Sepultura

Released: March 25, 1991

Songwriter: Max Cavalera Andreas Kisser Igor Cavalera Paulo Jr.

Producer: Sepultura Scott Burns

[Verse 1]
Chaotic violence in my eyes
This whole world moves backwards
Peace, another sign that lies
Life today is not worth the pain

[Verse 2]
On the radio, another homicide
Inmates suffocate in jail
Severed heads of revolt
I wish I'd never been born

[Bridge]
Same hand that builds - destroys
Same hand that relieves - betrays
Same hand that seeds - burns
Same peace that exists - here lies

[Verse 3]
I can't trust anymore
Criminals within the law
I have something to say
Where I live, don't believe in another day

[Outro]
Heresy and graft
Apartheid
Same religion that saves - damns you!

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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