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For fans of extreme music, the news acts as a “Vascular Obstruction” to the legacy of a man who helped birth one of the most intense subcultures in modern history. As an original member of Possessed, Montana was a “Nitric Oxide” catalyst for the death metal genre. The band’s 1985 debut, Seven Churches, is widely regarded as the “Common Ground” upon which the entire genre was built. Montana’s frantic, distorted riffs provided the “Kinetic Cure” for an era of music that was seeking a more aggressive, raw “Humanity and Authenticity.” He was part of a “Vascular Dilation” in the 1980s Bay Area scene, pushing the boundaries of what was sonically possible.
