According to Brazil's
89 FM,
SEPULTURA are rumored to have selected
Jean Dolabella (ex-
UDORA) as their new touring drummer following
Roy Mayorga's (ex-
SOULFLY) decision to join
STONE SOUR as a full-time member.
SEPULTURA founding member and drummer
Igor Cavalera announced earlier in the year that he was taking a break from the group's touring activities to spend time with his second wife and their new son (who was born in January). Filling in on drums during the band's European tour with
IN FLAMES was
Mayorga, who played with
Igor's brother
Max in
SOULFLY for several years in the late '90s and again in 2001-2003.
Dolabella's former band
UDORA was originally formed in 1997 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (also the former hometown of
Max and
Igor Cavalera) under the name
DIESEL and was one of the biggest names in the Belo Horizonte underground music scene, according to
Wikipedia. In 2001, the band gained nationwide exposure after winning, through a "battle of the bands"-style contest, a spot on the main stage of the
Rock in Rio 3 festival. They opened the last day of the festival, performing alongside world-famous bands like
SILVERCHAIR and the
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS.
In 2003, the band decided to move to Los Angeles in an attempt to break into the U.S. market. The name
DIESEL was dropped to avoid conflict with
Diesel Jeans. After playing several shows in small local clubs, they were signed to the
J Records label and went into the studio with producer
Matt Wallace to record their first album as
UDORA. However, after a lengthy tour of the U.S. supporting former
ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist
Jerry Cantrell,
J Records merged with
RCA. The change in management was not well-received by the band and they chose to sever their ties with the label.
In 2006,
UDORA singer/guitarist
Gustavo Drummond announced that
Dolabella was leaving the band, citing "irreconcilable differences, both personal and musical" as the motive of his departure.
For more information on
UDORA and audio/video samples of
Dolabella's playing, visit
www.udora.com.
