Bestial devastation
| Bestial devastation | |
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| Extended Play by Sepultura | |
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Publication |
1990 |
| Label (s) | Cogumelo Records |
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Format (s) |
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Title (number) |
8th |
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running time |
18:49 |
Bestial Devastation is an EP by the Brazilian metal band Sepultura . It was released in 1990 and contains Sepultura's contribution to the split release Século XX / Bestial Devastation with Overdose from 1985 and a remixed version of the title Troops of Doom from the debut album Morbid Visions .
Emergence
At the time of the recording for the split release with Overdose, the band was completely inexperienced; the pieces were recorded with overdriven amplifiers and produced by the band itself. They were recorded without a big drum , since drummer Igor Cavalera did not own a drum pedal and had never used one; he had learned to play the drums in 1983 and 1984 with only a snare drum , a floor tom and a cymbal .
Troops of Doom was recorded in August 1990 with 16 tracks in JG Studios, BH, Brazil by Gaugum, who was also the sound engineer in charge . The track was mixed down by Scott Burns . Henrique played the synthesizer.
Track list
- The Curse - 0:39
- Bestial Devastation - 3:06
- Antichrist - 3:46
- Necromancer - 3:52
- Warriors of Death - 4:07
- Troops of Doom - 3:19
Music style and lyrics
The music has been described as "really brutal," the instruments and production sound very raw. Max Cavalera's vocals consist of “manic death metal growls and evil screams”. Sepultura's texts are in English and deal with apocalyptic scenarios, satanism , death and destruction. Accordingly, the material can be classified as Death Metal , formerly Black Metal or Black Metal -influenced Thrash Metal .
Reviews
According to iommi600 from Ultimate-Guitar.Com , the poor production doesn't affect listening to the album; It's one of the band's most brutal works, and Igor Cavalera is really good for his age. The lyrics are not very impressive, but Max Cavalera's singing is very powerful.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sepultura . In: Damage Inc. , No. 1, 1987, p. 23.
- ↑ Idelber Avelar: Heavy Metal Music in Postdictatorial Brazil: Sepultura and the Coding of Nationality in sound . In: Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies , Volume 12, No. 3, 2003, p. 336, accessed March 30, 2013.
- ^ Metalion : Sepultura . In: Jon Kristiansen : SLAYER. N ° 1 to 5 . Rosières en Haye: Camion Blanc 2009, p. 425.
- ↑ a b c d e f iommi600: Bestial Devastation [EP] Review , October 21, 2011, accessed March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Idelber Avelar: Otherwise National: Locality and Power in the Art of Sepultura . In: Jeremy Wallach, Harris M. Berger, Paul D. Greene: Metal Rules the Globe: Heavy Metal Music Around the World . Duke University Press 2011, p. 143, accessed March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Martin Loga: Sepultura / Morbid Visions / Bestial Devastation , February 27, 2009, accessed on March 30, 2013.