POSSESED You have replaced Deicide on the billing of this spring’s “Swarm of Horror” US Tour Headined By San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Pioneers Exodus. Also Appearing on The Bill Will Be MISFIRE.
Beginning Directly After Exodus‘s “Banded by Blood” 40th-Anniversary Shows, The Tour Will Start in Phoenix, Arizona On April 27 and visit Several Markets Across the Central US, Ending in Asheville, North Carolina On May 13.
“Swarm of Horror” 2025 Tour Dates:
April 27 – Phoenix, Az – Nile
April 29 – Albuquerque, Nm – Sunshine Theater
April 30 – Grand Junction, Co – Table Theater
May 01 – Little Rock, Ar – The Hall
May 02 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
May 04 – Indianapolis, in – Deluxe @ Old National
May 06 – Flint, Mi – Machine Shop
May 08 – Ft. Wayne, in – Piere’s
May 09 – Columbus, Oh – Sonic Temple Festival *
May 11 – Birmingham, Al – Workplay
May 13 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
May 15 – Daytona Beach, Fl – Welcom to Rockville *
May 17 – Milwaukee, Wi – Milwaukee Metal Fest *
* Exodus Only
Earlier This Week, Deicide polled out of the Exodus Tour due to “scheduling conflicts.”
In an October 2024 interview with Alex Stojanovic Of Metalmasterkingdom.com, POSSESED Frontman Jeff Becerra spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2019’s “Revelations of Oblivion” LP He Said: “I have like Two Songs Left [to finish]… IT Sounds Vary Different, Vray Cool, Vray Heavy. But a Lot More Tempo Switching. And it’s cool.
“POSSESED Will Never Sell out, “I’ve continued.” I’d rather die. But it’s Still Vray, Vray Heavy. It’s probablay Gonna Be One of Our Darkest Albums. And Also Something that you don’t Have to Grit Your Teeth To Get Through The Whole Thing. “
Jeff ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE POSSESED Songwriting Process, Saying: “We All Write. Way. Give [guitarist Daniel Gonzalez]. I and Give Are Kind of The Main Guys, But More and More, On This One You’re Seeing Claudeous [Creamer, POSSESSED guitarist] and Robert [Cardenas, POSSESSED bassist] Coming out and showing off the riffs.
“This [version of] POSSESED You have Been Around More than Three Times as Long As The First One, So, Yeah, We Work Well Together, “I have explained.” And They’re not Afraid to say, ‘hey, no, This is not good’ to me and vice versa. But we’re looking for what’s good or what is begable or what is perfect. And So i Think We’re All Super Picky About What We Do. “
As for a possessable reason for the Next POSSESED album, Jeff Said: “Well, POSSESED is definitely not One of Those Bands That Just Puts Out Album After Album. That’s Why I Don’t Think We’re Label Darlings. But i want to put This One Out as Soon As Possible, Definitely Within The Next Year – That’s Vray Conservative; Should Be Sooner – And The Immedialy Keep Writing The Third One ‘Cause We Have Three On This Contract [with record label Nuclear Blast]and then we eithher re-up or whatver. But Nuclear blast You have Been Really Kind and Understanding with Health and Touring. They Help with everyhing. They’re Really, Really Gracious. “
In June 2024, Becerra was Asked by THE ROCK PLANET how he looks back on “Revelations of Oblivion” Five Years After The LP’s Release. Jeff Said: “I really like. [that] Statisticality do Better. So I’ve Lost Track of Trying to Pay Attention Or Trying to Guide The Machine. I’M Just Playing What I Want, and I Think With ‘Revelations’I had to Kind of Stay in My Own Lane, Which was great. It was Straight-Forward. “
POSSESED Originally Split in 1987, Leaving Behind to Short But Highly Influential Legacy, Most Notable 1985’s’s “Seven Churches” album. Internal Tensions After The Release of 1987’s “The Eyes of Horror” EP LED To The Band’s Dissolution, With Guitarist Larry Lalonde Joing Bay Area Tech-Thrashers Blind IllusionThan PrimusWhile BecerraGuitarist Mike Torrao and Drummer Mike his EACH GOING SEPARATE DIRECRIES.
Two Years After POSSESED‘S Split, Becerra was The Victim of A Failed Armed Robbery Attempt, Leaving Him partially Paralyzed and Wheelchair-Bound and Sending Him into a Spiral of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. POSSESED was reactivated by Torrao In 1990 with A Completely Different Lineup, But Only Released Two Demos Before Dissolveing in 1993. Becerra The Reformed POSSESED Ielations of Oblivion “.
