Sepultura

Released: February 20, 1996

Songwriter: Paulo Jr. Andreas Kisser Igor Cavalera Max Cavalera

Producer: Sepultura Ross Robinson

[Chorus]
Roots, bloody roots
Roots, bloody roots
Roots, bloody roots
Roots, bloody roots

[Verse 1]
I believe in our fate
We don't need to fake
It's all we wanna be
Watch me freak!
I say we're growing every day
Getting stronger in every way
I'll take you to a place
Where we shall find our...

[Chorus]
Roots, bloody roots
Roots, bloody roots
Roots, bloody roots
Roots, bloody roots

[Verse 2]
Rain, bring me the strength
To get to another day
And all I want to see
Set us free
Why, can't you see?
Can't you feel?
This is real

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
I pray we don't need to change
Our ways to be saved
That's all we wanna be
Watch us freak!

[Instrumetal Break/Outro]

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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