"Arise" is

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's first official single, as well as the first of three to be released from the album of the same name. The song is one of Sepultura's best known songs and is sometimes called a thrash metal masterpiece.

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states that it's his favorite Sepultura song and he's especially proud of it.

History

At this stage in their career the band had recorded little material to be used as B-sides, which is why the Arise singles are so similar. B-sides on this single were taken from the ''

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'' VHS.

Music video

A controversial music video for the song was produced and can be found on the VHS release ''Third World Chaos'', which was later released on

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as part of ''Chaos DVD''. The video was filmed in

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and features footage of the band playing during daylight, mixed with images of a

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-like figure in a gas mask, hung on a cross. The video was banned by MTV America due to its apocalyptic religious imagery.

Cover versions

*American deathcore band Crematorium on ''Various Cover Sessions'' EP, 1997 – also released on the ''World of Pain: A Tribute to Sepultura'' CD, 1999. *Swedish death metal and thrash metal band

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on ''Sepultural Feast: A Tribute to Sepultura'' CD, 1998. *Finnish extreme power metal band

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on the Japanese and UK editions of their fifth album, ''

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'', 2008. *Indonesian death metal band DeadSquad covered the track on their debut album ''Horror Vision'', 2009. *American thrash metal band Havok included their cover on ''Point of No Return'' EP, 2012. *Belgian death metal

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released their version on ''Scriptures of the Dead'' EP, 2014.Aborted - Scriptures Of The Dead at Encyclopaedia Metallum
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Track listing

#"Arise" (album version) #"Inner Self" (from ''

'') #"Troops of Doom" (from ''Under Siege (Live in Barcelona)'')

Personnel

– lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

Igor Cavalera Igor Graziano Cavalera (born 4 September 1970) is a Brazilian musician, best known as the former drummer for the heavy metal band Sepultura, which he co-founded with his brother Max in 1984. Max left the band in 1996, and Cavalera himself wo ...

– drums *

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– lead guitar, bass (uncredited) * Paulo Jr. – bass (credited, but did not perform) *Produced by Scott Burns and

*Recorded and engineered by Scott Burns *Mixed by Andy Wallace *Assistant engineers: ''Fletcher McClean'' and ''Steve Sisco''

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