Venom – Possessed (1985)

October 8, 2023

Not bad by any stretch of your twisted imagination, but definitely falls flat compared to the likes of what came before it. In isolation, Possessed is an enjoyable album, but has its predecessors to live up to and therefore kinda lives in their shadow a little bit, if I’m honest. Production wise, its par for the course for an early Venom album. Musically, the band seem a bit more put together, perhaps after the epic At War With Satan they have honed their instrumentational skill a bit more. Unfortunately, from a songwriting perspective, everything is very similar and this makes the whole album blur into one for me. I find it hard to ascertain any songs that I would consider stand outs.