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Jairo Guedz
Jairo Guedz (born as Jairo Guedes Braga November 25, 1968 in João Monlevade, Brazil) is a Brazilian guitarist and bassist. He was the lead guitar player of the heavy metal band Sepultura from 1985 to 1987 and was part of the short lived project Guerrilha alongside Igor and Max Cavalera and Sílvio SDN of Mutilator. He also played with The Mist, Overdose, Eminence. He currently plays bass in a Metallica tribute band called Metallica Cover Brazil, and guitar in The Southern Blacklist. Beside being a musician
"Morbid Visions". When playing with Sepultura he used the alias "Tormentor" and on occasion, "Jairo T." In 1987 Guedz decided to leave Sepultura while the band was already writing music for the album Schizophrenia. He was replaced a week later by Andreas Kisser. In later interviews he cited a number of reasons for his departure, one of which that he was "looking for something different", musically speaking. To this days Guedz remains on very good terms with the former and current members of Sepultura and