Released: November 10, 1986

Songwriter: Max Cavalera Igor Cavalera Jairo Guedz Paulo Jr.

Producer: Sepultura

War!

Nuclear warheads cry out for destruction
Insanity and corruption of the universe
Concentration camps are back again
Third Reich is here between us

Total slaughter is only rule
Kill to live, live to kill
Mass extermination, black death
The corrosion of the world is done

War!

The radiation corrodes our faces
Over mutilated corpses we have to march
Destructed empires, where's God now?
That calls himself the redeemer of the mankind

Infernal visions torment our minds
Pools of blood spread through the world
Christians cry in torment
Asking for help to their redeemer

War!

The black sunset breaks out the silence
The last scream of pain is heard
Death burns its victims
Sending their souls to Hell
Feel the blade in your sacrifice
Now it's the time to abjure Jesus Christ
The black war comes with the wind
There is neither heaven nor hell, but only war

Massacring the ones
Mutilating the fools
The black death empire
Exterminating without mercy

War!

War!

Sepultura

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.