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Since the release of two influential albums Scream Bloody Gore (Death) and Seven Churches (Possessed), fans of both albums have argued which one of the two were the first death metal album of all time. Maybe I can solve that mystery by analyzing the elements of each album.

This video discusses these two because they're the ones that keep getting brought up. Of course there's also Necrophagia's "Season of the Dead" and Volcano's "Bloody Vengeance" as well as a bunch of EPs and demos, but I'm talking about full-lengths. Then there's the vague definition of where thrash ends and death metal begins...

Do you agree with my decision? Why or why not? There are no right or wrong answers!

It's something I never spent too much time thinking about. I've always just listened to these albums and loved them for what they were, and if I tried classifying Seven Churches, my head would start hurting in the process...

By the way, the remastered Scream Bloody Gore sounds KILLER!