Sepultura

Released: November 10, 1986

Songwriter: Max Cavalera Igor Cavalera Jairo Guedz Paulo Jr.

Producer: Sepultura

Thrash!

There is an empire in the boundaries of Hell
Where only the death can reach and only demons reign
Place of lust, blasphemy and eternal darkness
Where the ritual sacrifices and offered to the master

Illusions of the darkness
Power of death
Strength of Hell
Empire of the damned

On the black hills of Megiddo you'll find
A place so cold as the mist, so dark as the night
Black armies march to the hills
To make power of the reign of darkness crow

The exterminating angels
Here there's to be emperor
To command Nospheratus
Creature of crypts

Die!

From the eternal darkness
A blade will shine
Saints and Gods will judged
Killed and buried

One day this empire will be discovered
For the judgement of mankind
Gnash of teeth and endless cries will be heard
The Hell there's to bury, the Heaven there's to dethrone

Die! [x2]

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.

more tracks from the album

Morbid Visions/Bestial Devastation

From the albums

Morbid Visions (1986)
Morbid Visions/Bestial Devastation (1990)

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