POSSESSOR INTERVIEW

Hailing out of Virginia (USA), East Coast thrashers POSSESSOR vomit forth old school sounding metal, complete with Satan, babes, and leather. I've been hooked on these guys for a while and fetl they definitely deserved some more exposure for the heavy duty activity they've been conuruing since their 2009 formation. Here's an interview I did with their drummer/founding member Chris Sobltone.

So you guys recently got off the road with VINDICATOR and AGGRESSOR, how did that go? 

It went really Awesome! the dudes from both bands are awesome as shit! Aggressor being from Canada and all their humor is a lot different than here in the States. Some of the jokes that are acceptable there isn't the case here. haha. But yea it went really well, we got a lot of exposure and meet alot of cool people. Couldn't have went better!

Sounds like a long way from your beginnings with Robbie Rainey in AXE BITCH. After that dissolved, how did Possessor come into being?

Aha! Good 'ol Axe Bitch! Those were the days. But yea after about 6 months of no Music, Robbie and I decided to try again. I automatically went to Craigslist and posted an ad for a old school thrash guitarist. After about 3 days of that ad being up Kevin Chappel called me up one afternoon and said he was the man for the job. I said awesome and Me, Robbie, and Kevin meet up at Robbie's house to see if this guy was all what he said he was. Turns out he was exactly what we were looking for after writing "Taste The Blade." Then he mentioned that he knew another guy named Mike that he used to be in a band with. I told him to bring him on over next Sunday. Then Mike showed up and really impressed us. As of that day the soild Line-up Formed. We couldn't find a Bass player for about a year and then Jon Pierson came to a show we did in support in PAUL DI'ANNO. Jon said That he played bass and after a couple of weeks of coaxing we finally got him to come to a practice. We thought he was great and as of July 24th Possessor was finally complete haha. There's the short version anyways haha.

Sounds like things played out well! You guys have also released a demo, which I have a signed copy of. I gotta say, this shit sounds old school as fuck. What are you're primary influences as a band? Not only musically, but what's the driving force behind Possessor's agenda on old school thrash metal?

Yeah everything turned out just great! Thanks for the compliments on our sound man, we really try to bring back our favorite parts of old school metal and add our own little mix in too. Our main drive as a whole comes from just sheer outrage and anger at what has become acceptable as music and what has become acceptable as metal. The carbon copy new metal bands aren't memorable in our eyes, always the same vocal style, same down tuned guitars, and its very over produced most of the time. We really just want to make music that we would enjoy listening to. That's the Basic Drive Behind Possessor. Bring it back and keep it heavy.

And that's the way it should be. You fucks are like the musical version of what Verbal Razors aims to be. I know by association that NEMESIS are another sick band from the East coast, any other notable mentions you want to shoot at us and other fans of the old school sounds?

Absolutely! There is another VB band that's our partners in the fight to keep the metal alive. STRAIGHT JACKET! There the young thrash assault and there taking it back right along side of Possessor. You can check them out at http://www.myspace.com/straightjackethrash . They're a killer band.

Very nice man, I'll add a feature on em as well! What can we expect in the future from Possessor?

Definitely dude, SJ is awesome! The future of Possessor looks good. Early 2011 The CD "City Built With Skulls" is Scheduled to come out with a tour to tour to follow. Bunch of local shows. Hopefully some label action there. Never know with us we are pretty spur of the moment guys. I guess everyone has to stay up with the facebook to know.

Badass man, I'll definitely be looking forward to that. Any last words?  

Last words? I guess the only Words would be THRASH HARD AND STAY HEAVY

Possessor are definitely worth checking out, and ordering their demo is a must, which is packed with hitters including my personal favorite "City Built With Skulls". Blazing solos and shrieking vocals have paved way for this thrash metal onslaught.

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