Possessed

Here we go, Possessed. Possessed is as legendary as any band can get, not just in metal. They invented the deep singing style metal is known for and the guttural vocals. The band was fromed in 1983 in San Francisco, California and broke up in 1987. They got back together in 1990 until 1993, and from 2007 onward have been together. They have a total of 7 full length albums and countless demos. It is common belief the genre of Death Metal was named after their first demo of the same name. They usualy sing about the occult, Satanism, murder, death, and Anti-Christianity. Remarkably, the singer Jeff Becerra was made paralysed in 1989 from being shot while being mugged. The top of his ring finger was also shot off. When one of the muggers went to finish him off, his gun jammed. Becerra survived and still sings today in a wheelchair.
==Genre==
Possessed is a Death metal band with Thrash influence, but the may have created the genre and even named it. The reason i say "may" is because it is debatable if it was Possessed or Death has this honor.
==Rating==
The king of legends and the influence that started it all. I hold this badass band in the same way i hold Black Sabbath. You don't have to like them at all to know they were still a great band. 10/10