''The Worst'' is the fourth and final studio album by the Brazilian
extreme metal
Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual tran ...
band
Sarcófago
Sarcófago was a Brazilian extreme metal band formed in 1985. They were fronted by Sepultura's original singer, Wagner Lamounier, and Geraldo Minelli.
The front cover of the band's debut album, '' I.N.R.I.'', is regarded as a great influence ...
.
Wagner Lamounier and Gerald Minelli view this record as a "summation" of the band's career.
[Franzin, 1997, p. 16.]
''The Worst'' is notable for not only having a more
death metal
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-oriented sound than the band's earlier works, but also containing traces of the then-popular genre of
groove metal
Groove metal, sometimes also called neo-thrash or post-thrash, is a subgenre of heavy metal music that began in the early 1990s. The genre is primarily derived from thrash metal, but played in slower tempos, and making use of rhythmic guitar pa ...
. The music is also slower than that on the band's previous album ''
Hate
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'' and features a more prominent use of
programmed drums.
The album cover features a photograph of Said Augusto, a close friend of the band.
Track listing
Personnel
*
Wagner Lamounier – lead vocals, guitar
* Gerald Minelli – backing vocals, bass
* Eugênio "Dead Zone" – keyboards, drum programming
References
1997 albums
Sarcófago albums
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