Tuesday, August 31, 2010



Song of the day 8/31/2010
Sepultura
Beneath the Remains

Sepultura (Portuguese for "grave"[1]) is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984.[2] The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s,[3] with their later experiments melding nu metal,[4] hardcore punk, industrial music and extreme metal.[5][6]

Sepultura have released eleven studio albums so far, the latest being A-Lex (2009). Their most successful records are Arise (1991),[7] Chaos A.D. (1993), and Roots (1996),[8] each of them having surpassed the one million mark worldwide. Sepultura has sold over 15 million units worldwide,[9] gaining multiple gold and platinum records across the globe, including in countries as diverse as France,[10][11] Australia,[12] Indonesia,[13] United States,[14] Cyprus[15] and their native Brazil.[16]

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