Iggor Cavalera featuring the Sunn O))) Life Pedal V3

Producer, musician and drummer Iggor Cavalera, widely known as the co-founder and original drummer in the Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, demos the Sunn O))) Life Pedal V3 at his home in London. He talks about the influence Sunn O))) had on him and his liking to the massive sounds they create. “I’m a huge fan of Sunn O))) and their sounds, so to have something that emulates that sound, especially with all the sonic ideas that they put through drones and guitar sounds is amazing. I add that not to guitars, but to synths,” Iggor says.
Iggor runs his synth through the Sunn O))) Life Pedal V3, Astral Destiny, and Organizer, also incorporating his modular rig to create experimental sounds that blur the lines between synth and guitar drones. His experimentation with pedals goes back to the 90s, when he ran drum beats through distortion and delay pedals, and created different results that evolved and expanded his sound.
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[@jonnylikertrommer]

Got a Bladerunner vibe from the sounds. I love it!

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Totally

[@stevendavidson391]

That was exactly my thought too. Sounded like Blade Runner x Black Sabbath

[@GEORGNEYMEFISTOFULUS]

sounds more like the thing soundtrack to me

[@noisepollution6761]

the fortunate one

[@Stratking01]

Wow… did not know this side of Iggor.. this is awesome. I mean this dude is the OG drummer for the mighty Sepultura and Cavalera Conspiracy and he does this? Nice dude

[@heavenly2k]

Couldn't have said it better

[@paradiddle16]

Same here! That's awesome!

[@Bybizarrehands106]

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[@QuIcHeOfromage]

If you wanna some other stuff from Iggor, try Petbrick, I think you'll maybe love it.

[@PauloARod]

He was playing with Soulwax not so long ago!

[@NoBrakes23]

I never would have guessed that the drummer from Sepultura would be into mod synth, but I dig it.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Us too!

[@oxygencube]

Legend. So cool to see him creating this type of music.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Agreed🔥🤘

[@nunya-xv8tx]

I had to be their wrangler at a gig back in the 90's. The tour I believe was Faith No More (Angel dust) Fear Factory. Sepultra.... quite funny guys

[@widersin]

His drumming moved forward all of the heavy metal genre! Arise/Chaos/Roots, epic albums!! And now he proves his musicality!!!

[@gleicon]

maximum respect for Iggor (and also proud to be a brazilian when I see what he and his brother does). Hoping for a collab between SUNNO and Iggor.

[@boarderking133]

Since when did we start pronouncing the o

[@jacobesmagobes8664]

This is the collab that I didn’t know I needed until you said it!!!

[@EarlPartridge]

@@boarderking133 Brazilian pronunciation

[@manifestgtr]

This dude is one of the greatest thrash drummers on earth. I remember hearing the Arise album for the first time back in the day and being shocked at his aggression, control and primal creativity. BTW, that synth he’s using is amazing. It’s a near-perfect reimagining of the Yamaha DX-7 (that plucky bass sound on nearly every pop 80s record and the famous 80s electric piano) but scaled down to a size you can fit in your backpack

[@XxxxxxxxFodase]

This guy is a legend 🤘🔥🤘 awesome video, thank you and congratulations 💚🍀

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thanks so much!!

[@gulagwithahumanface4471]

This is your cue to rerelease all of your gain pedals as eurorack modules. Especially the life pedal and the fuzzes. Thanks.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

🤔

[@gulagwithahumanface4471]

@@EarthQuakerDevices think how awesome this and the hoof reaper would be in eurorack format, with cv control over all parameters! The circuits already sound great on synths, and there’s a massive gap in the eurorack market for distortions of this calibre that you guys seem destined to fill. I’d buy one, and I’m betting plenty of other people would too…

[@gulagwithahumanface4471]

maybe even with a clean blend knob…

[@seanwhitty3218]

@@EarthQuakerDevices pleassseeeee

[@lefunghi6151]

@@gulagwithahumanface4471 I’ll insta buy some EarthQuaker Eurorack stuff! This absolutely needs to happen

[@atuanoiniin]

One of my fav metal drummers of all time. So cool to see he's a synth nerd as well!!

[@thatguitarcover5752]

Awesome pedal! Iggor is a great musician 🤘

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Sure is! Thanks👊

[@mcfrsvn]

So cool to see Igor into the modular world. Bravo !

[@chaplinj6512]

Cavalera brothers never disappoint

[@TheIndustrialRetrospective]

This is so awesome, I grew up listening to Sepultura, and seeing some of the same gear in Iggor's modular rack (DFAM especially), as I have in mine, makes me feel like I was inspired by him 20 years ago without even knowing it.

[@chadkelham5034]

Iggor is him. Dude needs to make an ambient /electronic album with the EQD pedals he used in this vid.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

That would be sick!!

[@Combustion47]

Met Igor in England back in 91 , absolutely lovely chap and his brother ,great dudes

[@truecultrecords]

Iggor is always an inspiration, so glad to see all the eurorack synth stuff he is into nowadays

[@random-artifacts]

Love the guy, great to see him passionate about noise and experimental music!

[@Bruisewillies]

Amazing! Loved Sepultura as a teen, but not followed them for years. Shock news- man looks older than he did 25 years ago!

[@VitrificationOfBlood]

Did not expect him to be sitting in front of synths lol. Loved it tho!

[@aki_gong6271]

Igor is always inspiring. Great having the chance to look at his studio for s bit. Thanks for sharing :)

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

He is amazing!

[@__STVRRDST]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thanks for watching!

[@vicktorv]

this guy is a music machine i saw him with the original Sepultura in Mexico, nice memories.

[@AndyAcker]

Had no idea that one of the Cavaleras took this route with music. Inspiring video!

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thanks for watching!

[@nitemareman1]

I met Igor outside of the Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas TX, after their headlining gig on the New Titans On The Block Tour, sometime in 1991. Very nice guy. Looked a little different back then! Crazy ass show. One of the sickest ever. I remember the venue had these big Samoan bouncers by the stage. One of them kicked a fan during a scuffle and Max stopped the music. He said on the mic "Security, if you kick one of our fans again we will stop the show. Then we will see how everyone here behaves!" It was such a serious threat too. We would have torn the place apart! Lol

[@AlexUnderCMYK]

OH WOW! I didnt know Igor C. was doing this. Huge love for Igor

[@BlazeYourOwnPath]

Met you and your brother standing in the stairwell at Milwaukee Metalfest during the Arise tour. Drove almost 4 hours to see the show. This was back in the day when one of your buddies would get an album from somewhere, somehow, and be like "Dude, check this out!" Always stoked to hear ( your) musical style Senoir Cavalera. 🤘

[@mynameistechno]

As a synth guy + sepultura fan iam so happy so see him turning some knobs :)

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

pretty sweet!

[@nathanwalsh3028]

I'm not new to the party. I love what you're doing Igor. Very inspiring!!!

[@trailsetter]

My childhood hero and still is. Kudos to Igor.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Yes!!🙌

[@morbidrockgod]

That was cool! Been a fan of Sepultura since the early 90's and I'm glad Igor was courageous enough to break the mold of metal and whatever he feels like doing with his creativity. Hats off to Earthquaker Devices! Cheers from Brazil!

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Sweet! Thank you for watching!!🤘

[@bexserver]

Very cool, this resonates with me a lot! I love making soundscapes, often minimal and getting my guitar to sound like a synth.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@harrygreenfeld4964]

Epic. The perfect futuristic cityscape sound, but with so much room for nuance, absolutely killer sound. And what a demonstration from this incredible man. Brilliant stuff.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thanks so much!

[@cesarvalerio4292]

Cara Igor show de bola o seu setup. Heavy metal no sangue, mas sintetizadores é minha paixão também. Tangerine dreams, klauz shulze, e muitas outras bandas desse estilo.

[@athathoththegreat3901]

I so wish I could play with Iggor. Oh the ideas.

[@xheadlessx]

Waiting for the ambient versions of Sepultura songs

[@ezemusic8140]

Nunca fui fan de Sepultura ni de bandas similares pero celebro ver a un músico reinventarse de esa manera.

[@garanhierro8249]

Joto

[@clyv2660]

was not expecting Iggor to play modular, sick!!!!!

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

RIght?!

[@WhispersOfRuins]

Wow didnt know that igor was also experimenting with electronics and modular synthesis, this is awesome!

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

So cool!

[@louistorres]

Funny enough, I met Iggor years ago at Hunter Mountain in New York while getting food with Evan from Biohazard. He's like, Lou, let me introduce you to Iggor. I walked up behind and he still had his long blond dreads. This was when Sepultura was in their peak! I was floored!! How is this dude just chillin' at Hunter Mountain right now!! I was awe struck! :) If you're a guitarist, check out my gear review KZbin channel!!

[@MorbidManoeuvres]

cool as F. ive never herd of Iggor before, gonna do a proper search now. thanks EarthQuaker

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Definitely do a search! Enjoy!

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

Old school Sepultura is killer.

[@effectspedalcentral]

Awesome!!

[@darrenwatson874]

Iggor magnificent and inspiring Now is want to add a setup like this to my studio when I set it up in my new house

[@Door333]

This is awesome! Thank you.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

You're very welcome!

[@danilodias161]

Awesome vídeo! Iggor is the best 🤘🤘

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thanks for watching!

[@Egalitarianism-qx8mf]

Wow, Iggor is so articulate now. I remember his English when I first saw their DVD right at the time when Arise was released. He has always been one of my favourite metal drummers!!! His drumming on Arise and Chaos AD is amazing!! But, this is a very different side to his music pursuits!

[@privilegeunderground3429]

Much love

[@bassimprovjams3772]

So cool to see him use the Astral Destiny!! My favorite pedal!! I have a ton of videos on my channel using it on Bass 💪😎

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Rock on!

[@bassimprovjams3772]

@@EarthQuakerDevices thank you guys!! Would absolutely love to work with earthquaker some day!

[@juancarlosparra7701]

Igor Cavalera inspiración sin límites. Le sigo desde muy joven, también toque la batería en una banda de metal OVERDRY. Tengo un tatoo en mi hombro derecho de Sepultura. Igor y Max Han sido mis ídolos musicales.✊

[@PolskiAmbient]

Cool artist, cool pedal! All the best!

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

🤗

[@diolade2002]

This video has got me thinking thoughts and feeling feelings.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Good, thats what we're going for !

[@musicwired1]

ive been using pedals like this for decades fun stuff

[@gordonedwards8574]

Yes mate, thats excatly what i was feeling.respect

[@blotterdreams]

I had no idea he did modular shit, love to see it!

[@DaveS-Ace]

Jesus that sounds good .subbed, and hunting for his work. ACE

[@DaveS-Ace]

Just realised he started Sepultura with his bro max back in the day, didn’t even realise. Just saw soulfly in Melbourne oz, they were absolutely epic, one of if not the best sets that day.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thanks for watching!

[@viniciusduraes4067]

Hoje eu vejo que o Igor é disparado o membro mais interessante da formação clássica do Sepultura. Sempre atrás de novidades (e esquisitices) sonoras e admiro muito isso. Obviamente adoro o Max, mas ele fica apenas na sua zona de conforto (o metal), o que é foda pra caralho também.

[@NathanHorton-wg7yb]

Igor!!!! We love you!

[@elnico135]

Is like a weird fuzz with lot of knobs to color the fuzz, i really love it

[@Mrpsblobsoflowendmung]

Yes Iggor. Love this dude. First seen him play in the early 90s with sepultura with Max . And done a few gigs with him over the years and max with soulfly . He’s been doing this electronic stuff for many years now and has a unique take on it . Great sounds great drummer great man Go Iggor

[@mikebush3834]

God, I want to get into eurorack so bad and seeing this makes me want to even more. I got a minibrute 2s and the small 3U extension rack but I have no idea where to start from.

[@basildog007]

You DO make great pedals! Let's watch this video again. From the top. Ready? 3 2 1... go

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

You rock!

[@greencontact]

Damn Iggor is on eurorack!.. fvck yea.

[@TR00PERX37]

very exciting and inspiring

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

❤️

[@boarderking133]

We pronounce the o now?

[@ZeugmaP]

I had no idea he had an electronic music project ! I have to check it out then.

[@danielhanssen8664]

Sounds like the soundtrack from the movie called Mandy, which is a movie I highly recommend!

[@caiquecabelo5536]

top d+! q venha de inspiração para novas músicas!

[@hiddennotesberlin]

what a legend.

[@kennethwondin1298]

The perfect accompaniment for reading JG Ballard. 😎💚

[@arturo241177]

Bravo por Igor! Adelante un paso siempre de los metaleros encasillados que no salen de su inframundo, demostrándoles que si se puede evolucionar y no necesariamente con el mismo estilo.

[@skriptico]

Grandioso Iggor! eurorack and a satanic look :). love him since the 80s. (RDP were living in my town in italy so i discovered those brazilian masters) He Never disappoints.

[@Nicolaspaulhorvath]

Guys, with your pédal you re giving me a fu**** great idea on how to do what i tried for decade to do : blending my 2 totally opposite musical worlds : piano & death/black ambient ! Very inspirational !

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Go for it!!🔥

[@FelipeLuizDickmann]

He can crate a dark electro album.

[@AntonioOliveira-em4cd]

I NEED IT!

[@b6r6b6n]

Крутой мужик, легенда. Не знал, что он ещё и такой пежнёй увлекается)

[@atiostefony3760]

Grande!

[@JD-1991]

legend. inspiring video

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Iggor is a legend!!🤘

[@JD-1991]

@@EarthQuakerDevices absolutely. This video was the tipping point for my decision to purchase btw 😆 life v3 in black in the mail... Ready to have some rusty mono-synths etc etc blasted through it. 🤘 Cheers

[@arturstefan9865]

sounds like future sounds of london ..cool

[@daveapple205]

Iggor! Have you ever listened to German (Krautrock) band FAUST? I bet there is a lot you would find inspirational there.

[@Matthew-qk1xi]

Iggor is such a beast on the drums, glad to see he's into so much. With that said is it Sunn or Sunn O)))? I can't take it anymore ahhh!!! Btw I have Life V2 and I've conquered many lands with it .

[@Intaminator]

It's Sunn. The O))) is silent, as it's literally just the logo of the Sunn amps company that the band took its name from (the Sunn Model T being their favorite amp).

[@nickfilth]

It’s “Sun”. I was pretty surprised he added the verbal “O”. The band is called Sun after the band Earth and in a nod to Sunn amplifiers. It’s just the SunnO))) logo from the amps. No one called the amplifier company “Sunn-o”, yet people confuse the name of the band for some reason 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@adamwright4135]

The Sunn O))) members themselves have said it's just "sun". So there you go!

[@Matthew-qk1xi]

Thanks all🤘🏻.

[@slaineNZ]

Mean bro 🤘🏽

[@sanakassara]

I've been racking my brain trying to figure out how could I shamelesly rip off the the deep, thick post apocalyptic doomsday ambient bits from Absent in Body album. Now I know, the source is Sun O))) :D. Another great performer which I like to devour. But seriously, Cavalera here is one of my personal metal icons. He with what ever crew he has played with, has shaped my life experiences tremendously. And just to be able to say that I'm trying to do the same thing with my music, feels exceptionally good. Thanks for the video and new tips to make some noise... just couldn't resist.

[@thefog7067]

This video is very very cool

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

🆒💥

[@goslingfaded]

When you find out IGGOR (#FreakinLegendary) lives down the road 😱

[@HearGear]

This is amazing, i think Iggor would be able to make a cover of the Terminator theme on he´s gear.. :D

[@leecampbell1763]

Awesome.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@akrmfk]

In the waking hour i am heaven sent, of guilt devoured nowhere to vent

[@niallgregory]

Song gives me the chills ❤️

[@akrmfk]

Yep, song was playing in my head thru this vid 😆. Hope we get AIB 2.0

[@filipemecenas]

True artist

[@andre77coelho]

That's awesome!!

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thanks!

[@phillip7928]

Much love Iggor🙏 Earthquaker is Rad

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thank you!!😊

[@iii2187]

Wow, no other words.

[@metalehead95]

Does he have any released songs like the ones he played in the video?

[@cferrarini]

Da Hora Igor! Modular é incrível! Mexo um pouco com VCV Rack!

[@amateurism1]

Iggor!!!! A God among men here on earth.

[@nicoraba]

He should start exploring the world of circuit bending

[@zzzz-sf5lr]

Would you say Igor that the life pedal had been a life saver for you and your passion... Igor: Yes

[@ericdravenX00X]

As i am a Metalhead but Not a closed minded. And have always had a ear to lead to other genres like Darker Genres of Industrial some Dark Drum n Bass along with Hardcore. Understanding this is Dark Ambient, i think what Iggor's intention is here and how he is bringing these sounds of Dark Ambience and kind of Distorting them into the Metal Genre is interesting..💀🤘

[@rafaelguinlelima1256]

this pedal must arrive in brasil!

[@KungFuChess]

Igor doing some synth/D&B/tribal album would be massive