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Wikipedia article
"'Territory'" is Sepultura's fifth official single, and the second of the three to be taken from the album 'Chaos A.D.', released in 1993. 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.
The artwork for the single is not easily discernible. It depicts a monument of some sort. The image is overlaid with the band's thorned 'S' logo.
Releases
"Territory" saw relatively few variations upon its release compared to the other singles from the album. The CD came in a standard slimline jewel case, rather than the usual digipak, and only one version was released.[http://www.discogs.com/Sepultura-Chaos-DVD/release/3158890 Sepultura - Chaos DVD (DVD) at Discogs] The single was also released as a 12" vinyl record, with only "Polcia" as a B-side.
Music video
A music video was filmed for the single which features the band playing and walking through the desert, often daubed in Dead Sea mud, intercut with footage of slums and favelas and footage from Israel and the Palestinian territory: armed Israeli soldiers and policemen, pro-Palestinian graffiti, Bedouins, Haredim kissing the stones of the Western Wall, pages of the Qur'an and the Hebrew Bible and Christian ceremonies in the Old City of Jerusalem. It ends with a newspaper clip about the signing of the Oslo Accords and a walking soldier.
The video, directed by Paul Rachman, was released to TV stations in October 1993. It won the International Viewer's Choice award for best video (Brazil) at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards. In 1995 it was released on the VHS 'Third World Chaos', which was re-released on DVD in 2002 as part of 'Chaos' DVD.
Cover versions
*American metal band Between the Buried and Me recorded a cover of this song, which is on their 2006 cover album 'The Anatomy Of'.
*French metal band Gojira covered "Territory" live during the tour promoting their 2016 album, 'Magma'.
Track listing
#"Territory" (from the album 'Chaos A.D.')
#"Polcia" (Tits cover, also available on digipak and Brazilian pressings of 'Chaos A.D.' and the compilation 'Blood-Rooted')
#"Biotech Is Godzilla" (from the album 'Chaos A.D.')
Personnel
*Max Cavalera lead vocals, rhythm guitar
*Igor Cavalera drums
*Andreas Kisser lead guitar
*Paulo Jr. bass
*Produced by Andy Wallace and Sepultura
*Recorded and engineered by Andy Wallace
*Mixed by Andy Wallace
*Assistant engineer: Simon Dawson
References
Category:Sepultura songs
Category:1993 singles
Category:IsraeliPalestinian conflict in popular culture
Category:Songs written by Max Cavalera
Category:Songs written by Igor Cavalera
Category:Songs written by Andreas Kisser
Category:Songs written by Paulo Jr.
Category:Anti-war songs
Category:Protest songs
Category:Roadrunner Records singles
Category:Songs against racism and xenophobia
Category:Songs about Israel
Category:1992 songs
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