Here we have another product from Minas Gerais — this time a song by Sepultura, Antichrist, from before they veered off into those weird and deplorable directions.
Some people say Sepultura’s best album is Arise (and indeed, by CHAOS AD you can already notice the beginning of the nonsense), but for me, their finest work lies in the EP Bestial Devastation (1985), the first release that included this song, and later in Morbid Visions, where the EP was reissued as bonus tracks on the 1991 CD version of that album.
Released by Cogumelo Records, Bestial Devastation was Sepultura’s first official release and originally came out together with Século XX by Overdose, as a split. The EP, along with Morbid Visions, was re-recorded by Max and Igor Cavalera’s band Cavalera Conspiracy — under the name Cavalera — in 2023.
Lyrics
Born from Hell
The supreme force of evil
To destroy the altar
And slaughter the christian’s bornChurches will be destroyed
Crosses will be broken
He’s laughing in blasphemy
Like a domination of deathAntichrist
The war is started
Heavens on fire
From the deep of Hell
Leaving words of hateAntichrist
The terror is declared
The final fight started
The Antichrist and Lucifer
Fighting with angels and GodAntichrist
P.S.: Lyrics written by Wagner “Antichrist” Lamounier. The song was composed by Max “Possessed” Cavalera.
P.S.2: Video provided by the Metal Uploads Archive channel.