The Lost Tapes of Cogumelo is a seminal compilation released by the Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian label

Label

A label is a piece of paper, polymer, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or article, on which is printed a legend, information concerning the product, addresses, etc. A label may also be printed directly on the container or article....

 Cogumelo Records

Cogumelo Records

Cogumelo Records is a Brazilian 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...

 in 1990 which includes the following bands: Sepultura

Sepultura

Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...

, Sarcófago

Sarcófago

Sarcófago was an influential Brazilian extreme metal band. They were fronted by Sepultura's original singer, Wagner Lamounier, and Geraldo Minelli. They have been described as Brazil's most controversial metal band....

, Overdose, Holocausto, Chakal, and Mutilator.

All of the bands featured on this compilation were or became very influential on the Brazilian thrash

Brazilian thrash metal

Brazilian thrash metal is a regional scene of thrash metal music that originated during the 1980s in Brazil. Along with Bay Area thrash metal, and Teutonic thrash metal, it was one of the major scenes of thrash metal in the 1980s...

 and death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 scene, and all of the songs available on it are demo tape 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 American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Metal Massacre

Metal Massacre

Metal Massacre is a series of compilation albums released through Metal Blade Records. It is famous for "shedding light" on bands such as Metallica, Slayer, Overkill, Trouble, Tactics, Armored Saint, and more.-History:...

 or the British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 Metal for Muthas

Metal for Muthas

Metal For Muthas is the name given to a series of heavy metal compilations made during the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The original compilation was Metal For Muthas , released in February 1980...

.

Tracklist

1. Overdose: Última Estrela
2. Holocausto: Massacre
3. Sarcófago: Christ's Death
4. Sarcófago: Satanic Lust
5. Sepultura: Necromancer
6. Mutilator: Evil Conspiracy
7. Mutilator: Visions of Darkness
8. Chakal: Children Sacrifice

External links

• The Lost Tapes of Cogumelo on Rate Your Music
  Rate Your Music
  Rate Your Music is a metadata database where musical albums, EPs, singles, videos, bootlegs, and movies are rated and reviewed by users. This data is then used to generate recommendations for users and to create rated lists of albums...