“It was a strange time. We didn’t have a manager and the base of the band had fallen out”: How Sepultura came back to life with Choke

Derrick Green of Sepultura onstage in 2001.

When Sepultura lost their founding frontman Max Cavalera, the Brazilian juggernauts faced oblivion. That was until a former bouncer from New York City stepped to the mic. In 2020, Derrick Green told Hammer about how he joined the band and introduced himself with Choke.