Sepultura

Crawling through ages in search of dignity
Stained with the backlash of filth we call humanity
Brother, brother, brother what have we done?!
Brother, brother, brother what have we done?!

Draining the life force of everything within our grasp
Selfless needs and dirty deeds
We leave nothing to chance at all
Mother, mother, mother what have we done?!
Father, father, father, what have we done?!

Creating a wasteland we sink slowly awaiting death
Born to suffer, live to kill, our motto of all mankind

Brother, brother, brother, what have we done?!
Brother, brother, brother, what have we done?!

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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