Who can believe that it’s already the 25th anniversary of Sepultra’s Beneath The Remains?! This was the legendary breakthrough album for the band and listening to it now sounds just as good as listening to it through for the first time.
Monte Conner, Roadrunner’s longtime A&R wizard, recalls negotiating with former label headCees Wesselsover money:The budget forBeneath the Remainswas only $8,000 but we soon realized that was way too little to make a competitive-sounding record using an American producer…I gotCees Wesselsto approve a $13,000 budget, which was a very large sum for us at the time. It was supposed to be an eight-song record, but the band came to me at the last minute and told me that they had a strong ninth song. I asked Cees if we could increase the budget by another thousand dollars to allow for it. Luckily he agreed, as that final song, Primitive Future, became the ideal album closer.
Check out the band’s video for ‘Inner Self’ below or stream the album below thanks to our friends at Roadrunner Records!
