Dave Grohl Joins Sepultura on Stage at Final US Show

Dave Grohl joined the Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura on stage during their final North American concert last Friday night, May 29, at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. The appearance marked a special guest spot on the last U.S. date of Sepultura's "Celebrating Life Through Death" farewell tour.

Grohl, the Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer, participated in a rendition of the instrumental percussion track "Kaiowas." The song originally appeared on Sepultura's 1993 album Chaos A.D. Fan-captured video showed Grohl playing drums alongside vocalist Derrick Green as part of a percussion jam.

The collaboration underscores a long-standing mutual appreciation. Grohl has publicly praised Sepultura for years, specifically highlighting their 1996 album Roots. He has described that record as a sonic benchmark, stating it became the gauge for every Foo Fighters studio album for a decade. In 2016, he told an interviewer that Sepultura was one of his favorite heavy metal bands and that Roots "changed the game." Their connection also extended to Grohl's 2004 metal side project, Probot, which featured a contribution from former Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera.