'Bestial Devastation' is an ep by Brazilian metal band Sepultura, originally released in 1985 through Cogumelo Records.
It is their first official release, and originally appeared alongside Overdose's Século XX as a split album.
Later on, it became the bonus tracks of the 'Morbid Visions' cd version (re-released on Roadrunner).
Over the next few months it sold 8,000 copies. Sepultura's surprising success was partly attributed to the first Rock in Rio, which took place in Rio de Janeiro on January 1985. This music festival's line-up included Whitesnake, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Queen, Ozzy Osbourne and the Scorpions, and was responsible for Brazil's hard rock / heavy metal boom.
The ep was later reissued by Roadrunner Records on one CD with Morbid Visions in 1997. The reissue included a demo version of the song "Necromancer" that was the first studio recording of the band, and a live version of "Antichrist" from the Chaos A.D. tour, re-written as "Anticop".
Credits:
Max "Possessed" Cavalera – vocals, rhythm guitar
Jairo "Tormentor" Guedz – lead guitar
Paulo "Destructor" Jr – bass guitar
Igor "Skullcrusher" Cavalera – drums, percussion
Recorded and mixed in two days on 8 tracks in August 1985 at J. G. Estudios, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Back cover photo by Vânia Cavalera
Remastered for the Roadrunner Records release by Michael Sarsfield at Frankford/Wayne, New York, USA
