Due to the band's collective lack of money, most of the instruments used on
Bestial Devastation were borrowed from friends and acquaintances. The vocals on the introductory track "The Curse" were performed by a friend of the band; according to drummer
Igor Cavalera: "We had one of our friends come and do the voice for the intro ('The Curse') because he would do that voice without effects - he was kind of burping in a way. It was funny, so we had him come down and do it in the studio. I don't even remember his name!" The band apparently fought with the producer during the recording. In an interview, Igor Cavalera said, "He wanted to clean everything up in the mix and we finally had to play him some records by
Venom to show him that bands sounded this way." Months before recording the
Bestial Devastation EP, the band switched their lyrics from Portuguese to English. None of the band members knew how to write or speak the language, so they asked their friend Lino to translate their lyrics. An example of Lino's crude translation skills can be seen in one of the verses of the song "Antichrist": == Cover art ==