The current lineup of Brazilian groove-metallers Sepultura have released a strong-worded statement saying there are no plans to reunite with founding members Max and Igor Cavalera.

Max Cavalera, who left the band in 1996, has been in the press on a number of occasions in recent months, saying a gathering of the original lineup is on the cards, but one or other of the members is holding up the process.

Now guitarist Andreas Kisser, surrounded by his Sepultura bandmates, has appeared in an official video slamming Cavalera’s “rumours and lies.”

Kisser says: “We’re working on a new album we’re going to release next year. We just signed with Nuclear Blast Records and we have a worldwide plan for 2011 and 2012. We’re going to be on the road with this formation, the Sepultura we are today."

“Don’t listen to rumours any more. We’re tired of listening to the bullshit that Max is talking all over the world.

“There’s no communication. There’s no talks about any type of reunion with the Cavaleras. Igor is doing his job, Max is supposed to his job and we’re doing our job.

“We’re Sepultura for 26 years and we’re celebrating it. I hope this is the end of the rumours and lies.”

In 2009 SEPULTURA playedВ theВ first concertВ  for Tangra Mega Rock's third anniversary bash.