Against (song)

"Against" is Sepultura's eleventh official single, and the second of three from the album Against, released in 1998. A hardcore-styled track, at just 1 minute and 54 seconds, it's Sepultura's shortest single.

No video was created for the song. The cover artwork simply shows the band's logo on a red and black background. It is the same image used for the next single, "Tribus". The single was released on CD only.

Overview
"Against" is seen as one of the band's more aggressive songs, which according to drummer Igor Cavalera, is due to the band liking to start off their albums with "really fast songs", as seen on Beneath the Remains and Arise.

The song and album's title is intended to have a lot of meanings, being interpretable in a number of ways, which Cavalera states is something he likes in an album title. The main reason for the song's title being chosen however is, again, according to Calavera "that once you fight for something you believe in, there’re always going to be tons of things against you. The song itself deals with that, about struggling and going for the kill, not leaving things behind".

Track listing

 * 1) Against
 * 2) The Waste (reworked version of "Kamaitachi" from the Against album, now with vocals by Mike Patton)
 * 3) Tribus (demo version)
 * 4) Common Bonds (alternate version of the Against album version)

Personnel

 * Derrick Green- Vocals, guitar
 * Igor Cavalera- Drums
 * Andreas Kisser- Guitar
 * Paulo Jr.- Bass
 * Produced by Howard Benson and Sepultura
 * Recorded and engineered by Carlo Bartolini
 * Mixed by Tim Palmer at Scream Studios, Studio City, California, USA
 * Mixed by Howard Benson and Bobbie Brooks at The Gallery, Encino, California, USA
 * Mix assisted by James Saez and Mark Moncrief
 * Assistant engineered by David Bryant, Daniel Mantovani, Tosh Kasai, and James Bennett
 * Tape Op by Skye A.K. Correa