The production on this record is great-the songs have the rawness they deserve, and they can breathe just enough, even if it’s all one big blur. But, of course, the song is awesome, another blinders-on race to the finish, the album, sure, lacking in many shades or hues, but totally killing it with absolute determination. “Death Metal” ends it all off with what is basically the genre’s anthem, even if we kinda always remember the song title more than the actual song itself. “Twisted Minds” bops along and is almost… happy sounding for the first bit, that is until the awesome heads-down blackthrash riffing comes to save the day in what turns out to be a very accomplished piece of songwriting, one that hints at more than just all the speed all the time. The title track is Venom chaos with razor-wire thrash, while “Satan’s Curse” starts off the second half of the album with a great thrash/death tempo and atmosphere. “Burning In Hell” takes Slayer circa Hell Awaits and ramps up everything “Evil Warriors” brings evilpunk to proto DM places but mainly is just early Teutonic thrash madness done to perfection. “The Exorcist” starts this one off perfectly, those riffs haunting and just downright weird, while “Pentagram” continues with more great guitar work and frantic energy. Here, vocalist/bassist Jeff Becerra and his crew laid down next-level extremity. It was the next step beyond thrash, and looking back on it now it’s hard to believe this came out in 1985 the heaviest of Slayer or Venom only hinted at what was on Seven Churches. The early seeds of death metal were planted with Possessed’s 1985 debut Seven Churches, and what glorious seeds they are, this album absolutely a document of total chaos. Get ready for the ultimate proto-DM showdown in today’s Fight Fire with Fire. But we also really, really wanted to sit down with both and figure out which one is straight-up the better album. It should come as no surprise to anyone reading this that we really, really like both these albums. Then, Death took that sound and refined it with Scream Bloody Gore, making things heavier while also more mature and really paving the way for the death metal of today.
With Seven Churches, Possessed took the most frantic of thrash metal and brought it to new levels of extremity, creating a game-changer album filled with wild energy and a consistently high level of boundary-pushing speed and mayhem. Today we’re looking back at albums that were released about a year and a half apart but are still spiritual and sonic brethren, as they are both foundations of early death metal: Possessed’s Seven Churches from 1985 and Death’s Scream Bloody Gore from 1987. Plus, we love these sorts of exercises, and also love watching you battle each other to the death in the comments, so how could this possibly end poorly?
Yes, these albums are the best of the best.
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