"Ratamahatta" is a song by Brazilian metal band

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. It was the third and final single from the band's 1996 album ''Roots''. It is also the last Sepultura single to feature founding frontman

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. The song is amongst the band's best-known and remains a concert staple to this day. A music video was created for the song using stop-motion animation which explores the themes of the song. This video can be found on the VHS ''Sepultura: We Are What We Are'', which was later released on DVD as part of ''Chaos DVD''. The song features guest appearances from

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on vocals and then Korn drummer

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on percussion. It is amongst Sepultura's most percussive and tribal songs. The song also appears in live form on the band's live release '' Under a Pale Grey Sky''.

Artwork

The artwork is a painting which reflects the video. Featured primarily on the sleeve is

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Releases

The single was released on 2 CDs and 7" vinyl. The first CD was presented in a card foldout

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case, while the second was in a standard slimline jewel case. Early copies of the digipak version were embossed with a stamp of the band's thorned ‘S' logo. The vinyl was a strictly limited edition.

Track listing

CD1 (

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) #"Ratamahatta" (edit) #"War" (

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cover) #" Slave New World" (live) #"Amen/Inner Self" (live) CD2 #"Ratamahatta" (edit) #"War" (

cover) #"Dusted" (demo version) #"

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" (demo version) 7" vinyl #"Ratamahatta" #"Mass Hypnosis" (live) (from ''

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'') *Note that all of these B-sides except for "Mass Hypnosis" (live) and "Amen/Inner Self" (live) would be collected on ''

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''. *"Slave New World" (live) and "Amen/Inner Self" (live) were recorded live in

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in March 1994.

Cover versions

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covers the song live. A recording of this can be found on the

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''.

In popular culture

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used this as his entrance song at

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.Thiago Silva UFC 102 Entrance music

Personnel

– lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

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– lead guitar * Paulo Jr. – bass *

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– drums ;Additional personnel *

– backing vocals *

– percussion *Produced by

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and

*Recorded and engineered by

*Mixed by Andy Wallace *Assistant engineer: Richard Kaplan

References

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