This interview is from a basement fanzine, presumably from sometime in 1984.
Just one year ago who would have thought that metal could get any heavier than Exciter, Venom & Metallica? I sure as fuck didn't. It just seemed impossible to play any faster, rawer & noisier. Well, just to prove me wrong, Jeff Becerra, Mike Torrao, Brian Montana, and Mike Sus got together and formed the grossest indecency ever to litter the face of the earth, Possessed. They are rude, disgusting and so fucking heavy they'll re-arrange your DNA structure. My poor little sister accidentally walked into my room while Possessed was on the stereo. It wasn't a pretty sight. And it was hard to clean up, too.
Possessed's three song demo is total death mayhem. Death Metal is faster than hell. The other two tracks, Evil Warriors and Burning In Hell are alos fast and grinding songs that'll pound your head into the ground. This is definitely not the type of music that would have the mailman working overtime trying to deliver all those incredible stacks of album contracts. However, you may be actually seeing vinyl out by these guys soon. Torrid Records wanted to sign them, however, but couldn't due to lack of money. But now if Brian Slagel gets his way, Possessed will be signed to Metal Blade and have an album out by the end of the year. We can only hope. They've been working on some new songs lately that are supposedly even heavier (Could it be true??) than on the demo! Maybe we'll get to hear one of the new songs on Metal Massacre 6, which Possessed are definitely going to appear on. So if you're the kind of person who gets into beating up old ladies for fun, you'll definitely love Possessed.
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