Sepultura

Released: March 25, 1991

Songwriter: Max Cavalera Andreas Kisser Igor Cavalera Paulo Jr.

Producer: Sepultura Scott Burns

[Verse 1]
Fear in my subconscious
Terror invades my speech

[Bridge]
Faith in my own words
No one knows the nameless

[Verse 2]
Warm winds and burning tears
Spirits outside bodies

[Pre-Chorus]
Endless repression by majority
A master without command
Strange new dimension disturbing my brain
Censored ideas, counterfeit answers

[Chorus]
Shining blast, no perception
Altered state, no reaction
Shining blast
Altered state

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Slow talk, fast thoughts
Ancient scriptures
Controversial lines
Knowledge changes

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
Running in the wrong direction
Crossing with blind eyes
I'm closer to myself
Sanity can't invade

Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera, the band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and groove metal genres during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments drawing influence from alternative metal, world music, nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial metal.

The first Sepultura show was on December 4th, 1984. The band played two songs that never were re-recorded or released.

The band name comes from a Portuguese translation of Motörhead’s song “Dancing on Your Grave” which is “Dançando na sua Sepultura”. Sepultura means “grave” (sepulchre) in Portuguese (and in some other Latin-based languages). Originally, they wanted to call the band Tropa de Choque (Shock Troops), but found that the name had been used before.

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