Chaos A.D.
Studio album by Sepultura
Released	1993
Recorded	1992 Rockfield Studios and Chepstow Castle, South Wales, UK
Genre	Groove metal Thrash metal Length = 69:32
Label	Roadrunner Records
Producer	Andy Wallace
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Sepultura chronology
Arise (1991) Chaos A.D. (1993) Roots (1996)

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Though the band experienced success previously, Chaos A.D. was their breakthrough album. Chaos A.D. displayed a more groove-driven direction which helped usher the then-forming groove metal genre. This was viewed as a departure from the thrash metal and death metal styling of their earlier efforts. Groove metal, often associated with neo-thrash/post-thrash and power groove, is a term sometimes used to describe a derivative of thrash metal which took its current form during the early 1990s. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by the high speed and aggression. ... This article is about the musical genre. ...

The band also included an acoustic, percussion-led instrumental called "Kaiowas" on the album. This became an interesting focus of later live shows, with the band joining fellow bands onstage, and sometimes featured group drum playing.

The album showcased a collaboration with Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra ("Biotech Is Godzilla") and Evan Seinfeld of Biohazard ("Slave New World"), as well as a cover version of New Model Army's "The Hunt". The Dead Kennedys are a hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. ... Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958) is more widely known by the stage name Jello Biafra. ... Biohazard was a band originally based out of Brooklyn, New York. ... New Model Army are an English rock band. ...

The album has sold over 450,000 copies[1].

Track listing

1. "Refuse/Resist" – 3:19
2. "Territory" – 4:47
3. "Slave New World" – 2:55
4. "Amen" – 4:27
5. "Kaiowas" – 3:43
6. "Propaganda" – 3:33
7. "Biotech Is Godzilla" – 1:52
8. "Nomad" – 4:59
9. "We Who Are Not as Others" – 3:42
10. "Manifest" (about the 1992 Carandiru Massacre) – 4:49
11. "The Hunt" (Originally recorded by New Model Army) – 3:59
12. "Clenched Fist" – 4:58
13. "Chaos B.C." [*] - 5:12
14. "Kaiowas" [*] - 3:47
15. "Territory" [*] - 4:48
16. "Amen/Inner Self" [Live][*] - 8:42

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Singles

• "Territory" was released in 1993 with "Policia" (Titãs) and "Biotech Is Godzilla".
• "Refuse/Resist" was released in 1994 with "Crucificados Pelo Sistema" (Ratos de Porao), "Inhuman Nature" (Final Conflict), "Drug Me" (Dead Kennedys), "Dead Embryonic Cells (Live)", "Desperate Cry (Live)", "Orgasmatron (Live)" (Motörhead).
• "Slave New World" was released in 1994 with "Crucificados Pelo Sistema" (Ratos de Porao), "Drug Me" (Dead Kennedys),"Orgasmatron (Live)" (Motörhead).

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Chart positions

Credits

• Silvio Bibika - Studio roadie
• Igor Cavalera - Drums, Percussion
• Max Cavalera - Vocals, 4-string guitar
• Simon Dawson - Assistant engineer
• Andreas Kisser - Lead guitar
• Alex Newport - Guitar sound/feedback advisor
• Paulo Jr. - Bass
• Dave Somers - Assistant engineer
• Andy Wallace - Producer
• Michael Whelan - cover artwork ('Cacophony')

• Recorded at Rockfield Studios, South Wales, UK
• "Kaiowas" recorded at Chepstow Castle, Wales, UK
• Mixed at The Wool Hall Recording Studios, Bath, England