SARCOFAGO

 

SEPULTURA

Early incarnation of the band with Wagner, who after a dispute about ”lost” instruments went on to create SARCOFAGO.

SARCOFAGO

 

SARCOFAGO

 

SARCOFAGO (BLASPHEMOUS FANZINE #1, 1991)

 

WAGNER ANTICHRIST OF SARCOFAGO

Courtesy of Black Death Nostalgia

 

SARCOFAGO (SEPTICORE #5, 1990)

 

SARCOFAGO FIRST PHOTOSESSION

 

SARCOFAGO AT CEMITÉRIO DO BONFIM

This legendary and simply awesome photo of Sarcofago was taken at Cemitério do Bonfim, Belo Horizonte in Brazil.

Photos down below courtesy of OscuroFuneralWeb

Click on the map to find out where it is!

If you are like me have a general interest in cemeteries, then here you have some more photos from the same location. Click for bigger versions!

SARCOFAGO ”CHRIST’S DEATH” [DEMO TAPE] 1987

GENRE: Death Metal
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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