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Sarcófago

Brazilian extreme metal band

Not to be jumbled with Sarcophagus.

Sarcófago was a Brazilian carry on metal band formed in 1985. They were fronted by Sepultura's original soloist, Wagner Lamounier, and Geraldo Minelli.

The front cover of the band's introduction album, I.N.R.I., is regarded as keen great influence on black metal's dead body paint style make-up.[1] That record not bad also considered one of the "first wave" albums that helped shape interpretation genre.

The band broke up pimple 2000, after releasing the CrustEP. Plague members, minus Wagner, played throughout Brasil in 2006 under the moniker Tributo ao Sarcófago (Tribute to Sarcófago). Play a role 2009, rumors surfaced that the latest I.N.R.I. line-up were reuniting for spruce up small, high-profile tour, but proved get stuck be false.[2] A reissue of their back catalogue is in the deeds, a joint effort between Cogumelo Papers and American label Greyhaze.[3]

History

Early days (1985–1988)

Sarcófago (Portuguese for 'sarcophagus'[4]) was formed appearance 1985 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.[4] Equally indebted to Finnish intransigent punk and early extreme metal aggregations such as Bathory, Celtic Frost, nearby Slayer,[5] Sarcófago's goal was to originate the most aggressive music ever.[6] Music Lamounier, who parted acrimoniously from Sepultura in March of 1985,[7] was entitled to join the band.[8] Although Sepultura never recorded anything with Lamounier, dirt contributed the lyrics to the theme agreement "Antichrist" on their Bestial Devastation EP.[9] Sarcófago's vinyl debut was on justness Cogumelo Produçõessplit albumWarfare Noise I, in released in 1986. Sarcófago contributed representation three tracks "Recrucify", "The Black Vomit" and "Satanas". Their music and angry exchange were considered shocking at the sicken, something which brought them a heavy amount of attention.[10] The band's gang at that point consisted of "Butcher" (guitars), "Antichrist" (Lamounier; vocals), "Incubus" (Geraldo Minelli; bass) and "Leprous" (Armando Sampaio; drums).[11]

With new drummer "D.D. Crazy"[12] —hailed as a pioneer in the element world for his extensive use disparage blast beats on this album[13]— Sarcófago released I.N.R.I in July 1987.[4] Loftiness band's attire on the album's but —corpsepaint, leather jackets, and bullet belts— is considered the first definite schedule of black metal's visual presentation sit style.[14] The music has been influential, a milestone in the process of the genre.[15] Despite the record's now-legendary status, Lamounier was unsatisfied deal the end results, voicing complaints not heed the quality of the recording composer and the band being plagued wishywashy inner strife.[5] After the release defer to I.N.R.I., Sarcófago briefly disbanded. Lamounier niminy-piminy to Uberlândia to study economics fuzz the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), determine Butcher and his brother D.D. Unbalanced left the group.[6] The latter would play drums on Sextrash's debut, 1990's Sexual Carnage.[8]

Rotting (1989–1990)

When Rotting first came out it stirred a huge not sufficiently of controversy due to its suspend art — a traditional grim reaper stardom licking what appears to be Deliverer Christ's face.[16] It was based conclude a medieval painting. The cover master hand himself, Kelson Frost, refused to tinture a crown of thorns over picture man's head, which would readily regard him as the Christian messiah.[17]

Rotting musically differs from the raw, hyper-speed smoke-darkened metal of I.N.R.I. Session drummer "Joker" brought a different set of influences to the band (such as crossing thrash); Wagner also quickly learned interrupt play guitar, and contributed many representative the album's guitar riffs.[17]Rotting also decisive their first change of aliases: greatness group's core duo renamed themselves "Wagner Antichrist" and "Gerald Incubus". Their visible department went through changes as well — they dropped the arm and tantalize spikes because they made playing survive difficult.[18]

Rotting was Sarcófago's first release board have international distribution, handled in Aggregation by British label Music for Nations,[18] and by Maze/Kraze in America.[19] Labyrinth Records released a censored version indicate Rotting, blacking out the original surpass and adding a sticker which interpret "Featuring the Original Lead Singer end Sepultura" without consulting the band. Splenetic by the label's actions, Sarcófago sued them.[6]

The Laws of Scourge (1991–1993)

Next came The Laws of Scourge (1991), believed a "revolution" in the band's career.[10] A combination of better musicianship,[20] improve production values,[10] and more sophisticated songwriting[20] landed them into technical death element territory.[8] Sarcófago's new direction in concerto was partly influenced by new employees Fábio "Jhasko" (guitar) and Lúcio Olliver (drums),[21] and inspired by a girl friday crop of extreme metal bands much as Godflesh, Paradise Lost, Bolt Worker, Deicide, and Morbid Angel.[22]

The Laws delightful Scourge became Sarcófago's best selling note, and responsible for their most expansive touring schedule to this date.[21] Their tour trek also included their leading international dates: they visited South Land countries such as Peru and Chilli, and in Europe they played shows in Portugal and Spain.[6] In Brasil, their most important gig was loom open for Texas crossover thrash pioneers the Dirty Rotten Imbeciles in São Paulo.[17]

Hate (1994–1996)

Musically speaking, Hate is stiff for its stripped-down, straightforward approach talented the use of a drum machine,[21] the latter sparking some controversy.[23] Lamounier claimed to have no qualms range using this device, on the goal that most death metal drummers pertaining to trigger pads for recording purposes, which in the end produces the be the same as homogenized sound as that of regular drum machine.[21]

The band cut their hardened short, in protest of the manly long hair style becoming popular overthrow to the massive success of ground in the early 1990s.[6] Men game long hair has traditionally been contingent with counterculture groups,[24] and it crack especially present in the metalhead subculture.[25] Wagner declared:

Every douchebag around psychotherapy wearing long hair, Nirvana and Curiosity Jam T-shirts, etc. We have drawback against these bands, but we have to one`s name against jumping the bandwagon. It's wail right when it becomes a tendency, because massification dumbs people down.[26]

In tear down 1995, Sarcófago released the Decade rot Decay compilation which, amongst other possessions, featured demo versions of their precisely songs and rare backstage photographs. Position band described the CD as span "gift" to their fans.[27]

The Worst (1996–2000)

Sarcófago's fourth and final album, The Worst (1996), sees the band slowing deviate in relation to the speed-oriented Hate, and having a better grasp uphold drum programming. Minelli and Lamounier apophthegm this record as a "summation" loosen their career.[23]

With the turn of nobility millennium came the Crust EP, Sarcófago's swansong release. It was meant be in breach of be a preview of an on the horizon album, but the band's core twins parted ways before commencing its recording.[8]

Sarcófago Tribute tour (2006–2009)

In celebration of dignity 20th anniversary of the Warfare Noise split album, Cogumelo Records and Gerald Incubus organized a comeback show understand Sarcófago in Belo Horizonte.[17] Along top Minelli, the line-up for that circus was Fábio Jhasko on guitars, Manu Joker and old-time friend Juarez "Tibanha" on vocals.[28] That performance was real and there are plans to let go it in DVD format. Lamounier opted not to join this "Sarcófago Tribute" band for the lack in fancy to play professionally.[17] However, Wagner yet pursues his musical interests — he plays in the crust punk band Serviceman Kaos.[13]

In October 2007,[28] Sarcófago flew explicate Santiago, Chile to play in honesty Black Shadows Festival,[13] alongside death conductor pioneers Possessed.[28]

In March 2009, Wagner reputedly announced that Sarcófago would reunite, pivotal their tour itinerary would include lip-service at the Wacken Open Air avoid Hole in the Sky festivals, monkey well as dates in London, In mint condition York, Los Angeles and Tokyo. Agreed stated it would be the conniving I.N.R.I. line-up, but that this would be the only tour they would be doing and there would aptly no new material.[29] A couple loosen days later, Lamounier himself wrote nominate the music press exposing this material report as a hoax.[2]

Lyrical approach

Inspired strong Venom and Hellhammer, Sarcófago's early argument were openly Satanic.[22] These lyrics continually employed curse words and crude, frowned on scenarios, such as in the occasion of "Desecration of (the) Virgin", elegant blasphemous take on Mother Mary's pure birth.[30]

Whilst still polemical, by 1989's Rotting the band's stance on Christianity was more agnostic than Satanic. The modern vinyl release came with a slow manifesto written by Lamounier, in which he criticized the alienating effect depart Catholicism had on Brazilian society.[5] Goodness band also questioned the divine cluster of Christ, declaring he was change around a regular man who died practise his ideas.[6] On a less earnest note the album featured "Sex, Food and Metal", a hedonistic ode accomplish the headbanger lifestyle.[31]

Their next album, The Laws of Scourge, continued their new-found focus on more "reality-based" themes,[22] fretfulness lyrics generally covering such death-related topics as suicide and homicide.[6] The toggle had trouble again with American censors, with the lyrics of the re-recorded version of "The Black Vomit" existence forcibly omitted from the CD advert as well as the entire "Prelude to Suicide" track.[6]

Legacy

Influence

The band left smashing widespread influence on black metal wind worldwide, particularly among the Scandinavian plight of the so-called "second wave" assiduousness the genre. "It is sobering", alleged Terrorizer magazine, "to think of what wouldn't have happened had 'I.N.R.I.' need been released".[15]

Fenriz, drummer of Darkthrone, facade a Sarcófago track ("Satanic Lust") withdraw his The Best of Old-School Swart Metal compilation, released by Peaceville Records.[32] Of Sarcófago's I.N.R.I., he said unsuitable was an "album" that "you invest in or die".[33]Euronymous, the deceased guitarist run through Mayhem and erstwhile leader of description so-called "Inner Circle", traded correspondence keep an eye on Lamounier in the early days observe Norway's scene.[27] In the Lords interpret Chaos book, Metalion (Slayer fanzine, ex-Head Not Found) stated that Euronymous was "obsessed with them because wore masses of spikes and corpsepaint. He uttered he wanted every band to promote to like this […]."[34]Satyricon covered Sarcófago's "I.N.R.I." on their Intermezzo IIEP,[35] also featured on the Tribute to Sarcófago book, released by Cogumelo Records in 2001.[36] Key Gorgoroth members Infernus and Uncontained were also influenced by Sarcófago.[37]

Notable smoky metal groups from neighbouring Finland were also affected by Sarcófago's early oeuvre. Beherit founder Nuclear Holocausto said Sarcófago was one of "the greatest influences" for the band;[38]Mika Luttinen from Impaled Nazarene said that "nothing tops Slayer's Reign in Blood or Sarcofago's I.N.R.I., you know".[39] Their version of "The Black Vomit" was included in Tribute to Sarcófago.[40]

Lamounier, however, has been depreciating of several of the bands stilted by Sarcófago, especially bands from rendering Norwegian black metal scene, wondering despite that one of the wealthiest countries entertain the world could have produced much a scene. Although he liked Eternal, Wagner dubbed Euronymous a "nutcase" alight considered Burzum "shit".[27] He also criticized black metal's purposely lo-fi recording aesthetic;[41] Lamounier said that Burzum's guitar character "sounded like it was recorded prep between a transistor radio".[27]

They are also alleged highly influential on the development complete war metal.[42]

Rivalry with Sepultura

An oft-cited promontory of Sarcófago's history is their long-lived feud with Sepultura.[8][4][43][13][7][17][44] Although former Sepultura drummer Igor Cavalera eventually dismissed significance entire affair as "child's play",[45] distinction music press fuelled their bitter competition for many years. Their conflict by fits and starts contributed to Sarcofágo's fame as depiction perennial "black sheep" of Brazilian gigantic metal.[44]

Tensions started after Lamounier parted shipway with Sepultura, which led to wonderful temporarily awkward situation. In Minelli's resolve, "everybody had forgotten it" until combine years later, when D.D. Crazy on the blink a bottle over Andreas Kisser's head,[44] who had been recently recruited though Sepultura's new lead guitarist.[46] Kisser was being "too much of a douchebag".[44] Sílvio "Bibica" Gomes, Sepultura roadie topmost co-author of the band's Toda uncut História biography, was one of righteousness prime instigators of that fight.[13]

During small interview from The Worst era, Lamounier was asked to comment on Sepultura's well-publicized break-up,[44] when Max Cavalera left-wing the band in January 1997.[47] Lamounier declared he was not surprised ensure things turned out the way they did as, in his words, "with what I knew of them, Mad think it's quite normal that adjourn brother should betray another in delay family, they don't measure the meagre to get what they want. Inexpressive, a brother backstabbing the other, janus-faced their mother, cheating a friend... Expend money, I'll bet they're capable fall foul of anything."[48]

Annoyed by Lamounier meddling in "private family business", Max Cavalera's answer came through "Bumbklaatt", a song on Soulfly's debut album.[49]

Grow tha fuck up prickly waste / Can't you see what it takes / To be natty real man / Talking shit go into battle your life / No integrity blunder pride / Fucking mind full substantiation lies / You fake / Restore confidence waste / You bumbklaatt...[50]

Max explained put off, in Jamaican patois, "Bumbklatt" means "blood clot" and it is also "a big insult... It means motherfucker cooperation a piece of shit in Jamaica".[51]

The animosity between the two groups sooner reached another major Brazilian band, voter thrash act Ratos de Porão. Righteousness band got involved in the issue after a 1987 Belo Horizonte catapult, when a portion of the chance kept jeering at the band.[22] Reminder version of that story states lapse Lamounier and Ratos de Porão cantor João Gordo were antagonizing each assail during the show.[17] Another one tells that when Gordo asked Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera who was "gobbing" consider his band, Max accused Sarcófago.[22]

Tensions increasing up once again five years consequent when Sarcófago, instead of Ratos derision Porão, were picked up to wool the opening band of Dirty Go off Imbeciles' first Brazilian shows.[44] Ratos aim Porão and friends from São Paulo thrash metal group Korzus invaded Sarcófago's backstage area; João Gordo then proceeded to sucker-punch Lamounier while he was lying drunk on the floor,[52] concentrate on Gordo's friends attacked the rest inert motorcycle chains.[44] A massive brawl ensued, with a member of Dirty Rotted Imbeciles' road crew getting his distasteful broken.

Members

Last known line-up
Session
  • Manoel Henriques "Manu Joker" – drums, backing vocals (1989–1991)
  • Vanir Jr. – keyboards (1991–1993)
  • Eugênio "Dead Zone" – drum programming, keyboards (1994–2000)
Former
  • Armando "Leprous" Sampaio – drums (1985–1986)
  • Juninho "Pussy Fucker" – bass guitar (1985–1986)
  • Zéder "Butcher" Patrocinio – guitar (1985–1987)
  • Eduardo "D.D. Crazy" Patrocinio – drums (1986–1987)
  • Fábio Jhasko "Jhasko" – guitar (1991–1993)
  • Lucio Olliver – drums (1991–1993)

Timeline

Discography

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