Slave New World

Sepultura

About Slave New World

"Slave New World" is Sepultura's fifth official single, and the final of three to be taken from the album Chaos A. D., released in 1994. The lyrics were co-written by Evan Seinfeld from Sepultura's Roadrunner label-mates Biohazard. Like most of the band's singles, the song is one of the band's best-known songs and remains a concert staple to this day. A music video was filmed for the single which features the band playing on what appears to be a volcano, intercut with footage of severe human conditioning, including branding people with barcodes. This video can be found on the VHS Third World Chaos, which was later released on DVD as part of Chaos DVD. The title of the song is a wordplay of Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World. The song also appears in live form on the band's releases Under a Pale Grey Sky and Live in São Paulo. It also appeared as a live B-side to the "Ratamahatta" single. This same recording was later included on the Blood-Rooted compilation. 


Year:
2002
2:42
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Face, the enemy
Stare, inside you
Control, your thoughts
Destroy, destroy 'em all

You censor what we breathe
Prejudice with no belief
Senseless violence all around
Who is it, that keeps us down

Once all free tribes
Chained down led lives
Blood boils inside me
We're not slaves, we're free

Face, the enemy
Stare, inside you
Control, your thoughts
Destroy, destroy 'em all

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Sepultura

Sepultura (Portuguese for "grave") is a Brazilian metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and groove metal genres during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal,hardcore punk and industrial metal. more »

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Written by: Andreas Rudolf Kisser, Evan Seinfeld, Igor Cavalera, Massimiliano A. Cavalera, Paulo Xisto Jr. Pinto

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11 facts about this song

Genre Classification
"Slave New World" belongs to the genre of heavy metal and is particularly considered a piece of thrash metal and groove metal.
Album Inclusion
The song is included in Sepultura's sixth studio album titled "Chaos A.D." which was released in 1993.
Codevelopment
"Slave New World" was co-written by Sepultura's lead vocalist, Max Cavalera and the band's drummer, Igor Cavalera, along with the American musician, Evan Seinfeld.
Lyrics Context
The song's lyrics revolve around the theme of liberation from oppression and finding one's individuality in a society looking to quash it.
Reception & Popularity
The song became one of Sepultura's hits and is often included in the band's live setlist.
Collaboration
Evan Seinfeld, who co-wrote the song, is the vocalist and bassist for the American band Biohazard.
Music Video
A music video was released for "Slave New World" which further propelled the song's popularity.
Banned Marketing
The video for the song was initially banned by MTV due to its images of a youth's face being manipulated like clay.
Compilation Inclusion
"Slave New World" is also part of Sepultura’s compilation albums like "The Best of Sepultura" (2006) and "Chaos A.D. - Expanded Edition" (2017).
Unexpected Success
The band has admitted that the success of the song was unexpected, as the song was an experiment with new sounds that deviated from their earlier work.
Broad Relevance
“Slave New World” is symbolic in the world of heavy metal, widely regarded as a representation of rebellion against societal norms and standards.

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