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Roots

by Sepultura · Album Roots

Roots Bloody Roots

Duration 3:32

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Roots

Roots

Sepultura · 1996 · Track 1

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Duración3:32
ÁlbumRoots
Año1996

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The story behind

Roots Bloody Roots is a song by Sepultura that appears on the album Roots, released in 1996. It was recorded between October and December of the same year in a studio in Malibu. The video was filmed in the catacombs of Salvador, where slaves were tortured. There, capoeira dancers, percussionists and indigenous peoples are shown, using the beauty of the Brazilian landscape in an unusual way. The song is interpreted as a protest, although there is no single clear message. Some say it is about preserving the roots without forgetting them, others that Max is talking about his country, and others that it refers to slavery. The lyrics mention: "We don't need to change, our ways of being saved". The video won an award in 1996.