Sepultura

Released: March 25, 1991

Songwriter: Max Cavalera Andreas Kisser Igor Cavalera Paulo Jr.

Producer: Sepultura Scott Burns

[Verse 1]
Born with remorse
To a cold barren place
Battle between minds
Hungry for words of prey

[Chorus]
Contradictory truth
Secrets in lies
Meaningless movements

[Verse 2]
Icons review their sins
Faith cheaper than thou
Doubting your ideals
Torment shreds your brain
Fearful fantasy respects the unknown
Turning your heart red
A requiem to celebrate you

[Bridge 1]
Words I cannot understand
Shrieks in my moment of pain
Impostor hides behind a mask
My words against your lies

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge 2]
Turn my head
To see what I know
A shadow without form
Painted on the wall

[Verse 3]
Born with remorse
To a cold barren place
Battle between minds
Hungry for words of prey
One moment's mistake
False steps in the ground
Laws made by the blind
Ruling reign of light

[Chorus]
Contradictory truth
Secrets in lies
Meaningless movements

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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