Editing Sepultura (section)

===''Chaos A.D.'', Nailbomb and ''Roots'' (1993–1996)===
Sepultura's fifth album, ''[[Chaos A.D.]]'', was released in September 1993. Supported by the singles "[[Refuse/Resist]]", "[[Territory (song)|Territory]]" and "[[Slave New World]]", this was their only album to be released in North America by [[Epic Records]], and the first of two albums by Sepultura to be [[Music recording certification|certified gold]] by [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Sepultura&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA|publisher=riaa.com|access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref> It saw a departure from their death metal style,<ref>Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 131.</ref> adding influences of [[groove metal]],<ref name="Sound of the Beast">{{citation |author=Christe |year=2003 |page=264 |quote=As close to death metal as any other gold-selling record before it, ''Chaos A.D.'' stripped down Sepultura's sound into a coarse metallic loop. The CD sold half a million copies, and alongside Pantera the band forged a streetwise, death-derived groove metal that inspired an upcoming generation of mavens in the 1990s. |title=[[Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal|Sound of the Beast]]}}</ref> [[Industrial music|industrial]] and [[hardcore punk]].<ref name=haagsma1993/> While ''Chaos A.D.'' is not a death metal album, it does include elements of thrash metal music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2015/8/13/they-did-it-all-for-the-nookie-decibel-explores-the-rise-and-fall-of-nu-metal |title=They Did It All for the Nookie: Decibel Explores the Rise and Fall of Nu-Metal |work=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]] |date=August 13, 2005 |access-date=December 25, 2016}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that, "''Chaos A.D.'' ranks as one of the greatest heavy metal albums of all time."<ref>{{cite web|last=Huey |first=Steve |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r188419 |title=Chaos A.D. – Sepultura |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref> The band supported the album by embarking on a year-long tour, starting with a headlining European run with [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]], followed by a North American tour with [[Fudge Tunnel]], [[Fear Factory]] and [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]].<ref name=metallipromo/> They were also one of the supporting acts (along with [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]] and [[Prong (band)|Prong]]) for [[Pantera]]'s ''[[Far Beyond Driven]]'' tour in North America,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pantera.com/tourhistory/ | title=Tour Dates History – Pantera }}</ref> and then opened for the [[Ramones]] in South America and toured Australia and New Zealand with [[Sacred Reich]]. By the time the ''Chaos A.D.'' tour ended in November 1994,<ref name=metallipromo/> Sepultura was one of the most successful heavy metal bands of the day.<ref name="Hill 2020-08-21"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2018/10/sepultura-chaos-a-d-album-anniversary/|title=25 Years Ago, Sepultura Release Groundbreaking Chaos A.D.|website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence.net]]|date=October 19, 2018 |access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/25-years-ago-sepultura-release-220936633.html|title=25 Years Ago, Sepultura Release Groundbreaking Chaos A.D.|website=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=October 19, 2018 |access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref>

Also in 1994, Max and Igor collaborated with Alex Newport of Fudge Tunnel to form [[Nailbomb]]. They released an even more industrial-oriented album, ''[[Point Blank (Nailbomb album)|Point Blank]]'', the same year. The group performed its only proper gig for nearly two decades at [[Dynamo Open Air]] in 1995, and the performance was released as a live album, ''[[Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide]]''. Nailbomb was disbanded shortly afterward.

Sepultura's sound change continued with their sixth album, ''[[Roots (Sepultura album)|Roots]]'', which was released in February 1996. On this album, the band experimented with elements of the music of Brazil's indigenous peoples, and adopted a slower, down-tuned sound. The album was hailed{{by whom|date=January 2025}} as a modern-day heavy metal classic and a major influence on the then-nascent [[nu metal]] scene. [[AllMusic]] gave it a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 and said, "''Roots'' consolidates Sepultura's position as perhaps the most distinctive, original heavy metal band of the 1990s."<ref>{{cite web|last=Huey |first=Steve |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r233334 |title=Roots – Sepultura |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref> Also in 1996, Sepultura performed "War (Guerra)" for the AIDS benefit album ''[[Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin]]'', produced by the [[Red Hot Organization]].