''Schizophrenia'' is the second studio album by Brazilian

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band

Sepultura Sepultura (, "grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17. is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera,Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 16. the band was a major force in the groove metal, thra ...

, released on October 30, 1987 by

Cogumelo Records Cogumelo Records is a Brazilian independent record label that concentrates on heavy metal bands. Cogumelo Records first began as a record store in Belo Horizonte in 1980 and in 1985 became a record label. The same year the label would release ...

. It is the first album for the band with

Andreas Kisser Andreas Rudolf Kisser (; born 24 August 1968) is a Brazilian musician, best known for being the lead guitarist for the metal band Sepultura. He has been featured on every Sepultura release since their second album, ''Schizophrenia''. Additionally, ...

. The album's sound leans more towards the death/thrash metal genre than the previous album ''

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'', which is stylistically closer to

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. All songs were recorded during August 1987, except for the bonus track "Troops of Doom" which was recorded during August 26–27, 1990. In America the band sent radio playlists at the time when they were struggling to book gigs because club owners were afraid to book them due to their style.

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signed them and released ''Schizophrenia'' internationally before seeing the band perform in person.

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Kisser states that, when he joined Sepultura in '87, he

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Sepultura *

Max Cavalera Massimiliano Antonio "Max" Cavalera (; born August 4, 1969) is a Brazilian musician. He co-founded the heavy metal band Sepultura in 1984 with his brother Igor Cavalera, and was the band's lead singer and rhythm guitarist until his departure i ...

– vocals, rhythm guitar, bass *

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, percussion *

– lead guitar, bass (uncredited) *

Paulo Jr. Paulo Xisto Pinto Júnior (born 30 April 1969) is a Brazilian musician best known as the bassist for heavy metal band Sepultura. He joined Sepultura after Roberto Raffan left the band in 1984, becoming Sepultura's second bassist. Although no o ...

– bass (credited, but did not perform) Additional personnel *Henrique Portugal – synthesizers *Paulo Gordo – violins Technical personnel *Tarso Senra – engineer *Gauguim – engineer on track 10 * Scott Burns – mixing on track 10 *Fabiana – photography *Jeff Daniels – producer (reissue) *George Marino – remastering (reissue) *Don Kaye – liner notes (reissue)

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