PENTAGRAM (Chile) - Possessor
taken from the album ‘ Eternal Life Of Madness’
Release date : April 26th , 2024
Physical : shop-listenable.net/en/1144_pentagram-chile
Digital : bfan.link/icons-of-decay
"'Possessor' has an obvious Celtic Frost reference, as they were always a main influence for us," comments vocalist/guitarist Anton Reisenegger. "But it also has all the Pentagram trademarks: the 'spider riffs', as Shane [Embury] calls them, the tone-semitone-tone-semitone scales, the abrupt rhythm changes, etc. And the lyrics deal with good old demoniac possessions. We've played this song live a few times already, and it went down a storm. We wanted to keep the video simple, just capturing the band playing on stage with no gimmicks, and I think it turned out great!"
Directed by Carlos Toro for Abysmo Films.
“This was real, unvarnished 1st generation Death Metal, full of twisted, mesmerizingly evil riffs. And the riffs seemed inexhaustible, each one leading into another, somehow even more sinister sequence. It was as impactful as hearing something like Seven Churches or Scream Bloody Gore for the first time. [...] The band's sound has remained intact and is just as timeless, powerful and horrifying now as it was in the 80s (and still was in the mid-90s when they first assaulted my eardrums).”
Matt Harvey (EXHUMED, LEFT TO DIE, GRUESOME)
“It was quite inspiring way back in the day to know that these maniacs were flying the flag for metal even living under a fucking dictatorship! HAIL PENTAGRAM!”
Danny Lilker (NUCLEAR ASSAULT, S.O.D., BRUTAL TRUTH)
“The vicious, desperate aggression, the haunting guitar tone, the howling vocals tearing at your soul, all those essentials that are the heart of the essence of what is Pentagram Chile's South American assault, I can't get enough of it!”
Tomas Lindberg (AT THE GATES, DISFEAR, LOCK UP)
“As Pentagram being a huge influence on me when I first started playing, hearing the new album gives me goosebumps! True genuine metal the way I like it, ripping guitar riffs and Anton’s vocals kill!!! This is a must for anyone calling themselves a metal head!”
Richard Cabeza of DISMEMBER.
‘ Eternal Life Of Madness’
Recorded ar JP Donoso's Sade Estudio (Sadism, Execrator) and with Sebastián Puente at AudioCustom Studio (Lock Up, Nuclear)
between November 2021 and May 2023
Text written by Chris Dick
Cover art by Santiago Caruso
Photos by Claudio Poblete
Tracklisting
1 El Imbunche
2. Possessor
3. Omniscient Tyrant
4. The Portal
5. Eternal Life Of Madness
6. Icons Of Decay
7. Devourer Of Life
8. State Of Grace
9. The Seeds Of The Deed
10. Deus Est Machina
11. No One Shall Survive
Band line up:
Anton Reisenegger (Guitars/vocals)
Juan Pablo Uribe (Guitars)
Juan Pablo Donoso (Drums)
Juan Francisco Cueto (Bass)
Discography:
‘Fatal Predictions’ (1987 - Chainsaw)
‘Pentagram’ (2000 - Cyclone Empire)
‘Reborn’ ( 2001 - Picoroco)
‘Under the Spell of the Pentagram’ (2008 - Cyclone Empire)
‘The Malefice’ (2013 - Cyclone Empire)
‘Imperial anthems’ Split 7"ep with Master (2013 - Cyclone Empire)
Split 7" ep with Unaussprechlichen Kulten (2015 - Iron Bonehead)
‘The Demos’ ( 2018 - Inferno)
‘Past Present and future’ (2019 - Cyclone empire)
Cryptic Predictions Split 7"ep with Dorso (2020 - Dorsalia)
Demos collection 1986/1987 (2022 - South of Heaven)
Band Links :
pentagramchile.com
PentagramChile1985
pentagramchile
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