Sarcofago

Along with the now legendary Sepultura, Sarcófago (translation: "sarcophagus") integrated the first wave of Brazilian death metal bands, a ragged collective that stormed out of the South American nation just as it was emerging from decades spent under an oppressive military dictatorship. Though the country's metal scene was understandably small and close-knit at the time, from the very start Sarcófago were committed to doing things differently. Not only were they the most extreme and inaccessible of Brazil's early death metal champions, verging on and, some claim, pioneering w...