Insanely classic. Imagine seeing these guys live in 84-85. YT is a great source to hear underground shit. Back when I first started listening to metal in the late 80s (87-90) the only way you could hear this is if you were lucky enough to get your hands on a rare copy or dub a tape from someone. Now, you just fire up YT and spend an afternoon checking out legendary music. We have it good!

@hinjurock

4 жыл бұрын

I saw them live at the Balboa Theater in LA in 1986 - I still have the Seven Churches shirt I bought at that show \m/

@xisotopex

4 жыл бұрын

I remember getting a dubbed copy of metal massacre with swing of the axe on it, in 1986 and that track blew my mind and also scared the heck out of my 16 year old self... I had gotten the bathory album, venom black metal, slayer hell awaits... I thought what have I gotten myself into this stuff is evil! what a great time... I remember every kid at my school was getting into the thrash and crossover DRI was a 'local' band so it was on!

@rodoxxs6134

3 жыл бұрын

Old School...

@seventybelow139

2 жыл бұрын

Don't let the elite take it away

@khonsuthecore4788

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, my lucky ass was born in 2000.

Possessed were ahead of their time.

Definitely hear their influences they always mention in interviews in this. Exodus, Venom, Motorhead. Even a bit of Metallica.

@hinjurock

4 жыл бұрын

Especially Venom - Jeff Becerra's vocals were total Cronos here.

@IconicMicrowave

4 жыл бұрын

I hear Paul Baloff quite a bit too. Jeff sounds like he mixed the two.

@zapatillas492

4 жыл бұрын

fallen angel- bulldozer

@wesleyzimmerman3145

3 жыл бұрын

Well, Possessed and Metallica were both in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early days and Metallica had a serious liking in the underground scene there so, it makes sense

@jonlenin9982

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Evils has no boundaries too

The quality of this demo is incredible, sound, writing and musicianship. And they were high school juniors when they did their debut album A YEAR after this demo!

This is not only historic, it fucking SLAYS. For 1984, this is insanely ground breaking

@widepootis

2 жыл бұрын

Bathory self-titled?

@Kerry_kit_slayer

2 жыл бұрын

@@widepootis Of course, but Bathory's ST released late in '84 and that doesn't take anything away from how innovative and intense this Possessed demo was for that time

@WhoisVinnie

Жыл бұрын

Slayer

@Hecatecrossways

Жыл бұрын

@@Kerry_kit_slayer the Bathory debut had wimpy ass drums Brah Brah

@uhh6148

5 ай бұрын

I don’t see what’s necessarily groundbreaking about this. It’s heavily Slayer influenced and doesn’t do much different besides the vocals being a bit more extreme. It kicks ass, sure thing, but as far as innovation I don’t think it did much.

The quality compared to mantas/ deaths demo is 100% better quality

@theinnercircle5820

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah agreed

@josearvizupiceno3092

3 жыл бұрын

is correct

@099_fahrezirafid8

3 жыл бұрын

Death - Mutilation (demo)

@tcc6073

3 жыл бұрын

I love this demo and recording. The 7 Churches album didn't hit me the same way the demo did in '84.

@Sean-wm2zg

2 жыл бұрын

That’s coz this is a studio demo, where as the mantas “demo” every is talking about was just a rehearsal in a garage

When Mike is sus

El primero y clasico Death Metal de 1984... Genial Posesión....

.....and the death metal was born

@mummifiedcr

2 жыл бұрын

Nope...this is a heavier form of thrash...death metal as a genre was born with death

@WhoisVinnie

2 жыл бұрын

@@mummifiedcr Well Possessed came up with it first, but yeah Death came up with the sound since Possessed was mostly still on the thrash metal side.

@xraygamer9895

2 жыл бұрын

Nah this is still thrash, and seven churches is also a thrash album, on the heavier side of thrash. I won't take anything away from it, this is still groundbreaking for its time.

@sinisterking6009

Жыл бұрын

@@mummifiedcr keep quite even chuck says this is death metal and is the first death metal band ever, this is was old school death metal sounded, not everything has to be sound like cockiemonster vocals to be called death metal! Fvckin newbies

@jaimegodoy757

Жыл бұрын

Fueron los mentores , los demás lo definieron . DEATH lo perfeccionó y patentó . POSSESSED lo incluyó en el mundo del metal , con su temazo DEATH METAL. Le guste o no a algunos . Quien tiene un cover d ellos. COPIAPO CHILE KMOT

I listen to Seven Churches way more often than this, but honestly this demo is so fucking classic. I wish I could hit the like button more than once.

@iskavetaa464

Жыл бұрын

This is way better

@oreo7259

11 ай бұрын

just make alts

1 thumbs down from the biggest poser to ever exist.

@headsplitter46

6 жыл бұрын

WeinerShakes And that is...????

@Horzuhammer

5 жыл бұрын

The one who did the downvote I presume. It sucks, but personally I get more pissed about people bitching about 'em more than the downvotes themselves. About as useful as bitching about the salt in seawater.

@paleontologi485

5 жыл бұрын

@@headsplitter46 Me

@The_Undead_Werewolf

5 жыл бұрын

@@headsplitter46 lil' wayne

@elchefjuanpintadovillamari2586

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/fGyExMF_o7rRqtI.html

I'm a glam fan but this is fkin amazing,good music has no genre, this is a masterpiece for it's genre

El inicio del death metal.

@Nick-ny1fk

4 жыл бұрын

Maxthorns Maxxor ->

@josearvizupiceno3092

2 жыл бұрын

Totalmente que viva Jeff Becerra

Possessed fuckin rules, its cool to hear Brian Montana!!!

Considering it’s 1.) A Demo & 2.) A DEATH METAL Demo, this is some really good production quality

@elchefjuanpintadovillamari2586

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/fGyExMF_o7rRqtI.html

@ivansalvatore9631

4 жыл бұрын

Where do you hear death metal man? This is thrash metal with harsh vocals lol

@cuntrolldenied7722

4 жыл бұрын

@@ivansalvatore9631 exactly, '84-'85 demos of Possessed are more Thrash than Death, but you can't deny that some parts of the demos have a very clear Death Metal sound

@jaimegodoy757

Жыл бұрын

@@ivansalvatore9631 si esto es thrash , Metallica es glam , jajajajaja. Tiene , y también black . Son los creadores del DM . Influyó de los Death en adelante. COPIAPO CHILE KMOT

@ivansalvatore9631

Жыл бұрын

@@jaimegodoy757 metallica justamente es la banda más mami de thrash, el thrash para mí es kreator, sodom, slayer, dark angel. que sea influyente o no es otra cosa. black flag influyó mucho en el sludge y no deja de ser una banda de hardcore

This demo is the greatest

Larga vida a Jeff becerra!!

death metal

man this is great.

Evil Warriors remember me Evil Was no Bondaries

POSSESSED 🤘👹🤘

Great sound !!! Possessed rules

When early motorhead meets early slayer.

@rebusd

2 ай бұрын

yeah some venom present as well

This is life...without any irony !

What a gem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Possessed forever!

¡ Que hp chimba de demo, brutal y contundente ! 🤘🏻 💀 🤘🏻

♥🔥

looks like death metal was pretty much born in san fran 84! not every genre has a definitive birthing point as such.

yeah!! possessed first in deathmetal I remind buying in a store of vinil,cd,and tapes of metal music this"eyes of horror"Ep

Prophets of genre Death Metal

First death metal release? Фuсk yeah, it is!

👊👊

Lew of Death Metal Title Death/Metal Time 14m

Nossa que do caralhoooooo 🤘🏻👹

Tiempos aquellos

Yes the demo is called Death Metal, yes the style is very heavy for '84 (even if, at least for me, first Mantas/Death demos are even heavier) and it was very influential and all. But for me there is still a lot of Thrash in this demo, and even a few well hidden NWOBHM elements.

@xraygamer9895

2 жыл бұрын

This is thrash not death metal

@user-yr3zp2br3y

2 жыл бұрын

@@xraygamer9895 that is basically what i was trying to say. I mean, is it just me or it seems that in the last times everyone woke up one day and decided to claim possessed as pure death metal for some fucking reason?

@StanTorrent

Ай бұрын

@@user-yr3zp2br3yIt’s similar as to why venom gets labelled under black metal. They coined the term

Fucking classic

Me parece mucho mas oscuro,sieniestro y maldito lo que hizo hellhammer que tambien fue mas antiguo,imcluso los primeros trabajos de sodom q son mas antiguos sonaban mas siniestros,ahora bathory que en 1983 presentó su aporte para el scandinavian metal attak que fue lanzado el 19 de enero 1984 con las canciones sacrifice y the return of the darkness and evil...possessed y death son realmente increíbles pero no me sorprendieron mas q los antes mensionados

@fierceforest5779

5 ай бұрын

Sodom 100%

Очень смело!

hardd

My first experience of listening to possessed was from Seven Churches. Even though I come from the death metal tape trading scene this gem was a bit before my underground years……

Reminds me a lot of VENOM but next level talent.

Fuck yes.

Mantas y Possessed en 1984

Great Demo The Lords Of Death Metal in The U S. Besides Death a year Later. Seen a interview with Jeff. "1982" possessed came out. Mantis in "1983" late.

@peturkristinsson9463

6 жыл бұрын

Reign of terror Zion mantas

@HyborianAge

5 жыл бұрын

Mantas put out a rehearsal tape and some demos in the same year so no, as much as Chuck hated to admit it, Possessed were not the original.

@piotrb8434

5 жыл бұрын

@@HyborianAge: What does it mean that "Possessed were not the original"? Possessed demo came out before the first Death demo.

@alfrivero8466

5 жыл бұрын

"Possessed" formed in 1983 at MikeTorrao's garage with Torrao (guitar), Mike Sus (drums ), Jeff Andrews (bass) and Bary Fisk (vocals) .... "Death" also started 1983-84.

@Jazzyak47

5 жыл бұрын

@@piotrb8434 Right, but Death were called Mantas before and they released their demo " Death by Metal" in 1983.

Definitely influenced COC’s Animosity LP…

os pais do DEATH METAL

first death metal ever

Ladies and gentlemen, witness the birth of Death Metal 🤟🤟🤟

@iskavetaa464

Жыл бұрын

Death by Metal

@Hecatecrossways

Жыл бұрын

@@iskavetaa464 Chuck was a Poser who copied this demo . Death by Metal doesn't matter, this is da real 🐑 sheeeeeeit Brah brah

@iskavetaa464

Жыл бұрын

@@Hecatecrossways You meant sheep goes bah bah? It may be edgy from your point of view to call Chuck Schuldiner a poser and that's all that matters, right? After all it only makes you a poser and I won't go further feeding either trolls, posers or wimps.

@Hecatecrossways

Жыл бұрын

@@iskavetaa464 He was a homosexual male like Rob Halford??? Scream Bloody Gore wasn't a Poser album, but Human was way too Mellow and wanky. If Chuck were still alive nobody would like Death after Spiritual Healing.

@Hecatecrossways

Жыл бұрын

@@iskavetaa464 Possessed did it first. Accept the truth

Does anybody know which month of 1984 this was released?

Just ordered the CD off of Hells Headbangers!

@ryanpaul1403

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahhaha

@Count_Apollyon5

Ай бұрын

Sup Devils

Game changer total whammy bar death.

It's interesting when you look at those tape trading, pen pal adverts in fanzines of the time, you see Possessed being described as "if you're into black power metal like Slayer, Sodom and Hellhammer". I guess 'black power metal' can be translated to 'satanic extreme metal' in modern terms. Only Burning in Hell and the last track has elements approaching what would later come to be called death metal. You can hear some early Morbid Angel on those two tracks.

@Fidelio116

7 ай бұрын

No this is all death metal.

When the drummer is sus

2 people are possessed by christ

@theinnercircle5820

3 жыл бұрын

Now 3

'84 til INFINITY

But why is fallen angel on this? The archives say it only had 3 songs on it?

this is stupid hard for 1984.

@ryanpaul1403

2 ай бұрын

Not as hard as Bathory or death

Mike sus

Fucking wow. And at….84?????

Is it just me, or are the songs a lot slower on this demo?

Wow I am 666th like. I feel honored

Check out Death by Metal by Mantas from the same year. You will be surprised. Talking about death metal you know.

@666deathghost

3 жыл бұрын

These demos are not underground as u think. These are well known albums amongst people starting extreme metal

Sounded like venom blackmetal

metal militia

@DenisOpeth

4 жыл бұрын

sounds like

When was the demo recorded?

@congav9062

2 жыл бұрын

1984

I looked up on Google Maps the address. Not a bad pad.

The first track sound like metal militia of Metallica.

@theethniccleanser1385

3 жыл бұрын

Or evil has no boundaries by slayer

sounds like slayers 1st album

@IconicMicrowave

5 жыл бұрын

Reminds me a lot of Bonded By Blood by Exodus.

@Leo-yn5fx

5 жыл бұрын

I know they mention the same old influences in interviews but you need to realize Jeff Becerra saw Slayer’s first show in 1982 or 81? Regardless that’s literally all you need to know to figure if he was really influenced by them or not. I believe the motorhead and venom mentions more than exodus and especially metallica. Btw exodus didn’t even release shit till 85.

@Annihilation_0f_The_Wicked9066

4 жыл бұрын

@@Leo-yn5fx If you mean BBB then yeah but they had a few demos before that. As early as 82 i believe.

@thomasakatidalforce7987

3 жыл бұрын

Seven Churches clearly has some Show No Mercy influence.

@henrydycha3738

3 жыл бұрын

Evil warriors, total show no mercy sound.

Only this band have real death metal sound. Other bands sucks

@caim3465

4 жыл бұрын

Are you from Mongolia?

@pepsi3885

4 жыл бұрын

Keshakk Che no bro, from Kazakhstan

@TacoCrisma

3 жыл бұрын

You need to listen to some Morbid Angel.

@ARG0T

Жыл бұрын

Stupidest thing I've ever read

@jewel_throne2950

10 ай бұрын

most retarded comment I’ve ever seen on KZread

Frank Pucci did it with Necrophagia in 1983!!!!

Pales in comparison to Genocide Stench of Burning Death demo. The first BRUTAL DEATH METAL RECORDING.

The only releases that could claim themselves as death metal before this are Hellhammer Satanic Rites/Apoc Raids. Sodom demos were more black metal. Destruction Bestial Invasion of Hell more black thrash. Onslaught had more hardcore punk influence and Necrophagia was a lot more primitive at this time. Mantas came close but they were influenced by Possessed anyways. Hard to make a convincing argument otherwise in my opinion, these guys were likely the first.

They may have made a song called "Death Metal" but their name is 'Possessed' and usually sang about Satan. lol

death metal sounds like venom´s black metal

Nothing can help it, this sounds just like thrash pretending to be edgy/evil.

Proto-death?

"Death Metal" sound very similar than "Black Metal" of Venom.

I think Mantas demo is definitely a bit more death metal than this. This sounds like good ol Bay area thrash, perhaps with some slightly more sadistic vocals.

@hinjurock

4 жыл бұрын

Not according to Kam Lee, the drummer/vocalist of Mantas: When we were in Mantas, (Chuck Schuldiner, Rick Rozz and myself) still had a more Venom/Motörhead sound kinda going on. And then I remember Chuck getting the Possessed demo, and I just remember hearing it and just freaking out like, 'Man, this is the way we gotta be.'

@rolandvigil4863

4 жыл бұрын

Did you hear the Vocals??? Death Metal

@kebabmannen1

4 жыл бұрын

this sounds more like black (first wave) or thrash

@Nissardpertugiu

2 жыл бұрын

@@kebabmannen1 Black and death metal weren't much separated yet . You can hear that in Sarcofago , the 3 first Sepultura records, Bulldozer, Necrodeath and Schizo stuff, even , and that was quite influential also for the Norway BM scene as well that scandinavia in general, As they wore the shirts too, Abomination of desolation by Morbid Angel as well than the couple of Nocturnus Demo just following that in 1986-1988.

@Nissardpertugiu

2 жыл бұрын

And i forgot Celtic frost , who transcenced every genre haha

They may have _called_ it 'death metal,' but it's actually thrash metal. Venom also coined the term 'black metal' but are not modern black metal. Well know Mantas (Death) first performed death metal, the same year, with their demo ;)

@Mitchery

3 жыл бұрын

Mantas played Speed/Thrash Metal not Death Metal :)

@adhominemsis-t.australisensis

2 жыл бұрын

I have to agree that this doesn't sound much like what would later come to be regarded as Death Metal. This sounds like early thrash, still with lots of Venom and Motorhead influences, except much faster and brutal. I see a clearer thread from Sepultura's Morbid Vision to Morbid Angel's debut, in the vocal delivery, drumming without over use of blast beats, riffs interspersed with tremolo picked lines, etc.

@skottcoucill8343

2 жыл бұрын

It's Death Metal

@estebansteverincon7117

2 жыл бұрын

@@skottcoucill8343 It might be Death Thrash, but not modern death metal.

@adhominemsis-t.australisensis

2 жыл бұрын

@@estebansteverincon7117 I agree. Possessed were never pure death metal IMO. They're like this weird outlier. Unless by 'death metal' we mean everything more extreme than Slayer.

Parecen unos venom brutalizados.