After more than four decades of crushing stages worldwide, SEPULTURA have officially announced the final concert of their career. The historic farewell performance will take place on November 7, 2026 at the Mercado Livre Arena Pacaembu in São Paulo, Brazil — closing one of the most influential chapters in the history of heavy metal.
The venue is no coincidence. Pacaembu carries deep significance for the band: it was outside that very stadium, at Praça Charles Miller, where SEPULTURA delivered one of their most iconic early Brazilian performances in the early 1990s, helping cement their legendary status at home before conquering the world. Returning there to end their story is a deliberate and profoundly symbolic choice.
More than a farewell, the night is being conceived as a grand celebration of everything SEPULTURA have built over 40 years. The bill already includes some of metal's most respected names. METAL ALLEGIANCE — the all-star collective featuring Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER), Alex Skolnick and Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT), Phil Demmel (ex-MACHINE HEAD), and Troy Sanders (MASTODON) — is confirmed. Brazilian death metal titans KRISIUN and American thrashers SACRED REICH are also on the bill, with additional guests to be announced.
Perhaps most emotionally charged: former SEPULTURA members are expected to take the stage for a night that stretches across every era of the band's history. Jean Dolabella and Jairo Guedz — who preceded Andreas Kisser in the band's lineup — are among those anticipated to join the celebration.
Formed in Belo Horizonte in 1984, SEPULTURA grew from a teenage garage act into the most internationally recognized metal band Brazil has ever produced. Through landmark albums like Beneath The Remains (1989), Arise (1991), Chaos A.D. (1993) and the groundbreaking Roots (1996), they didn't just participate in the global metal conversation — they reshaped it, blending thrash, groove, and indigenous Brazilian rhythms into something the world had never heard.
Their career included performances at Rock In Rio, Lollapalooza, Wacken Open Air, Hellfest, and Download, each stop reinforcing a legacy that spans generations of metalheads.
The November 7 concert at Pacaembu will be the final chapter — emotional, historic, and entirely befitting of everything SEPULTURA represent.
Tickets and additional lineup details are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.