COUNTRY: Brazil
YEAR: 1987
STAND-OUT TRACK(S): All of them, from start to finish!
Sarcófago (Portuguese for 'sarcophagus') was formed in 1985 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Equally indebted to Finnish hardcore punk and early extreme metal groups such as Bathory, Celtic Frost, and Slayer, Sarcófago's goal was to create the most aggressive music ever. Wagner Lamounier, who parted acrimoniously from Sepultura in March of 1985, was invited to join the band. Although Sepultura never recorded anything with Lamounier, he contributed the lyrics to the song "Antichrist" on their Bestial Devastation EP. Sarcófago’s vinyl debut was on the Cogumelo Produções split album Warfare Noise I, originally released in 1986. Sarcófago contributed the three tracks "Recrucify", "The Black Vomit" and "Satanas". Their music and lyrics were considered shocking at the time, something which brought them a considerable amount of attention. The band's line-up at that point consisted of "Butcher" (guitars), "Antichrist" (Lamounier; vocals), "Incubus" (Geraldo Minelli; bass) and "Leprous" (Armando Sampaio; drums).
A”Christ’s Death” also called the "INRI” demo, was recorded in 4 channels in August 1987. Came with Xeroxed covers and Regular tapes. Another cover exists with the exact same layout, but it has the word "INRI" on the cover along with the picture.
OPINION: Sarcofago is my absolute favorite band from Brazil and also in top if we look at the entire South American continent.
As I read somewhere … Brazilian insanity. Very few bands were this fucking nuts in 1987. A band whose early cult status is fully deserved. Four track analog chaos that served as a blueprint for an entire generation of extreme music.
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