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VENOM
1981 - Welcome To Hell.
1982 - Black Metal.
1984 - At War With Satan.
1996 - Cast In Stone.
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December 1, 1981 - 2021: 40 years of: Welcome To Hell.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
From the very depths of Hell:
V - E - N - O - M !!!

This is it: Ground Zero for evil heavymetal. Before POSSESSED, before SLAYER and before HELLHAMMER ...a deadly British trio raised the dead with women, leather and hell, literally. Wrongly labeled a NWOBHM-band, this unit mixes Eurometal and UK punk, as this is the basis for all future extreme exhibitions, namely thrashmetal and eventual blackmetal. Always at war with Satan, here's the first true evil heavymetal band ...the fully possessed: VENOM !

Bad seeds and damn proud of it, the "Sons Of Satan" explodes and changes the face of music, forever. The most abrasive sounding, the most raunchy and the most evil to date ...and this is just the first song.

Baphomet's soundtrack, the key is in as the final gates have been wide opened. The blood-pumping of "Welcome To Hell" is were all warhead-rockers vow to fight, right. The primal / tribal "In League With Satan" excites every nerve, while the dirty little bitch of "Poison" rips your stereo in half. Raw and Satanic from the late-night summoning of "Witching Hour" and the fast slashes of "Angel Dust" is the actual birth of speedmetal, while the massive bursting out low-ends of "One Thousand Days In Sodom" adds a rebel-rock feel to the slaughter.

VENOM are the ultimate extreme:

Every thrashmetal, speedmetal, deathmetal and blackmetal bands owe respect and honor to the Great Evil Ones. The year is 1981 and the newly developing heavymetal genre was now set to rampage-mode, courtesy of the Devil's house-band: VENOM !

40 glorious years later, the force and rage of this record is still felt in heavymetal circles worldwide. And just like other English visionaries DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH and JUDAS PRIEST, the updated edgier rocknroll is now pushed far beyond driven. Round Two shall set Heaven on fire with the hate assault of 1982's genre defining LP: Black Metal !

Play loud and remember kids: home-taping is killing music ...so are VENOM !

WELCOME TO HELL !!!

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Witching Hour = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u-qmfUFeXI
Bloodlust = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qbwnDd5yOo
Welcome To Hell = full LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a7Knl7XfSc&list=PLQW91GaylGw_S64nprjLbZYIPJjhydZQ2
Interview in 1982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWVOyYQf9JM

November 1, 1982 - 2022: 40 years of: Black Metal.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
From the very depths of Hell:
V - E - N - O - M !!!

In infernal torment, in Hell we now dwell ...what a great time to be alive. By Satan's side, his minions of VENOM are ready to strike again. Time for the witching hour, Round Two, with a title that will eventually spearhead an entire genre. The most obnoxious trio of Armageddon brings forth: Black Metal !

Attitude and adrenaline explodes on "Black Metal". Corrosive on cue, this is one of the most blunt song ever written, ever. Speedmetal before speedmetal was speedmetal, the pain felt is real. With their deadly hooks and deadly looks, this band ain't no "Teacher's Pet".

The doom vibe and built-up of "Buried Alive" is a chilling statement in the extremes, while more skull-crushing metal is exposed on "To Hell And Back" and the bombastic destroyer of "Leave Me In Hell". Kill faster with more head-shots, namely "Raise The Dead" and the flaming fury of "Don't Burn The Witch". Through the generations, the succubus thrash of "Countess Bathory" has become synonymous with the band and the Christian-hate they face-wash.

No time to die hard, late 70s heavymetal never stood a chance. VENOM cornered the scene, fully enchained, ready for the pillory. The band's subsequent LP would be a tour-de-force of progressive prowess: 1984's Bible-bashing At War With Satan LP.

Play loud and remember kids: home-taping is killing music ...so are VENOM !

LAY DOWN YOUR SOULS TO THE GODS ROCK 'N ROLL !!!

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Black Metal = full LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjbMJUEPUUs&list=OLAK5uy_n90gxxXfC1L8V1jgAmerViUywGEimTk4o
Interview in 1982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWVOyYQf9JM

April 16, 1984 - 2024: 40 years of: At War With Satan.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
From the very depths of Hell:
V - E - N - O - M !!!

Über dark and tired of the clueless critics, still bleeding wide-open from 1982's game-changing and genre-defining Black Metal LP ...from speedmetal to progressive: VENOM now provides DIVINE HEAVY-METAL IMPERIALISM !

Open the Book Of Revelation.
Impure thrashmetal appears on "Genocide" and the face-splittin' "Rip Ride". Slow and melodic is not an option, this exhibition is prime evil massacre. In nomine Satanas, in bloodlust we trust, VENOM are on top. The anthemic "Stand Up (And Be Counted)" war-machine might not be targeted for arenarock, but the mass-killings are real. Raging parties / orgies gets a theme song, as "Women, Leather And Hell" destroys everything above sea level.

CHAAAAAARGE !

And now, the machiavellian tour-de-force. A full 19:55sec organised chaos of furious fire, crisp crescendos and ravaging riffs. The God-size title-track for "At War With Satan" is the cornucopia no one expected from these bastards. Raw metal builds-up into a feast of power and intricate breakdowns. From The Gate's entry to the burning pandemoniums, this is a direct reply to the naysayers that labeled VENOM as unbearable. The RUSH 2112 influenced clearly display that these nuclear punks can play. An audacious track, by an audacious band, proving that evil will appear under many faces ...a mammoth work of art.

ARE YOU DAMNED IN HELL ?

Fully in control and dominating the underground, yet the young American competition was already shaking the legends to the core. Debut LPs from METALLICA, SLAYER and ANTHRAX from the previous ten months were the hottest tickets in this new extreme: Thrash-Metal.

VENOM never backs down from nobody nor anything, armed with blasphemy, lust and destruction they would power-up the assault with 1985's Possessed LP ...the last true venom.

Play loud and remember kids: home-taping is killing music ...so are VENOM !

AAAAAARRGHH !!!

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At War With Satan = full LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=944TShmrMzg&list=OLAK5uy_mb3lVR15rudm9WuN2qIqorfWdj0kGiZjE
Live at Hammersmith in 1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yBGE2UCi34

November 24, 1997 - 2022: 25 years of: Cast In Stone.

The return of THE EVIL ONES !

In the mid 90s, many legends initiated the reunion-format. From the MISFITS, to KISS, to the SEX PISTOLS, this new commercial modus-operandi was real and proved to some, viable. In the extreme-metal genre, one trio started it all and then faded into lineup-changes and lukewarm releases. Yet now they are back, the time is now, fear them again:

Ladies and Gentlemen,
From the very depths of Hell:
V - E - N - O - M !!!

With a surprise stealth attack at Dynamo 1996, the stage was set for a global assault. Releasing the limited Venom '96 MCD, it displayed rerecordings of classic-tracks, along a sample of a new killer: "The Evil One".

The full-CD features more metal cuts in the bloody veins of the epic "Destroyed & Damned" and the jaw-breaking "Kings Of Evil". Hate and Armageddon goes hand-in-hand on "You're All Gonna Die" and the open-wound of "Infectious". The lexicon of aggression is afire on "Raised In Hell" and "Flight Of The Hydra" some fast sharp-shooters that kindly reminds us that: VENOM is killing music.

The original sin...

The return of heavymetal's B-52 and through thunder and lightning, the poisonous VENOM have re-schooled the scenes of both deathmetal and blackmetal. This immortal union is so volatile that by 1999, it was already once again, part of the history-books, as Abaddon would leave the Ancient Ones behind. The revamped trio now featuring Antton on drums, would fire again with 2000's angeldust blowing Resurrection CD.

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Cast In Stone = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or3Xd1J9rd4&list=OLAK5uy_kYkJVWpMY72nlIb-0bg2anxXldT_-cVwU
Venom '96 = full MCD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PcF6yT7K9I
Live at Dynamo in 1996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZxOCDgwG98
Live at Milwaukee Metal Fest in 1997
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPDY9G9xDeQ

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