Bought a digipak of Seven Churches recently. Its the debut album of death/thrash metal band Possessed that was released in 1985. I would not say anything about this classic evil release. Download it if you still haven’t. Thought of sharing this tantalizing package that Century Media Records chose to call The Ultimate Edition, and I could not agree less.
This is the front cover. Apart from the killer logo that represents Possessed, the glossy feel of the box makes it even more irresistible.
The first unfold has seven priests getting ready to headband and on the adjacent side there is the band themselves staring at me or is it the other way around?
Another turn and there are seven churches present. Well this could be the only place where such a thing is possible but only until they are put to shame once the album begins playing.
The digipak has been designed in such a way that once opened completely it takes the shape of an inverted cross. No, I’m not done yet. There is a little something else left too.
Zoomed in a bit to admire the compact disc.
The inlay.
The center page of the inlay. The 20 page inlay contains lyrics, old photos, liner notes, flyers, etc.
These are a set of seven separate inlays that this edition claims can be folded to form seven separate small paper churches. Haven’t done that yet.
And for all of this I paid just seven hundred bucks. Its prayer time for you, rush! while I blast this and make it difficult for you to find your god.
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August 19th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Fecking awesome man!
August 19th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
I bought this and the special edition of the “Beyond the Gates” which has the 1987 joe satch produced ep “The Eyes of Horror”
as well 🙂
Jeff Becerra for life !! \m/
August 20th, 2010 at 8:29 am
well i shall follow suit n get hold of them soon .. \m/
August 20th, 2010 at 5:03 am
Holy effing shiz. That is crazy and even crazier is the last line!
August 20th, 2010 at 8:21 am
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August 24th, 2010 at 8:15 am
This Album is Epic…A Must have for all Metal Lovers. This Album is also considered as a first Death Metal Record…I’m not sure though.
July 20th, 2011 at 7:09 am
This was one of the earliest death metal release out there. Even I’m not sure whether it was the first.
August 24th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Cool…where did you get this ?
August 24th, 2010 at 9:15 am
Chennai landmark man .. I was plain lucky that no one spotted this lying there .. the last time I saw this was a couple of months back but did not pick it up then so this time when I went I found it again .. bought it ..
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May 16th, 2012 at 9:48 am
Seven hundread fucking bucks? Dude, I got it for like 16 euros which I thought it would be like 20 or something, but seven hundread? Dayum…
May 17th, 2012 at 10:09 pm
Yea, man. Even I was surprised at how cheap it was. It was lying in one corner at a music store, with a layer of dust over it. Maybe the price was reduced because nobody was bothered about the album’s presence there.