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Rating: Looking back, what was wrong with Possessed?
It's perfectly in line with the Venomian standards, full of fast, filthy, and tight tracks, and others slower and macabre. So why was it, and is it still, strongly criticized by every living being on this planet?
Let's say it came out at the wrong time; In 1985, Thrash was making a name for itself worldwide, and the general enthusiasm for this new musical extremism ended up relegating the three British devils to oblivion, despite Possessed being a more than convincing effort.
Kerrang! wrote "... The tracks are short, and there is a total lack of real inspiration and cohesion within the album...": All this for 4 fillers (Flytrap, Mystique, Voyeur, Suffer not the children) that aren't even that terrible, to be honest.
Yes, because if the other tracks aren't masterpieces, they're close; They certainly wouldn't have looked out of place on Black Metal or Welcome to Hell, quite the opposite.
The unsuspecting Mantas turns out to be an excellent guitarist with numerous and commendable solos that add further dynamism to the classic blind fury of Venom, Cronos growls the usual nonsense about hell and his buddy Satan, while Abaddon, fresh from the discovery of the double bass drum, flaunts it by doubling the usual speed.
What are you waiting for? Make it yours along with the previous 3 albums: Possessed is Venom 100%.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
03 Satanachist (02:43)
I preach the ways of Satan
Answer to his calls
I translate manuscripts
On ancient Latin scrolls
In my shrine, my avernus
I see the gates of Hell
Guarded well by Chronozon
Tortured souls do dwell
Satanachist
Satanachist
I mount the virgin Venus
Plague the blackened seas
I am the souls destructor
Marching without fear
The night is filled with souls
In coral exctasy
The saraband of death
Will always follow me
Satanachist
Satanachist
I bear the evil eye
Possess the unbidden
I'll bring your dead alive
And chew your flesh from bone
I stalk through life and death
With Gorgon for my gaze
I breath the immortal pain
Beware the human race
Satanachist
Satanachist
06 Possessed (04:50)
Look at my eyes and you will see
Fire is burning inside of me
Fire it burns
Fire it burns
Look at the children
Look at my eyes
Look at me Satans child
Born of evil thus defiled
Brought to life through Satanic birth
Raised in Hell to live on Earth
Come look at me and I'll show you
Things that will open your eyes
Come listen to me and I'll tell you
Things that will sicken your mind
We drink the vomit of the priests
Make love with the dying whore
We suck the blood of the beast
And hold the key to deaths door
Through many a tormented night prevail
Thy excorsions can but fail
Though crucifix doth durn my flesh
I shall not yield to you unless I die!
I am possessed by all that is evil
The death of your God I demand!
I spit at the virgin you worship
And sit at my lord Satan's left hand
I care not for the priests who are crying
I answer to Baphomet's call
A cry for help from the dying
Means nothing to me at all
I am decreed by lord Satan's fine evil
To destroy what all mortals love most
Satan is my master incarnate
Hail praise to my unholy host
Look at my eyes!
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By g.g.junior
Venom came from the trash, became famous by mixing punk nonsense with formulas extracted from the little satanist’s manual.
Records like this are what I miss nowadays.
