Death "Scream Bloody Gore" VS Possessed "Seven Churches" (Guitar Riffs Battle) 

It’s crazy to think that when seven churches was recorded Jeff becerra and Larry lalonde were both 15 and 16, worse to think that Jeff was paralyzed at 21.

Jeff Becerra said in interviews that Chuck was his protégé Chuck even claimed his vocals were inspired by Jeff Becerra

Remember the wise words of Nigel Tufnel: Keep your hair puffy and clean, or it may land on your guitar's arm in the middle of a solo, and kill it" 😆

I gave Possessed Seven Churches to a friend for her 15th birthday in 1985, at the time she was into mainstream music, Madonna, Dire Straits, Culture Club, she was obsessed with Corey Hart and Menudo's Ricky Martin. Seven Churches turned her into a metal chick, she's had an obsession with Chuck Billy of Testament since The Legacy.

I love how the drums almost stayed the same between the two songs at 3:50

Both are cornerstones of Death Metal, and indeed I think they are the firsts albums that increased the intensity of Thrash towards Death Metal. Furthermore, To call Death or Possessed thrash would be a misunderstanding of their sound. however, this period of Death Metal lasted about 2 to 3 years, because in 1989, the album that really shaped Death Metal to the way we currently know it was released, Altars of Madness. So ,when I talked about Death Metal and its first albums, I always considered Seven Churches, Scream Bloody gore and Altars of Madness to be at the same level of importance. Of course, there were other Death Metal albums, EPs, demos, released in between the first two and Altars, such as Season of the Dead, None Shall Defy, etc, but , Possessed, Death and Morbid Angel ,were the bands the truly did revolutionized the genre, each with their own contributions. greetings from Lima - Peru.

Nothing against Possessed, but it's gotta be Death. Killer video again main!! Keep up the good work!

Let's talk about Debbie Abono who was a 56-year old lady at the time and helped shape death metal into what it is now. Truly an amazing story.

Listening to Scream Bloody gore with a good production is priceless! Thanks! I hope at some point someone will re record all those old metal albums.

Love Old School Death Metal ! So what do you think ? Which album was the first death metal album ?

The way you're able to mix both sides together so well like a seamless medley always makes it super tough to pick a side.

Here’s why the answer is Death: groove. They both are evolved hypertechnical speed metal, but the use of groove by death would go on to define the genre.

I mean, in theory, this guy , who’s Jeff Becerra, at his 12-14 created not only the term “Death metal”, but also this whole musical “vibe”(so 2 speak). I mean , c’mon, the lyrics in this song are just pure Death metal itself, goes like this “ Arise from the dead, attack from the grave, killing..” telling us about a zombie who plans his(it’s) revenge on humankind.

Seven Churches by Possessed...the very first metal album I ever heard 10 years ago

Why is no one mentioning that Larry from Primus was on the recording for 7 Churches? 🤯🤯🤯 Also, Angel Corpse has a great rendition of "Burning in Hell."

Those two albums were a revelation !

To me both of these two albums always seemed rather transitional, so I'd say Death's Leprosy is the first true death metal album all the way through. Also it was recorded in Florida, while these two were recorded in California. Death and Florida are almost synonyms because both mostly involve very old people.

In my opinion Death was the first real Death Metal band while Possessed was Thrash with a slightly heavier tone. I'll always acknowledge Possessed as being the main influence to the formation of Death Metal though. Great video, dude. 2 highly influential extreme music albums that shaped an entire genre. Hornz and Hailz. 🤘🤘

I still can't believe that the guitarist in possessed ended up playing with primus!

“Seven Churches” may not be quite what death metal would become, but I think it clearly qualifies for the genre, and given that it came out about 2 years earlier it takes the cake. I also feel that both “Hell Awaits” and “Reign in Blood” by Slayer could be in the running. While the vocals aren’t quite all there it’s hard to deny that these 2 albums are at least death/thrash fusion.

I listened to death and i always wondered did chuck come up with all of that by such an early age? Killer. But then i listen to this and im like ooohhhhhh. the similarities are real. Both completely unique but too much in common to be a coincidence.

Jeff had a lyrical outlook and a title 'death metal' - not a sound let alone a genre of music. There's an interview here on YT with Torrao - who wrote the music - sitting next to Jeff, clearly labelling the band's music as thrash and black metal. And that's exactly what they were - thrash with semi gruff/growled vocals. Death is DM, end of story... but .... for clarity, and after skimming through 500+comments, I am stunned that nobody has recognized the TRUE - first DM album - Necrophagia's debut - released months earlier than SBG...

Main influences ever! Both albums are essential to every death metal head! Cheers from Germany.

Wow! Seven Churches was the first DM album imo.

Brutal video as always. Love the way you managed to merge the songs. Truly a great work. This is quality content everyone should know about. Thanks for this

Dam I love both these albums, I thought it was badass you played Evil Dead and then Fallen Angel cause those are my favorite tracks for their albums. It made me go "aw man nah I like this album better" then Fallen Angel plays and then I'm like "oh shit nevermind I think I like this one better" can't go wrong with either one, but I give it to Possessed just by a small hair.

Killer video and VS, thanks.

Both great albums and your playing amazing like always! Another great video!!!

Glad to see you, man! Awesome covering as always! Thanks a lot! Both albums started this perfect genre!

Death is the Bathory of Death Metal while Possessed is the Venom

Amazing job and great comparison

always enjoy your videos my dude, keep it up!

This is amazing job!

This guy never disappoint me) Awesome work dude

Dude you are so f****** amazing I f****** love you dude you're awesome keep rocking buddy you inspire me every single day man I appreciate it

I've always found it interesting that Sepultura's "Morbid Visions" never gets brought up when debating which was the first death metal album. I know it has traces of early black metal and thrash but at least give it a nod.

Possessed is the first Death Metal band, Seven Churches was in 1985 and Scream Bloody Gore was in 1987. Possessed also formed a year earlier in '83 when thrash was still trying to find it's identity, they did it in the Bay Area alongside Slayer, Exodus, Death Angel and Metallica, while Death was inspired by Possessed and formed in Florida in 1984 after Chuck saw Possessed in concert and heard Jeff Becerra's vocals. This "Who's the first Death Metal?" isn't an issue outside diehard Chuck Schuldiner fans who want it to be his band soooooo bad.

Will never forget hearing Zombie Ritual for the 1st time.

Both are great! 🤘🏼🖤

Seven Churches is death metal-esque, but it still retains a good deal of that higher-pitched, more party party and optimistic flavor that thrash metal has, which derives from NWOBHM, and ultimately, pentatonic rock and roll style riffing, whereas much of SBG is low, murky, chromatic and charnel- sounding, so I have to give it to SBG myself. Leprosy is probably the most purely death metal Death ever was though.

Possessed Seven Churches was the first Death Metal album.

Awesome!

This one is Radd awesome Love your work

This is a really interesting comparison. They’re both so different yet so similar at the same time. I think Chuck’s work has a wider range in terms of how he merges technical aspects with rhythmic aspects. But on the other side of the coin, it could be argued that because of that, Possessed has more cohesion in the song writing… if I’m saying that right. I’m gonna have to reacquaint myself with some of those early Possessed albums, that’s for sure. Great video!

I think that Possessed layed a strong base of what Chuck amplified with Death's first album, which was for me the first death metal album

That was fxxking killer playing ! 🤘

Wow, this really feels like a summary of the whole dm genre. One can really trace these riffs into whatever song played by whichever dm band ever since. Possessed riffs transformed into Morbid Angel riffs, Death riffs - into Suffocation's, and so on. Something we all knew but no other video emphasized it to this extent. Cool stuff

Hands down it's scream bloody gore for me.always loved the guitar work and drums on all death albums.spiritual healing being my favorite,and of course it wouldn't be death without Chuck.keep up the great videos.always watching.know any rigor mortis,nuclear assault(like the survive album)or Dr know(like the wreckage in flesh)album.check it out if you never heard it.real crunchy late 80's early 90's metal sound.

Me recuerda que mi tío tenía esos discos en LP, no dejaba de reproducirlos XD Hiciste un excelente trabajo hermano, mis respetos hacia ti. Te mando un saludo desde Venezuela

Luv both of these masterpieces!😍🔥💥🤘

Love how you even get the tones so close!

Great Job, two of my favorite Albums. Just f**kin' great 🤟🤟🤟

The riffs on both albums sound fantastic, but here I can finally hear their full potential, when they are clear... \m/

Your right hand, the Fa note, and BC Rich rules the word as asual, Dank shoen 🤘

Your hair is still growing and growing 🤘🤘🤘

That’s good shit Suffocater!!

I say they both jam I used to listen to this when I was like 15. This guy on guitar kicks ass he can play all the shit from back in the day.

your tone is killer man

The first Mantas demo was from 1983. Chuck is death metal. :)

Both of these epics are absolutely historical and crucially important to the genre.

Man your good glass you share your skills with us thanks BRO

God work 🤘🔥

Killer great job !!!🤟🤟🤟🤟

Excelente Video 🤘Un saludo desde México 🇲🇽

Awesome work...

We should always support and keep the pioneers of death metal going.

Great video.... You should try doing Vulcano " Bloody Vengeance" even thou is an under-rated band but the riffs are expectacular and they also have a song named "Death Metal ".

Both classics, nothing bad to talk about it. For me is death man. Always! Nice video by the way ( as usual ) ! Congratulations and greetings from Brazil

Muito bom, simplesmente fantástico!!

Muy bueno!! saludos desde Chile!

Excelente Toque, yo me quedo con el Seven Churches de Possessed, amigo siempre es un gusto verte, saludos desde Colombia.

In a way it sounded like one long continuous song! lol Great job though man! \,,/

AWESOME 💀💀💀💀

This guy is great i love his videos.

Brutal!

Great!!!

nice one

There are always arguments between these two, but people always forget to mention Sepultura's "Beastial Devastation" from 1985. Give it a listen. It shouldn't be left out of this discussion. Awesome video as always. 🤘

Thanks Suffocater! Fantastic! Living Sacrifice VS. ???

Both albums rock. Thanks for making the video.

There's an early demo of Death covering Possessed's The Exorcist. Does this answer your question?

Death is a favorite, but some cool Possessed riffs I didn't know about! Had never listened to them before.

I’m not getting involved which was first or better, these two albums take me back to a time when it was all new and mind blowing. Another great vid my metal brother 🤘🖤🤘

My brother you should have your band do a complete play through of DEATH scream bloody gore

Excelente 🤘🏻

That 'bird is awesome!

Sehr geil

Close battle! Ur version of pentagram edges it for me for POSSESED

These albums are just straight up neck-and-neck for me, honestly

impeccable

AMAZING VID!!! Holy moly!! Can you do this one: Sepultura Arise x Sarcofago The Laws of Scourge? two amazing brazilian bands.

I love these battles can u pls do a cannibal corpse vs deicide sometime. Heaviest Battle Ever? 🤘

I love Possessed, but in fairness, Onslaught had the song death metal first since Nige Rockett wrote that song in early 1984. but again, I still love both. \m/

SEVEN CHURCHES NADA CHEGA NEM AOS PÉS DESSE EXCELENTE ALBUM DA MAIOR BANDA DE DEATH METAL DA HISTÓRIA ...POSSESSED....

Epic

🤘Hell yeah🤘Thanks Sir you play Both of them is my FAVORITE BAND ⚰RIP CHUCK SCHULDINER ⚰

Your drum programming doesn't get enough props. Always impresses me how clean it sounds under the tone. What VST / machines you use?

I don’t care which one is the first death metal album, I still enjoy both of them 🤘

the things I would do to own BC Riches like these...

Man I still have these on the OG Vinyl. I’m partial to Possessed as I gave that more time and was into the satanic stuff more. I’ve later really come around to Death not that I didn’t like them just never gave them the time I gave others. Great vid thanks…..Regurgitated Guts brought me back to long time ago.