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Seven Churches is Possessed
Possessed (band)

Possessed is an influential United States death metal band, formed in 1983 in San Francisco, California. Noted for their fast style of playing and Becerra's guttural vocals, they have been cited as a great influence on the death metal genre....
's debut album, released in 1985. The album had a massive impact on heavy metal in general, but also in establishing death metal. Many die-hard fans have dubbed Possessed and Seven Churches as the "granddaddy of death metal", though this is a heavily debated topic. But regardless of the album's exact subgenre, Seven Churches is generally considered a pivotal release that set the stage for death metal's breakaway from thrash.






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Seven Churches is Possessed
Possessed (band)

Possessed is an influential United States death metal band, formed in 1983 in San Francisco, California. Noted for their fast style of playing and Becerra's guttural vocals, they have been cited as a great influence on the death metal genre....
's debut album, released in 1985. The album had a massive impact on heavy metal in general, but also in establishing death metal. Many die-hard fans have dubbed Possessed and Seven Churches as the "granddaddy of death metal", though this is a heavily debated topic. But regardless of the album's exact subgenre, Seven Churches is generally considered a pivotal release that set the stage for death metal's breakaway from thrash. The title of the album refers to the Seven Churches of Asia
Seven churches of Asia

The Seven Churches of Revelation, also known as The Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and The Seven Churches of Asia , are seven major Christian Church of Early Christianity, as mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation....
 mentioned in the Book of Revelation
Book of Revelation

The Book of Revelation, also called Revelation to John, Apocalypse of John , and Revelation of Jesus Christ is the last Biblical canon of the New Testament in the Christian Bible....
. The first track begins with a version of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells arranged and performed by producer Randy Burns. It is considered by some as the first death metal album, while others maintain that this distinction is better attributed to the early works of Death
Death (band)

Death was an influential American death metal band founded in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, considered a "pioneering death metal vocalist/guitarist"....
. Both Seven Churches and Death's first album Scream Bloody Gore
Scream Bloody Gore

Scream Bloody Gore is the debut album by American death metal band Death , released in 1987. The album bears little resemblance to the far more technical works of the band....
 were produced by Randy Burns.

Track listing

  1. "The Exorcist
    The Exorcist

    The Exorcist is a horror novel written by William Blatty. It is based on a 1949 exorcism Blatty heard about while he was a student in the class of 1950 at Georgetown University, a Jesuit and Catholic school....
    " – 4:51
  2. "Pentagram" – 3:34
  3. "Burning in Hell" – 3:10
  4. "Evil Warriors" – 3:44
  5. "Seven Churches" – 3:14
  6. "Satan's Curse" – 4:15
  7. "Holy Hell" – 4:11
  8. "Twisted Minds" – 5:10
  9. "Fallen Angel" – 3:58
  10. "Death Metal" – 3:14


Credits

  • Jeff Becerra
    Jeff Becerra

    Jeff Becerra Sayid is an United States lawyer and musician, famous for being lead vocalist of newly reformed death metal band Possessed ....
     - vocals, bass
  • Larry LaLonde
    Larry LaLonde

    Larry "Ler" LaLonde is a guitarist who currently plays in Primus along with Les Claypool and Tim Alexander. He has also played with Possessed , Blind Illusion, No Forcefield, and the Frank Zappa tribute band "Caca"....
     - guitar
  • Mike Torrao - guitar
  • Mike Sus - drums