Track Listing

1. Sarcastic Existence
2. Slaves Of Pain
3. Lobotomy
4. Hungry
5. Primitive Future
6. Beneath The Remains
7. Inner Self
8. Stronger Than Hate
9. Mass Hypnosis

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13468 in Music
• Released on: 2000-05-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered

Customer Reviews

Super fast rifforama thrash at its break neck best
The first album i bought was sepulturas 'roots' album and that was excellent but compared to this its no contest. This is the best sepultura album in my opinion as it does not let up once. It only has 9 songs altho each song is superb with my personal favourite 'slaves of pain' which is full of riffing and and a great guitar solo. What makes this album so good is the speed of the drumming and changing in direction of the tempo in the songs. I dont think the vocals are spectacular altho they are short and sharp and fit in well with the guitars and drumming. I think this album would be great for in the gym and getting oneself pumped up. It takes your breath away, its superb and its sepultura at their brutal best.

amazing metal album
This is the simply the best metal/thrash metal/death metal album I own. Only Lamb Of God really come close with 'Ashes...' and 'Sacrament'. Until recently my fave thrash album was Metallica - Ride The Lightning, but this effort by Sepultura blows it away. With ease.

I also own 'Arise' and 'Chaos AD' but 'Beneath...' is their strongest effort....Arise is pretty close though! Max's vocals are that rare treat in that they are definitely very metal, almost a death metal howl, but they are still intelligible. A bit like Amon Amarth's vocalist. The singing fits the music perfectly too. Every song is completely chock full of riffs, but they aren't just piled up needlessly. Every riff, solo and time signature has a purpose, and lead somewhere. Even though the style is definitely thrash and the tempo is usually very high....heavy on the double bass pedal, etc. Sepultura also get into some really heavy grooves. Perfect for nodding ya head to! And briefly to mention the solos....they are blistering. As technical as any band.

It can truly be said without hesitation that Beneath The Remains isn't just Sepultura's finest effort, but also thrash metals crown jewl. Better than Slayer's 'Reign...' any of Metallica's early output. Far better than anything by Anthrax. Sepultura's attack is so furious, but somehow still highly melodic, and technical. Very agreeable! As mentioned, the only band who really comes close is Lamb of God. Those guys rule! Oh yeah, and a little known band going by the name of Megadeth.

Cheers.

Bullseye.
This album dares to tread the thin line between Thrash and Death Metal. Whilst subsequent albums became gradually slower, more technical and more thought-out, this one is a heads-down, propeller-banging classic. Albums as straightforward as this are rarely made these days.
That is not to say that all the tracks sound the same - just that tempo changes are used where the songs require them, rather than being injected for the sake of music journalists.
To be honest, the intensity of the album is such that 30 mins is quite enough, and despite their sustained quality you can possibly live without the last two tracks. This is thrash from the very top drawer, and although it may not sound so revolutionary now as in its day, it still blows everything around it away.