Monday, August 19, 2019

The 1985 Listening Post - Possessed - Seven Churches

Possessed - Seven Churches


#395/1031
October 16 1985
Possessed
Seven Churches
Genre: Death Metal
4.5 out of 5


Highlights:
Pentagram
Seven Churches
Holy Hell


Remember when I said that Hirax sounded like High School students who found themselves in a studio? This IS that.
Literally. 
High School juniors Jeff Becerra and Larry LaLonde found themselves in a recording studio and created a new kind of metal. Death Metal. I know we’ve used that term before but, apparently, its really meant to be attributed to Possessed for its earliest coinage. Also “Grindcore”. 
And that’s what this sounds like. And unlike the formless, gormless Hirax, Possessed is the sound of a murderous army out for mayhem and unabated and wanton destruction.
The power of youth. 


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