Possessed

From San Francisco, Possessed is often considered the first Death Metal band, and are responsible for naming the sub-genre. Their debut album Seven Churches is considered a seminal work of early Death Metal, and went on to influence many members of the Second Wave of Black Metal. After the group’s initial dissolution in 1987, guitarist Larry LaLonde, after briefly playing for several metal acts, joined Primus, and has appeared on all of the group’s major releases.