With Sepultura currently navigating their massive “Celebrating Life Through Death” global farewell tour, guitarist Andreas Kisser is looking ahead to his post-band future. During a recent interview on Australia’s “Everblack” podcast, the veteran musician detailed his parallel projects, his ongoing advocacy work, and his mindset entering a new chapter.
While the end of the pioneering metal band marks a major shift, the guitarist confirmed he already maintains a busy schedule outside of the group that will continue.
“I have a lot of ideas. Already we have a lot of stuff parallel to Sepultura for many years,” Kisser explained. “I have another band called De La Tierra. I have a radio show with my son here in São Paulo [Brazil] for 14 years now. I have another band with my son, Kisser Clan, which we play covers and stuff.”
Beyond music and broadcasting, he has dedicated significant time to advocacy surrounding end-of-life care and the cultural perception of death, following the passing of his wife, Patricia.
“Also, after my wife’s passing, I started a movement here to stimulate the people to talk about dying, which is a taboo subject here in Brazil — in the world in general, but in Brazil especially. After the experience I had with my wife, I started to move and started to try to improve the dying situation here in Brazil. We can make changes, cultural changes, that can make this process a little easier. Of course it’s very painful when you lose somebody close, but there’s ways that we can prepare ourselves during our life.”
That personal philosophy directly influenced the naming and approach to Sepultura‘s final run.
“[The] ‘Celebrating Life Through Death‘ [concept] has a lot to do with experience I went through as well, to respect finitude, to see dying as not a punishment, but as an inevitable part of life. Once you respect the end, you’re gonna live your present with much more intensity. And that’s what we are doing. I mean, we are doing an amazing tour, probably our best tour ever, seeing old friends. Lots of people who never came to see Sepultura are coming to see us. We are fulfilling wishes, last wishes, like going to Iceland or playing at Lollapalooza or [releasing] this [new] EP with a ballad. Why not, right?”
He plans to dedicate even more time to his charitable initiatives once the tour concludes, specifically focusing on providing resources to underserved communities.
“We have a tendency not to talk about [dying], and when death comes, we are not prepared emotionally and rationally to deal with that in a more peaceful way, let’s say. So I’m going to, of course, invest more time in this,” the guitarist stated. “I do a, a festival here [in Brazil] honoring Patricia, my wife, and all the funds go to organizations and associations who take the palliative care to the favelas of Rio [De Janeiro] and São Paulo. People there are completely forgotten by society. They don’t have access to medication or even a hospital and stuff. So, it’s something that life put me in this way through death, if that makes any sense. But it does. I mean, one cannot live without the other, so we should embrace that and live more intensively.”
As for his future in the music industry, Andreas Kisser remains open to new collaborations and focused on honing his craft, leaving the door wide open for whatever comes next.
“And so in general, I have all these possibilities, and, of course, new ideas or new projects,” he concluded. “I know so many musicians around the world, amazing musicians from amazing bands, that we can start something new or fresh. Who knows? But also I like to invest more [time into] my classical guitar playing. I’m studying so much, a lot; I never stopped studying, actually. And I like to do different stuff, different approaches to music, and see what happen. I think I don’t have to be sure about anything. The only thing I’m sure that’s gonna be a new phase, and that’s enough, and that we see where these new roads will take me.”
In a recent interview with France’s “Metal OBS,” Kisser made it incredibly clear that his personal musical journey is far from over. However, fans shouldn’t expect him to just form a copy of his current band.
“I’m not gonna stop, of course, doing music. I have so many ideas, but I didn’t decide yet where to go. I still wanna enjoy the moment, enjoy the tour, enjoy the very last run that we have this year. But I have many possibilities. Maybe [I will] do another album myself or try something different. I wanna explore different worlds. I’m going more to the art world, like painting and mixing music with colors and stuff. And it’s interesting, to try to go to different places. I don’t wanna find another world that is the same as Sepultura. I already did [all that] during Sepultura. So I’d like to absorb more ideas and to be aware of new possibilities and see what happens. But now I’m very focused of what we doing today and the [last few months of the] tour,” Kisser explained at the time.
Speaking with Jaimunji on the “Metal On Tap” podcast recently, Kisser addressed the long-term finality of the band’s ongoing farewell tour, acknowledging that a return to the stage somewhere down the road isn’t completely off the table.
When asked if he would strictly rule out a reunion show in the future, Andreas offered a highly pragmatic response.
“Dude, I don’t rule anything out. It’s irrelevant to say if [the retirement is] gonna be forever or we gonna be back. The important thing is that we’re gonna stop now. We need that rest, because we organize everything around that. We need our time — we need time to look in a different direction,” he said.
He emphasized that the band’s legacy will endure regardless of their active touring status. He drew a direct comparison to another legendary metal act before noting how common it is for retired rock bands to eventually return to the stage.
“Sepultura is not gonna die,” Kisser continued. “I mean, Motörhead is more alive than… Unfortunately, we don’t have the touring, but Motörhead will be together with us forever. So we’re gonna explore different territories and stuff. And the future, we’re gonna deal [with it] when it comes. I mean, possibilities are always open. I don’t think we have the power to do eight farewell tours, but who knows? I mean, you see [other bands who announced farewell tours before and then came back or kept touring, like] Scorpions, you see Ozzy [Osbourne], you see Kiss and Mötley Crüe and Slayer and stuff. It’s okay to rest and to go out a little bit. It’s very healthy, because it shows that art is not really connected to any stereotype of what you should be in the eyes of others.”
Rest Of Sepultura Farewell Tour Dates:
North American Tour 2026:
- April 29 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater
- May 01 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS
- May 02 – London, ON – London Music Hall
- May 04 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
- May 05 – Louisville, KY – Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
- May 06 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
- May 07 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
- May 08 – New Orleans, LA – The Civic Theatre
- May 10 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville
- May 11 – Charleston, SC – Music Farm
- May 12 – Greensboro, NC – Piedmont Hall
- May 13 – Reading, PA – Reverb
- May 15 – Chicago, IL – Ramova Theatre
- May 16 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple
- May 17 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
- May 19 – Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
- May 21 – Denver, CO – The Ogden Theatre
- May 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
- May 23 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club
- May 25 – Las Vegas, NV – House Of Blues
- May 26 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
- May 28 – Berkeley, CA – UC Theatre
- May 29 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
European Tour 2026:
- June 06 – Maastricht, Netherlands – South Of Heaven
- June 07 – Plzen, Czech Republic – MetalFest
- June 08 – Zagreb, Croatia – Tvornica Kulture
- June 09 – Milan, Italy – Circolo Magnolia
- June 10 – Rome, Italy – Eur Social Park
- June 12 – Interlaken, Switzerland – Greenfield Festival
- June 13 – Nickelsdorf, Austria – Nova Rock
- June 14 – Würzburg, Germany – Posthalle
- June 17 – Saarbrucken, Germany – Garage
- June 19 – Clisson, France – Hellfest
- June 20 – Dessel, Belgium – Graspop Metal Meeting
- June 21 – Lisbon, Portugal – Rock In Rio Lisboa
- June 23 – Oberhausen, Germany – Turbinenhalle
- June 24 – Potsdam, Germany – Waschhaus Potsdam
- June 25 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhell
- June 26 – Huskvarna, Sweden – Folkets Park
- June 27 – Oslo, Norway – Tons Of Rock
- July 29 – Wacken, Germany – Wacken Open Air
- August 01 – Helsinki, Finland – Tavastia
- August 02 – Tallinn, Estonia – Tallinn Rock Festival
- August 05 – Villena, Spain – Leyendas del Rock
- August 07 – Walton-on-Trent, UK – Bloodstock Festival
- August 09 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena
