| Schizophrenia | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Sepultura |
| Cover: | Schizophrenia album.jpg |
| Alt: | The artwork (possibly done with airbrush) gives a view through a recently broken window (pieces are still midair) of a man with long stringy hair in a straightjacket. His mouth is open as if shouting and he is wearing some sort of metal headband. Behind him there is a horizon in the red crepuscular phase and in the sky above, as if formed from the clouds, there is an image of the top half of a grey face with red eyes that have vertical slit pupils whose gaze is focused on the man. The band name "Sepultura" is written in red-outline font in the upper right hand corner and the album name "Schizophrenia" is written in uppercase in a filled-in red wavy partially-double-image font. |
| Released: | October 30, 1987 |
| Recorded: | August 1987 |
| Studio: | J. G. Estudio (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) |
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| Length: | 37:49 |
| Label: | Cogumelo (Brazil) Roadrunner Records (International) |
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| Prev Title: | Morbid Visions |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | Beneath the Remains |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
Schizophrenia is the second studio album by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura, released on October 30, 1987 by Cogumelo Records. It is the first album for the band with Andreas Kisser. The album's sound leans more towards the death/thrash metal genre than the previous album Morbid Visions, which is stylistically closer to black metal.[1] All songs were recorded during August 1987. The reissue of 1990 has a bonus track "Troops of Doom" which was recorded during August 26–27, 1990.
In America the band sent radio playlists at the time when they were struggling to book gigs because club owners were afraid to book them due to their style.[2] Roadrunner Records signed them and released Schizophrenia internationally before seeing the band perform in person.[3] [4]
The album was re-recorded by Cavalera, featuring original Sepultura members Max and Igor Cavalera, for release on 21 June 2024.[5]
Kisser states that, when he joined Sepultura in '87, he
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The album cover by Ibsen Otoni was inspired by the Scorpions's 1982 album Blackout and by Anthrax's 1985 album Spreading the Disease.[6]