Sarcófago "Die... Hard!"

Die... Hard! is a compilation album from Brazilian Death Metal band Sarcófago.

Tracklist:

1. Intro da Satanas 02:20
2. Satanás 02:32
3. Nightmare 06:47
4. Third Slaughter 06:12
5. Intro da Satanas 02:31
6. Satanas 02:29
7. Nightmare 06:26
8. Third Slaughter 06:19
9. Intro 00:37
10. Satanas 02:23
11. Nightmare 06:07
12. Third Slaughter 05:37
13. Black Vomit 02:33
14. I.N.R.I. 02:52
15. Christ’s Death 03:15
16. Desecration of Virgin 01:59
17. Satanic Lust 02:52
18. Alcoholic Coma 05:50
19. Secrets of a Window 05:09
20. Satanic Lust (Instrumental) 03:39

Time: 01:18:29

The full title appears on the back/spine.

Manufactured by (under demand of) Voice Music.

Distributed in USA by Greyhaze Records.

Compilation of demos and rehearsals.

Tracks 1 to 8 taken from an unreleased demo recorded in 1985, in two different versions.
Tracks 9 to 12 taken from Satanic Lust demo tape.
Track 13 is an unreleased studio track from the Warfare Noise I sessions.
Track 14 is an "I.N.R.I." rehearsal demo version.
Track 15 to 17 taken from Christ's Death demo tape.
Track 18 is an "Alcoholic Coma" rehearsal demo version from Rehearsals 89.
Track 19 is a "Secrets of a Window" rehearsal demo version.
Track 20 is an outtake from sessions for The Worst.

Sarcófago "The Worst/Crust (2007 Cogumelo Records, Remastered)"

The Worst is the fourth and final studio album by the Brazilian extreme metal band Sarcófago. Wagner Lamounier and Gerald Minelli view this record as a "summation" of the band's career.

The Worst is notable for not only having a more death metal-oriented sound than the band's earlier works, but also containing traces of the then-popular genre of groove metal. The music is also slower than that on the band's previous album Hate and features a more prominent use of programmed drums.

The album cover features a photograph of Said Augusto, a close friend of the band.

Tracklist:

1. The End (Intro) 01:16   
2. The Worst 06:24
3. Army of the Damned (The Prozac's Generation) 04:34
4. God Bless the Whores 07:26  
5. Plunged in Blood 04:30
6. Satanic Lust 03:36  
7. The Necrophiliac 06:11
8. Shave Your Heads 03:32
9. Purification Process 03:38  
10. Sonic Images of the New Millennium Decay 01:55
11. Day of the Dead 03:39
12. F.O.M.B.M. (Fuck Off the Melodic Black Metal!) 02:54
13. Crust 03:11   

Time:  52:46  

Remastered and re-issued including the four tracks from the "Crust" EP as bonus.

Recording information:

Taped at Drama and Polifonia (December and February '95/96).

Sarcófago "The Laws Of Scourge"

The Laws of Scourge is the second studio album by the Brazilian extreme metal band Sarcófago. It was on this album that the band's lyrical content shifted from Satanism to more realistic subject matter; "Midnight Queen" is about a prostitute, while "Screeches from the Silence" is about living life in a care-free manner. After the lo-fi black/thrash metal style of I.N.R.I., The Laws of Scourge marks a change in musical style, with the band playing clearer and more proficient death/thrash metal. This was also the last full-length record to feature a human drummer, as from Hate onwards, the band would use a drum machine.

Track listing

1. "The Laws of Scourge" 3:29
2. "Piercings" 5:00
3. "Midnight Queen" 6:19
4. "Screeches from the Silence" 3:51
5. "Prelude to a Suicide" 3:56
6. "The Black Vomit" 2:26
7. "Secrets of a Window" 6:43

CD version bonus tracks

1. "Little Julie" 4:41
2. "Crush, Kill, Destroy" 5:30

A video was made for the song "Screeches from the Silence".

Recording information:

Recorded in August, 1991 at J.G. Studios (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil).

Recorded and mixed by Gauguin and Sarcófago.

Produced by Cogumelo Produções and Sarcófago.

Sarcófago "Rotting (EP)"

Rotting is an EP by the Brazilian extreme metal band Sarcófago. It was released in August 1989. Prior to recording, drummer Eduardo "D.D. Crazy" left the band to join Sextrash and was replaced by Manoel "M. Joker" Henriques. The EP was recorded following a brief tour to promote the band's debut release I.N.R.I. and was licensed to Music for Nations in Europe. The EP's cover was censored upon its release in the US. Later, the EP was seized by the authorities from European importers and distributors, once again because of its controversial cover, which depicts what appears to be a traditional grim reaper making out with Jesus Christ.

The EP features a much more technical approach than the band's previous effort I.N.R.I.. Additionally, instead of a collection of relatively short songs, the EP features four tracks over 6 minutes in length, the longest, "Tracy", nearly reaching the 9 minute mark. The EP does, however, retain the death metal sound of I.N.R.I., featuring several tempo and riff changes in amongst odd song structures, with "Tracy" containing approximately 20 riffs. The EP is also noticeably fast with the average tempo for each song being 260 beats per minute.

Although Wagner Lamounier is the only guitarist present on the EP, the guitar tracks have been given a stereo mix whereby they can be heard in two channels instead of one; the guitar in the right channel has had its pitch altered slightly, giving the impression that there are two guitarists playing simultaneously.

Track listing

1. "The Lust" (Antichrist) 0:29
2. "Alcoholic Coma" (Antichrist) 6:07
3. "Tracy" (Antichrist) 8:52
4. "Rotting" (Antichrist) 7:05
5. "Sex, Drinks And Metal" (Incubus, Antichrist) 3:30
6. "Nightmare" (Butcher, Antichrist) 6:44

The original CD pressing has the band's name erroneously printed on both flaps of the back cover as 'SARCAFAGO'.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed in 16 tracks at J.G. Studios, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Sarcófago "I.N.R.I. (1992 Reissue, Cogumelo Records)"

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

The front cover of the band's debut album, I.N.R.I., is regarded as a great influence on black metal's corpse paint style make-up. That record is also considered one of the "first wave" albums that helped shape the genre.

I.N.R.I. is the debut album by the Brazilian extreme metal band Sarcófago. It was recorded in July and released in August 1987.

Originally self-released as a cassette with photocopied covers. This album was re-released numerous times, with three different covers: orange (classic), blue and brown skeleton. The 2002 CD re-release by Cogumelo Records has 15 tracks.

Since their inception, Sarcófago's aim was to make the most aggressive music ever. Early musical blueprints included extreme metal stalwarts Celtic Frost, Bathory and Slayer, along with Finnish hardcore punk bands like Terveet Kädet and Rattus. The extensive use of blast beats on this album by drummer Eduardo "D.D. Crazy" made him a pioneer in the metal world. I.N.R.I.'s release has been considered a milestone in the evolution of black metal, although band bassist Geraldo "Incubus" Minelli continues to consider Sarcófago, to this date, a death metal band.

I.N.R.I. influenced black metal circles worldwide, particularly the Scandinavian portion of the so-called "second wave" of the genre. "It is sobering," claimed Terrorizer magazine, "to think of what wouldn't have happened had 'I.N.R.I.' not been released."

Fenriz of Darkthrone included a Sarcófago track ("Satanic Lust") in his The Best of Old-School Black Metal compilation released by Peaceville Records. Of Sarcófago's I.N.R.I., he said it was an "album" that "you buy or die." Euronymous, the deceased guitarist of Mayhem and erstwhile leader of the so-called "Inner Circle", traded correspondence with Lamounier in the early days of Norway's scene. According to the Lords of Chaos book, Euronymous was "obsessed" with Sarcófago's early image, and wanted all black metal bands to be modelled after it. Satyricon covered Sarcófago's "I.N.R.I." on their Intermezzo II EP, also featured on the Tribute to Sarcófago album, released by Cogumelo Records in 2001.

Notable black metal groups from neighbouring Finland were also affected by Sarcófago's early output. Mika Luttinen from Impaled Nazarene said that "nothing tops Slayer's Reign in Blood or Sarcófago's I.N.R.I., you know." Their version of "The Black Vomit" was included in Tribute to Sarcófago.

In 2009, IGN included I.N.R.I. in their "10 Great Black Metal Albums" list.

Tracklist:

1. Satanic Lust 03:09
2. Desecration of Virgin 02:03  
3. Nightmare 05:38   
4. I.N.R.I. 02:09  
5. Christ's Death 03:35   
6. Satanas 02:07  
7. Ready to Fuck 03:29  
8. Deathrash 01:35  
9. The Last Slaughter 04:48  
10. Recrucify 02:27   
11. The Black Vomit 02:23   

Time:   33:23  

This version includes coloured artwork and back cover made in two colors: red and yellow.

Tracks 10 and 11 are bonus songs, taken from "Warfare Noise I" compilation.

Recording information:

Recorded at J.G. Studio in August 1987.