Sepultura
Country of origin: Brazil
Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (early); São Paulo, São Paulo (later)
Status: Active
Formed in: 1984
Genre: Death/Thrash Metal (early); Nu-Metal, Groove/Thrash Metal (later)
Lyrical themes: Satanism, Death, Anti-fascism (early); Politics, Society, Literature (later)
Current label: Nuclear Blast
Years active: 1984-present
Schizophrenia
Type: Full-length
Release date: October 30th, 1987
Catalog ID: COG 009
Label: Cogumelo Records
Reissue, Remastered
Release date: 1997
Catalog ID: RR 8764-2
Version desc.: Reissue, Remastered
Label: Roadrunner Records
1. Intro 00:33
2. From the Past Comes the Storms 04:57
3. To the Wall 05:39
4. Escape to the Void 04:41
5. Inquisition Symphony 07:16
6. Screams Behind the Shadows 04:51
7. Septic Schizo 04:34
8. The Abyss 01:03
9. R.I.P. (Rest in Pain) 04:39
10. Troops of Doom (Bonus) 03:17
11. The Past Reborns the Storms (Demo version) (Bonus) 05:08
12. Septic Schizo (Rough mix) (Bonus) 04:34
13. To the Wall (Rough mix) (Bonus) 05:31
Band members:
Igor Cavalera – Drums
Max Cavalera – Vocals, Guitars (rhythm), Lyrics (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9)
Andreas Kisser – Guitars (lead, acoustic), Bass, Vocals (backing) (tracks 2, 3), Lyrics (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9)
Guest/Session:
Paolo Gordo – Violin
Henrique – Keyboards
Miscellaneous staff:
Tarso Senra – Mastering, Engineering
Scott Burns – Mixing (Remaster)
Gauguim – Engineering, Recording (Remaster)
Korg – Lyrics (track 3)
Jeff Daniels – Producer (Reissue)
George Marino (R.I.P. 2012) – Remastering
Ibsen – Artwork
Fabiana – Photography
Jairo Tormentor – Songwriting
Produced by Cogumelo Records.
The classical intro is “O Fortuna”, the opening score of Carl Orff’s canata Carmina Burana, composed in 1935/36. The song is also reprised at the end of the opera.
The soundtrack of the movie “Psycho” is featured in the opening track.
On some versions of the Roadrunner re-release, the title is misspelled as “Schizoprenia” on the spine, omitting the “H”.
After writing and composing 95% of the material for Schizophrenia, lead guitarist Jairo Guedz decided to leave the band before finishing it.
“Escape to the Void” is a cover (with different lyrics) of “Escape Into the Mirror” of Andreas Kisser’s former band Pestilence.
Even though Paulo Jr. is credited on the album itself as a bassist, he didn’t actually play on it. It was Andreas Kisser who played both bass and lead guitar on this album, both roles he would use on the next few albums.
Recording information:
Recorded on 16 track at J.G. Estudios, Belo Horizonte, August 1987.
Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A – Stamped): RCA COG – 009 – A
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B – Stamped): BMG COG – 009 – B
Other: C.G.C. 56.097.162/0002-66
Remaster: Barcode: 0 16861 87642 5
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