''The Lost Tapes of Cogumelo'' is a compilation released by the Brazilian label

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 ...

in 1990. which includes the following bands: Overdose, Holocausto,

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, Sepultura,

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, and Chakal. All of the bands featured on this compilation were or became very influential on the Brazilian thrash and

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scene, and all of the songs available on it are

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material that could not be found anywhere else at the time of the album's release, what makes of this compilation a Brazilian equivalent to compilations such as the

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'' Metal Massacre'' or the British '' Metal for Muthas''.

Track listing

# Overdose: "Última Estrela" (4:34) # Holocausto: "Massacre" (4:22) # Sarcófago: "Christ's Death" (3:31) # Sarcófago: "Satanic Lust" (3:08) # Sepultura: "Necromancer" (4:11) # Mutilator: "Evil Conspiracy" (2:20) # Mutilator: "Visions of Darkness" (2:27) # Chakal: "Children Sacrifice" (3:00)

References

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