Venom (band)

Venom is a band formed in Newcastle in England in 1979 by Cronos (vocals, bass), Mantas (guitar) and Abandon (drums). Insatisfied with the metal scene at the time, where the toughest bands were Motorhead and JudasPriest, Cronos, Mantas and Abandon propose to push the genre further.

Originally, the band was called Oberon and consisted of 5 members. Mantas worked on the road and "Venom" was his nickname. Cronos initially joined the group as a guitarist Mantas asked him to sing Live Like An Angel, Die Like A Devil and the group immediately appreciated the result.

Their first album, Welcome To Hell (1981), was a remarkable tour de force at the time, when the only group that dared mention the name of Satan was Black Sabbath.

Black metal was born with the second Venom album, Black metal (1982). Much of the basic elements of Black metal throughout the ages are found in the music, the lyrics and even the song titles of this album.

Discography

• Welcome To Hell (1981)
• Black Metal (1982)
• At War With Satan (1983)
• Possessed (1985)
• American Assault EP (1985)
• Canadian Assault EP (1985)
• French Assault EP (1986)
• The Singles 1980-1986 (1986)
• Calm Before the Storm (1987)
• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1987)
• Prime Evil (1989)
• Tear Your Soul Apart EP (1990)
• Temples of Ice (1991)
• The Book Of Armageddon (Best Of) (1992)
• The Waste Lands (1992)
• Kissing the Beast (1993)
• Skeletons in the Closet (1993)
• Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (1994)
• Venom ' 96 (1996)
• Cast in Stone (1997)
• Resurrection (2000)

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