing that festival being a part of Brazilian history. Another was doing a show in Cuba, not many bands get to go over there and play shows so it was a miracle we got to go over there and play one of the best show’s we’ve ever done.

You are currently back in the UK playing Bloodstock festival, how does it feel to be back in the UK and playing such a solid metal festival?
It’s great, it’s been a long time since we’ve been here and we love coming here playing as many shows as we can but it’s not easy to fit in all the time. It’s a good feeling to play a festival here we need to play it more, we look forward to the set today and there’s loads of great bands playing.

What can we expect from your set today?
We have a 45 minute set so we’re going to try to spread out old and new as equally as we can, it goes over pretty well because the energy levels are so high in the songs we’ve picked, we’ve got the good weather we’ve hoped for so we’ll get a good power out haha.

Have you managed to check out any bands at Bloodstock yet? And will you be hanging around to check out any?
I haven’t had chance I hope I do, there’s a lot of bands I’ve not heard of but we’ll see.

Can we expect Sepultura to head back to the UK for a full length tour in the near future?
Not any time soon unfortunately, this is the only one we’re doing over here then we have a few shows in Dublin, one in Belfast then that’s it. Maybe the end of next year after the album’s finished.

Where do you hope to see Sepultura in a year’s time?
Hopefully with a new kickass album, promoting it on a good tour too haha.

One last random question that we ask every band, if you could be an animal out of a zebra or Giraffe which one would you be and why?
Giraffe. I’ve been a vegetarian for 25 years so are they so easy one there haha.

Thanks for your time is there a message for your fans reading this?
Keep listening to Sepultura, we’ll see you at the shows.

Interview by James Webb