Beneath the Remains
Beneath the Remains is Sepultura's third studio album, released on 7 April 1989. The Brazilian band had spent their early records in a rawer, black metal-influenced style, and here they sharpened it into death-tinged thrash, with better production and stronger songwriting than before. It followed Schizophrenia from 1987 and was their first release through Roadracer Records.
This is the record that took Sepultura beyond Brazil and made the extreme metal scene sit up and listen. No singles came from it, but "Inner Self" became their first music video. It also points the way towards the more technical, progressive sound of Arise in 1991. Max Cavalera felt the band had really found their style here, and Decibel agreed, inducting it into its Hall of Fame in January 2013, which made Sepultura the first band with more than one album in that company.
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Beneath the Remains: tracklist, credits and charts
9 tracks · 42:07Tracklist
- 1Beneath the RemainsCavalera, Cavalera, Kisser, Jr.5:14
- 2Inner SelfCavalera, Cavalera, Kisser, Jr.5:10
- 3Stronger Than HateCavalera, Cavalera, Kisser, Jr., Shaefer5:52
- 4Mass HypnosisCavalera, Cavalera, Kisser, Jr.4:26
- 5Sarcastic ExistenceCavalera, Cavalera, Kisser, Jr.4:45
- 6Slaves of PainCavalera, Cavalera, Kisser, Jr.4:03
- 7LobotomyCavalera, Cavalera, Kisser, Jr.4:58
- 8HungryCavalera, Cavalera, Kisser, Jr.4:30
- 9Primitive FutureCavalera, Cavalera, Kisser, Jr.3:09
- Produced by
- Scott Burns, Igor Cavalera, Max Cavalera, Andreas Kisser, Paulo Jr., Sepultura
- Recorded at
- Nas Nuvens Studio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Recorded
- 15–28 December 1988
- Mixed by
- Scott Burns, Max Cavalera, Tom Morris
- Mixed at
- Morrisound Recording
- Engineered by
- Scott Burns
- Label
- Roadracer Records
- Length
- 42:07
Line-up
- Igor Cavalera · drums (drum set)
- Max Cavalera · guitar, lead vocals
- Andreas Kisser · guitar
- Paulo Jr. · bass guitar
- Francis M. Howard · background vocals · guest
- Scott Latour · background vocals · guest
- Kelly Shaefer · background vocals · guest
- John Tardy · background vocals · guest
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| Croatian Foreign Albums (TOTS) · 2020 | 3 |
| UK Indie Chart · 1989 | 9 |
| Hungarian Albums · 2020 | 22 |
| German Albums · 2020 | 96 |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + wikidata; also seen: 1989-11-05 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 5 November 1989 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 7 April 1989 | |
| Wikidata | 7 April 1989 | |
| US release | 1989 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1989 | earliest UK or European date |
17 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | US | Roadracer Records | 016861951115 | other |
| 1989 | XE | Roadracer Records | 016861951115 | other |
| 1989 | US | R/C Records | 016861951122 | other |
| 1989 | US | R/C Records | 016861951122 | other |
| 1989 | XE | Roadracer Records | 016861951122 | other |
| 1989 | BR | Estúdio Eldorado | other | |
| May 1990 | XE | Roadracer Records | 016861951122 | remaster |
| 21 August 1991 | JP | Far East Metal Syndicate | 4988015039016 | other |
| 1993 | BR | Roadracer Records | other | |
| 1997 | XE | Roadrunner Records | 016861876623 | remaster |
| 10 January 1997 | US | Roadrunner Records | 016861876623 | other |
| 10 January 1997 | US | Roadrunner Records | 016861876623 | other |
| 10 August 2007 | DE | Cargo Records | 4024572301279 | other |
| 2009 | RU | Universal Music Russia | 4605026001305 | other |
| 2020 | BR | Roadracer Records | 603497849833 | remaster |
| 20 February 2020 | XW | Rhino Atlantic | 603497849857 | deluxe |
| 3 April 2020 | US | Roadrunner Records | 603497849833 | deluxe |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · native: native 4000x4000, downscaled to 3000
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 4000×4000 | native: native 4000x4000, downscaled to 3000 |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |