Derrick Green – Sepultura

Derrick Green was the singer in heavy metal band Sepultura, taking over duties on the mic in 1998 after founding member, Max Cavalera, left the band. After making his debut on 1998’s album, Against, Green recorded eight more studio albums with the metal band before they announced their dissolution and farewell tour in 2024.

Why Derrick Green is vegan

Derrick Green has been vegetarian since he was 15, after hearing about what happens in slaughterhouses and how they are a “factory of death.” Like fellow rock singer, Davey Havok, Derrick’s decision to go vegan was influenced by the book, Diet for a New America by John Robbins, and other vegan and veggie hardcore bands, such as Cro-Mags.¹Blabbermouth.net. 2018. DERRICK GREEN Says SEPULTURA ‘Started To Develop A Little Bit More Of Their Own Personality’ On ‘Arise’. Available: https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/derrick-green-says-sepultura-started-to-develop-a-little-bit-more-of-their-own-personality-on-arise/ [Accessed 17 March 2021]. Sepultura’s music video for the 2006 single ‘Convicted in Life’ contains footage of animal abuse and includes the lyrics, “Abandon all hope he who enter here/Eternal pain that runs among the lost’, which could certainly be attributed to the animals locked inside factory farms.

“Animal rights is important because you can really tell how civilized a society is by the way that it treats its animals.”²Peta2. 2011. Sepultura’s Softer Side. Available: https://www.peta2.com/news/sepulturasofter-side/ [Accessed 17 March 2021].