Possessed - Seven Churches (1985) [Reissue 1999]

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Possessed - Seven Churches (1985) [Reissue 1999]
EAC | FLAC+CUE+LOG > 271 MB | Full Scans | MP3 CBR 320 Kbps > 92 MB
Thrash/Death Metal | 39:24 mins | Label: Relativity Records | Catalogue # 1769-2

Seven Churches has been interchangeably described as "connecting the dots between thrash metal and death metal", being "monumental" in developing the death metal style, and as being the "first death metal album".

While Florida's Death had released more albums and is also cited as an enduring death metal progenitor, Seven Churches pre-dated the latter band's 1987 debut, Scream Bloody Gore by two years. In regards to Seven Churches, Italian music journalist Piero Scaruffi noted that although "the cradle of the (death metal) genre was truly Florida", it was Possessed who "coined" the death metal term. Specifically, the book Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore credited bassist/vocalist Jeff Becerra as initially creating the term in 1983.

Often cited as the first true death metal record ever released (Florida's Death had been around just as long but would only make their vinyl debut a few years later), Possessed's Seven Churches took thrash metal's intensity to new levels of brutality. With song titles like "Burning in Hell," "Satan's Curse," and "The Exorcist" (featuring the famous movie's eerie title theme for an intro), the band definitely displayed a strong Slayer influence; but it was Possessed growler Jeff Becerra who first introduced the barely decipherable grunting vocal style which would epitomize the death metal genre. Among the highlights, "Pentagram," "Twisted Minds," and "Fallen Angel" have best stood the test of time, offering glimpses of the trends to follow with their surprisingly mature songwriting. They then close the proceedings in ferocious fashion with the appropriately titled – you guessed it – "Death Metal." In the years that followed, Possessed would continued to improve from a technical perspective, but they never quite equaled the fire of this debut. And though they were gradually overtaken by younger and better bands, for those interested in connecting the dots between thrash and death metal, Seven Churches is the ultimate missing link.

– Review by Eduardo Rivadavia, allmusic.com

Tracklist:

01. The Exorcist
02. Pentagram
03. Burning In Hell
04. Evil Warriors
05. Seven Churches
06. Satan's Curse
07. Holy Hell
08. Twisted Minds
09. Fallen Angel
10. Death Metal

Produced by Randy Burns.

Jeff Becerra − vocals, bass
Larry LaLonde − guitar
Mike Torrao − guitar
Mike Sus − drums

Thanks to Ginger Devil!

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 16. December 2012, 11:18

Possessed / Seven Churches

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