Blessed & Possessed

Blessed & Possessed
Studio album by
Publication (s)	17th July 2015
Label (s)	Napalm Records
Format (s)	CD , record , download
Genre (s)	Power metal , speed metal
Title (number)	11
running time	45:42
occupation	Singing: " Attila Dorn " Bass, rhythm guitar: " Charles Greywolf " Organ: " Falk Maria Schlegel " Drums: Roel van Helden Lead and rhythm guitar: " Matthew Greywolf "
production	Fredrik Nordström
Studio (s)	Studio Fredman
chronology Preachers of the Night (2013) Blessed & Possessed The Sacrament of Sin (2018)

Blessed & Possessed is the sixth album by the German power metal band Powerwolf . It was released on July 17, 2015 on Napalm Records .

Emergence

In retrospect, "Matthew Greywolf" (Benjamin Buss) described the album as a difficult birth. After the very successful album Preachers of the Night , the band's songwriting was out of breath. But when the title song was fixed with Blessed & Possessed , the other song ideas came naturally.

Like all previous albums, the album was recorded with Fredrik Nordström in the Fredman studio in Hyssna, south-east of Gothenburg . Further recordings took place in the Kohlkeller Studios (Studio Greywolf), at Moburec in Uelversheim and in the Église Sainte-Barbe de Crusnes, Thionville , France .

Publications

The album appeared in different versions. In addition to the normal CD version, a download version and various LP versions, a limited edition was released with the cover album Metallum Nostrum as an encore. For release on July 17, 2015, the album was also released in a box set limited to 1000 copies with an album and bonus CD as a media book , a 7 '' single with two orchestrated pieces, a rosary with a Powerwolf motif and a poster flag.

Track list

album

1. Blessed & Possessed - 4:42
2. Dead Until Dark - 3:49
3. Army of the Night - 3:21
4. Armata Strigoi - 3:59
5. We Are the Wild - 3:41
6. Higher Than Heaven - 3:30
7. Christ & Combat - 3:39
8. Sanctus Dominus - 3:22
9. Sacramental Sister - 4:36
10. All You Can Bleed - 3:44
11. Let There Be Night - 7:19 am

Metallum Nostrum

Metallum Nostrum works as an independent cover album, detached from the album concept. There are ten cover versions that were influential and inspiring for the band's history. The songs were recorded at Blessed & Possessed after the recording was finished .

1. A Touch of Evil - 5:40 (Original by Judas Priest )
2. Conquistadores - 4:45 (Original by Running Wild )
3. Edge of Thorns - 6; 00 (Original by Savatage )
4. Power and Glory - 4:54 (Original by Chroming Rose )
5. Out in the Fields - 4:16 (Original by Gary Moore )
6. Shot in the Dark - 4:11 (Original by Ozzy Osbourne )
7. Gods of War Arise - 5:53 (Original by Amon Amarth )
8. The Evil That Men Do - 4:31 (Original by Iron Maiden )
9. Headless Cross - 6:09 (Original by Black Sabbath )
10. Night Crawler - 5:42 (Original by Judas Priest )

Blessed & Orchestrated 7 ''

1. Higher Than Heaven - 4:13
2. Sanctus Dominus - 3:51

Tour edition "Preaching at the Breeze"

On January 6, 2017 a new edition took place with the live album Preaching at the Breeze from the Summer Breeze Festival 2015 as a tour edition. The live album was also released on its own.

1. Lupus Daemonis (Intro)
2. Sanctified With Dynamite
3. Coleus Sanctus
4. Army of the Night
5. Amen & Attack
6. Resurrection by Erection
7. Armata Strigoi
8. Crossfire
9. Werewolves of Armenia
10. In the Name of God
11. Blessed & Possessed
12. All We Need Is Blood
13. Dead Boys Don't Cry
14. We drink your blood
15. Lupus Dei

Music genre

The album differs little from the previous albums. The concept of the album is based on the divergent motifs "Blessed" and "Possessed". These refer on the one hand to a religious life versus a vicious life, on the other hand "Blessed" also describes the epic, classic side of their metal interpretation and "Possessed" the wild part of their music.

reception

Reviews

Metal.de wrote: “ Blessed & Possessed is already the Metal-Party-Disc of the year! With powerful riffing , really big hooks and the cherished dose of kitsch, Powerwolf once again created an album in which every song is a direct hit! "The Metal Hammer saw Higher Than Heaven as the" highlight of the album "," which is paved with upcoming live -Gass bugs who grab you again and again and don't want to let go of that quickly. "

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	3 (9 weeks)	9
Austria (Ö3)	17th (1 week)	1
Switzerland (IFPI)	10 (4 weeks)	4th

Awards for music sales

Surprisingly, the album achieved a gold record in the Czech Republic. it was the first ever record award for the Napalm Records label.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Czech Republic (IFPI)	gold	2,500
All in all	1 × gold	2,500

Web links

• Blessed & Possessed at Discogs
• Blessed & Possessed on MusicBrainz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Anthony Morgan: POWERWOLF Guitarist Talks 'Blessed & Possessed', Guitar Work, Bonus Covers Album. Blabbermouth , July 29, 2015, accessed November 23, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Blessed & Possessed at Discogs . Retrieved November 23, 2019
3. ^ Riccardo Oldenburg: Powerwolf - Blessed & Possessed Tour Edition. Dark Music World, January 5, 2017, accessed November 23, 2019 . 
4. Jump up ↑ Powerwolf - Matthew Greywolf. Metalnews.de, July 16, 2015, accessed November 23, 2019 . 
5. ↑ https://www.metal.de/reviews/powerwolf-blessed-possessed-61634/
6. ↑ https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/powerwolf-blessed-possessed/
7. ↑ Blessed & Possessed. GfK Entertainment Charts , accessed on September 8, 2019 . 
8. ^ Powerwolf: Blessed & Possessed. austriancharts.at, accessed on September 10, 2019 . 
9. ^ Powerwolf: Blessed & Possessed. hitparade.ch, accessed on September 10, 2019 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} Napalm Records awards the first gold in label history to Powerwolf. beta.musikwoche.de, July 16, 2018, accessed on September 12, 2019 .