Arise (Sepultura song)

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"Arise"
Single by Sepultura
from the album Arise
B-side	"Inner Self" (live) "Troops of Doom" (live)
Released	1991
Recorded	1990–1991 at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida
Genre	Thrash metal death metal
Length	3:17
Label	Roadrunner
Songwriter(s)	Max Cavalera Igor Cavalera Andreas Kisser Paulo Jr.
Producer(s)	Scott Burns
Sepultura singles chronology
"Arise" (1991) "Dead Embryonic Cells" (1991)

"Arise" is Sepultura's first official single, as well as the first of three to be released from the album of the same name.

The song is one of Sepultura's best known songs and is sometimes called a thrash metal masterpiece. Max Cavalera states that it's his favorite Sepultura song and he's especially proud of it.^[1]

History

At this stage in their career the band had recorded little material to be used as B-sides, which is why the Arise singles are so similar. B-sides on this single were taken from the Under Siege (Live in Barcelona) VHS.

Music video

A controversial music video for the song was produced and can be found on the

• American deathcore band Crematorium on Various Cover Sessions EP, 1997[6] – also released on the World of Pain: A Tribute to Sepultura CD, 1999.^[7]
• Swedish death metal and thrash metal band The Crown on Sepultural Feast: A Tribute to Sepultura CD, 1998.^[8]
• Finnish extreme power metal band Kalmah on the Japanese and UK editions of their fifth album, For the Revolution, 2008.^[9]
• Indonesian death metal band DeadSquad covered the track on their debut album Horror Vision, 2009.^[10]
• American thrash metal band Havok included their cover on Point of No Return EP, 2012.^[11]
• Belgian death metal Aborted released their version on Scriptures of the Dead EP, 2014.^[12]

Track listing

1. "Arise" (album version)
2. "Inner Self" (from Under Siege (Live in Barcelona))
3. "Troops of Doom" (from Under Siege (Live in Barcelona))

Personnel

• Max Cavalera – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Igor Cavalera – drums
• Andreas Kisser – lead guitar, bass (uncredited)
• Paulo Jr. – bass (credited, but did not perform)
• Produced by Scott Burns and Sepultura
• Recorded and engineered by Scott Burns
• Mixed by Andy Wallace
• Assistant engineers: Fletcher McClean and Steve Sisco

See also

• Other songs titled "Arise"

References