Sepultura

Released: March 25, 1991

Songwriter: Max Cavalera Andreas Kisser Igor Cavalera Paulo Jr.

Producer: Sepultura Scott Burns

[Verse 1]
Sacrifice is pleasure
When life ends in pain
Conceive the last mistake
Which belongs to all

[Chorus]
Creation of insane rules
All we hear
Desperate cry

[Verse 2]
Death: the coldest wind
Seeps into your pores
A nation born of hate
Forgotten distant time

[Chorus]
Creation of insane rule
All we hear
Desperate cry

[Bridge]
Endless empty maze
Despair, distress and silence
A poison vacuum, infinity
Life, lies, deceit

[Verse 3]
Mute souls end in silence
Oceans tainted with blood
Empty promises of hope
Buried deep, infected ground

[Chorus]
Creation of insane rule
All we hear
Desperate cry

[Outro]
Cry!

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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