Seven Churches [Original recording remastered]

Possessed (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 16, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Relativity
• ASIN: B00000HZH7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,862 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #66 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Hard Rock & Metal

Track Listings

1. Exorcist

2. Pentagram

3. Burning in Hell

4. Evil Warriors

5. Seven Churches

6. Satan's Curse

7. Holy Hell

8. Twisted Minds

9. Fallen Angel

10. Death Metal

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 9-FEB-1999

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A CLASSIC IS RE-RELEASED!!!, March 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Seven Churches (Audio CD)

After an initial run on cd back in the late 80's, that eventually went out of print, Possessed's "7 Churches" has arrived! With Relativity Records finally rereleasing this ground breaking mid 80's metal cd, thrash fans of a new generation can hear what true thrash was all about. Featuring an all out, face ripping attack and strange syncopated drumming, this cd was copied far and wide after its original release in '86. "Burning In Hell", "The Exorcist (with the cool Tubular Bells intro)" and "Death Metal" are a few of the shredding songs that are available remastered and with full lyrics. Acidic vocals and weird tremolo bar soloing are other features to listen for on this awesome metal classic.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The birth of Death Metal, January 16, 2003

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craig m gooch (santa rosa, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seven Churches (Audio CD)

I first saw Possessed in 1984 before Seven Churches was released when they opened for Slayer and Venom at the Stone in SF. They played a 4 song set which included 'Swing of the Axe' that only appeared on one of the early Metal Massacre records. They were...unbeleivable then and when Seven Churches came out it killed everything. Nobody had their power. I still beleive 'Hell Awaits' is the greatest hardcore metal album ever but it is not Death Metal. Seven Churches spawned the new genre. They predated, Death, Napalm Death, Morbid; everybody and they all sounded like Possessed afterwards. I agree with most reviewers about the poor sound quality but you have to take it into context. Compare this album with anything else at the time and you'll understand just how GREAT this CD does sound given the times. This band is a one-hit wonder 'cause 'Beyond the Gates' sucks and they had no more time to regroup. Larry Lalonde jumped ship to Primus (an obvious good move for him) and Possessed was no more. If you dig today's death metal then you MUST buy this cd for it's the root.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars say what you will....death metal begins here..., February 1, 2000

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"exposurslf2kds" (starkville, ms usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seven Churches (Audio CD)

for me this is the roots of death metal...this was the first album that i remember buying when i was a kid that i thought had gone too far. i realize now that i was comparing this to slayer and such at the time and it was the vocals that had put me off, but fortunately it has now been re-released for me to give it a proper listen...

and i thank the gods that it has happened. this is really great and i do not think that these guys get enough credit for being one of, if not the, godfathers of death. granted the lyrics are a bit childish, but this was a long time ago and that was pretty much par for the course, but it is the music that sets this apart...very heavy, very fast thrash with a twist that helps set this apart from the other bands by which they were surrounded.

the only problem here is that the album still sounds like it did on tape 15 years ago...this should simply be called a "re-issue" instead of a "re-master" regardless of the work that may have been done with the tapes...but then again, that may be part of the charm that this album holds. perhaps it would lose a lot if it sounded as clean as does a lot of the metal produced now...anyway, this is a great album, and a necessity for anyone who is now a fan of death(or metal in general) that was not around in the mid-eighties when this style was in its infancy...

drop your $15 on it...you will not be dissappointed...