in december 2001, vulcano were taken by surprise by the death of soto jr. (guitar), who died of high blood pressure. in 2004, vulcano created its own label renegados records and staged a comeback with a new album entitled "tales from the black book" with zhema (bass), angel (vocals), arthur von barbarian (drums), andre martins (guitar) and claudio passamani (guitar). in 2006 vulcano released two new songs in a split vinyl titled "thunder metal" with nifelheim from sweden, with the songs "the evil always return" and "suffered souls". in 2009, vulcano released another album, "five skulls and one chalice".