“It sounds very different, very cool, very heavy” – this is what we can expect from the upcoming Possessed’s album according to Jeff Becerra

Possessed frontman Jeff Becerra discussed the status of the songwriting sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2019’s “Revelations Of Oblivion” LP in a recent interview with Alex Stojanovic of MetalMasterKingdom.com.

I have like two songs left [to finish]… It sounds very different, very cool, very heavy. But a lot more tempo switching. And it’s cool. Possessed will never sell out. I’d rather die. But it’s still very, very heavy. It’s probably 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. We all write. I think I wrote 63 or 64 percent of the last album, so 50 percent and that extra music. 50 percent would be lyrics, if we’re doing it at 100. Even though it’s not really broken down that way, it’s easier to explain that way. So I’ll write riffs, definitely, I’ll send them to Dan. Me and Dan are kind of the main guys, but more and more, on this one you’re seeing Claudeous and Robert coming out and showing off the riffs. This [version of] Possessed has been around more than three times as long as the first one, so, yeah, we work well together. 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 mendable or what is perfect as is. And so I think we’re all super picky about what we do.

All that’s left to wonder is when it will be released.

Well, Possessed 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 very conservative; should be sooner — and then immediately keep writing the third one ‘Cause we have three on this contract, and then we either re-up or whatever. But Nuclear Blast has been really kind and understanding with health and touring. They help with everything. They’re really, really gracious.