POSSESSED - 1984 Death Metal Demo Available For Download
July 12, 2007, 17 years ago
POSSESSED's legendary 1984 death metal demo featuring 'Death Metal', 'Evil Warriors', 'Burning In Hell', 'Fallen Angel' can be downloaded at MetalKult.com.
Months before Seven Churches hit the stores, cassettes of Death Metal had been spreading throughout the extreme metal community. While the tape typically traded contained four tracks, the original self-produced demo did not contain 'Fallen Angel'. 'Fallen Angel' was reportedly recorded during the Death Metal session, but did not make the official demo, because it was banged out quickly at the end of the recording session. But, through the tape-trading process, 'Fallen Angel' became tacked on to the end of Death Metal.
While the classic Possessed lineup is universally considered to be bassist/vocalist Jeff Becerra, guitarist Larry Lalonde (who went on to gain notoriety as a member of Primus), guitarist Mike Torrao and drummer Mike Sus, the lineup for the Death Metal demo was Beccera, Torrao, Sus and guitarist Brian Montana.
After Seven Churches, Possessed released another full-length studio album, 1986’s Beyond the Gates, and an EP the following year called The Eyes Of Horror (produced by JOE SATRIANI oddly enough). The group disbanded soon after, and in 1989 singer Jeff Becerra was shot while being robbed on his way home and left paralyzed from the waist down. Although confined to a wheelchair, Becerra is still planning to appear onstage with a reunited Possessed at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany, on August 2-4.
(Thanks MetalKult.com)
