Following a few especially raw but promising extreme metal releases, Brazilian thrash masters Sepultura fully came into their own with 1989sBeneath the Remains. Under the guidance of all-star first-wave death metal producer Scott Burns, the guitar tones became off-the-bone meatier, while the hard-blitzed drums battered through a more rhythmically focused, if still frenzied pace. Max Cavelera perfected his growl as he seethed over mortality, insanity, war and more. Beneath the Remains is the album that cemented Sepulturas rep as global ambassadors of thrash.