Thursday, February 24, 2011

Possessed




Seven Churches, 1985
Beyond The Gates + The Eyes Of Horror, 1986/1987
The demos, 1984/1991/1993
I was listening again to Thanatos' Beyond Terror and of course the urge to go to Possessed became big and fat. So here are the founding fathers of death metal, although to me the first Onslaught album (which also has a song called 'death metal') was as good a contender for the title. My first contact with Possessed was when I was literally floored by Swing Of The Axe on Metal Massacre IV, then I saw them live in '85 opening for Slayer and it still is a vivid and bleeding memory... Maximum earslaughter! What a golden era. 'Seven Churches' has been my best birthday present of the 80s, merci maman!
Used to own a couple of bootlegs (Chevalier De La Mort LP and Agony In Paradise CD) but these things sound like shit, total time wasters. Don't bit more than $5 on these two. Ah for those who still don't know, Larry Lalonde of Primus played guitar in Possessed (on all the records). Yes, he did spit blood, wear 12 inches spikes and inverted crosses, zer!
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Demos CD:
Death Metal Demo Tape 84
1 Death Metal 3:19
2 Evil Warriors 4:20
3 Burning In Hell 3:20
Rehearsal 84
4 Pentagram 3:43
5 Swing Of The Axe 3:44
6 Twisted Minds 3:54
7 Fallen Angel 5:40
Demo Tape 91
8 The Martyr's Wake 4:21
9 The Seventh Sign 3:29
Demo Tape 93
10 The Seventh Sign 3:50
11 Last Ritual 4:13
12 Human Extermination 4:24
13 Untitled 5:13
CD rip.

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4 comments:

  1. Had they solely done Seven Churches they would be monstrous - to this day I still can't digest beyond "Beyond the gates" LP portal cover to me it's in the same level of Sodom's "Obsessed by cruelty".

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  2. Yes I agree that the huge disappointment of Beyond The Gates was only matched by Obsessed By Cruelty's major failure. Now years later, I still find OBC very bad, but BTG has grown on me, and the gatefold LP looks much nicer than the Sodom LP !

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  3. After passing here I went just to check BTG and the only song that I liked it's still the same "no will to live". I've also just noticed today that the majority of the shredding solos on seven churches reminded me of Suicidal tendencies.

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  4. Possessed rules Zeeeerrr!!!...And i do like a lot BTG..."...To be immortal desires of sin,you secretly,hold within!!!"...Thank you Zeeerrrr!!!

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