Wagner Lamounier

Wagner Lamounier is a former guitarist and vocalist of Brazilian death metal (at that time) band Sepultura, but most famous for having led the thrash/death/black metal band Sarcófago from 1985 until it disbanded in 2000.

Life and career

"Lamounier" played briefly with "Sepultura" during the early part of the band's career, contributing the lyrics to the song "Antichrist" (referred to his own monicker) featured in the band's earliest releases. He then moved to his own project which, while less successful that Sepultura, is universally hailed as a major influence on the most extreme spectrum of metal music, being revered by black metallers, thrashers and death metal aficionados. Lamounier's band, despite changing sound and style through its career has never been accused of "selling out" or to pursue commercial success at the detriment of artistic integrity as Sepultura have. Ten years after leaving the band, he revealed personal information about his former bandmates. In response, Sepultura's former frontman, now with Soulfly, Max Cavalera wrote a song called Bumbklatt about him. The polyedric Wagner Lamounier is currently a professor of economic science and applied statistic at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Bands

* Sepultura
* Sarcófago