Sepultura

Released: March 25, 1991

Songwriter: Max Cavalera Andreas Kisser Igor Cavalera Paulo Jr.

Producer: Sepultura Scott Burns

[Verse 1]
First generation born
A plague was created
The cure is in my mind
Solitude is all I see

Powerful nations repress feeling
Buried beneath the fear
Making you a coward
Buying your safety

[Verse 2]
Grey shadows fill your head
Stealing your last breath
Scared of the future
Prophecies of chaos

[Chorus]
Subtraction of personality
Within the human race
You'll always be

[Bridge]
Green castles from the past
Bleeding in sands of war
No man is immortal
History is no more

[Verse 3]
Confused leaders behind our backs
Stifling our ideas
Misunderstand signs of progress
Minds of time regress

[Verse 4]
Searching for an answer
To understand myself
Try to save our world
Find cure for universe

[Bridge]
Green castles from the past
Bleeding in sands of war
No man is immortal
History is no more

[Chorus]
Subtraction of personality
The Earth will never be born again

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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