Venom rocks me all the way to hell

Still, Venom are fucking ace. If not for AT WAR WITH SATAN (and specifically "Rip Ride") I might've gone all Columbine back in high school. I also quite liked Mantas's (or was it Abbadon's?) live reading of Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" on the live Canadian e.p.

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|\/|0+0RH3AD ROCK 100x HARDER THAN THOSE L@MERZ VENOM!!!!

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"Lay down your soul to the Gods' rock and roll!"

Proof of Alex in NYC's continued love, as just posted on the thread about his daughter:

http://homepage.mac.com/alexinnyc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2004-05-19%2013.01.35%20-0700/Image-F143CB0CA9CE11D8.jpg

I must share with you this marvellous Amazon review of their 2006 album, 'Metal Black':

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
COMEBACK ALBUM OF THE DECADE, July 2, 2006
By old school alice fan "Matt" (Vancouver BC Canada)

This album will blow your head clean off. Oh sure, you have wimp friends who say, "Oh, VENOM can't play, they can't sing." That's because your friends are a bunch of idiots who have neither brains nor taste. They do what they are told, and they listen to what they're told. They are sheep. They own Nine Inch Nails albums. Why do you hang out with such losers? Discard them. Threaten them if they call or try to come over. Then... Do yourself a huge favor by educating yourself about rockn'roll. Discover that only rarely bands come along that influence and in effect jumpstart entire forms and genres of popular music. Like Buddy Holly. Elvis. Arlo Guthrie. The Beatles. The Mamas and Papas. The Doors. Alice Cooper. Kiss. Nirvana. VENOM. Yes, VENOM. This unholy trinity trio from Jolly Old didn't just jumpstart the whole 80's. 90's, and beyond for hardcore death black noise thrash speed metal, they rammed a trident straight up the gulliver of the mainstream and we have been wallowing in a myriad of awesome heavy thrash in the decades thus ever since. VENOM did it all first. They are the godfathers of anything you're probably listening to now and never got the respect they deserve. Cronos rules. Cronos is God. That voice. The charisma. The talent. The presence. The lyrics. Nothing can touch VENOM when they are at their best. Nothing. And this album is VENOM AT THEIR BEST. This album kills. This album is everything great about WELCOME TO HELL, AT WAR WITH SATAN, POSSESSED, CALM BEFORE THE STORM, CAST IN STONE, and RESURRECTION all rolled into one killer, I mean, one FREAKIN killer album that you won't believe. Mike Hickey has recorded, along with Count Cronos himself, of course, the deadliest licks this side of Hades. His solos will astound you. What a great guitarist. A few listens, and the riffs will effen haunt you. They are that brilliant. And Count Cronos, the Vampire Supreme Himself, By Holy Order of the Satanic Majesties Request, what can I say. On his shoulders rests the responsibility of creating the greatest of all subgenres of music, BLACK METAL. ASSASSIN will ring in your ears over and over and over. ANTICHRIST is one of the greatest songs ever written, never mind one of the best VENOM ever written. REGE SATANAS should be #1 on the Billboard Charts. HOUSE OF PAIN will have you wanting to destroy everything you see without knowing why. DARKEST REALM is probably Western Civilization's greatest cultural achievement since AT WAR WITH SATAN. MALEFICARUM will make you do anything, even sell your grandmother to gypsy slave traders, just for the pleasure of hearing it again. And again. When you hear Count Cronos cry, "Maleficaruuuuuuuuuuuuummmmm" you'll understand. It is paradise. Unbound. Rise. Fall. Into Hell. Maleficaruuuuummmmm...... This album rules. This band rules. Cronos rules all. Listening to this album will make you feel like a forty foot tall rampaging gorilla made of steel and Jack Daniels with the self confidence of Godzilla. You will conquer anything with VENOM in your stereo. Tell your wimp friends to listen to some real metal... V E N O...freakin' M Thank you dark lords for granting Cronos a miraculous recovery to release this gem. This is one of the greatest albums of all time. I have spoken. I'm gonna listen to it again right now. "I bear the soul of Satan, I wear the seal of Death...ANTECHRIST!" If you don't know who VENOM is or don't think VENOM is the greatest band of all time, then you are a cultureless and clueless idiot. We feel sorry for you. Why do you live? VENOM RULES.

haha, "why do you live?"

The review itself attracts this equally excellent comment from another Amazonian:

DoctorBass says:
"Matt," I love the flesh-shredding brutality of your review! You pulverize the clueless with the kind of ruthlessness that would make VENOM most proud. What a crushing, articulate condemnation of those who dare blaspheme the Dark Lord's court musicians. Damn, you are clearly not just a death and black metal mega-lover: You are a bona-fide Luciferian. I never thought I'd meet a real one here @ Amazon.com! This makes me quite happy. Keep the evil in top form. You know how.

I think I will buy this album.

50 Used & new from $2.99!

you're wild man! wild!

It really does make me want to hear the record. And I don't like Venom.

Their first album has the highest pulls-to-plays ratio in my collection.

If not for AT WAR WITH SATAN (and specifically "Rip Ride") I might've gone all Columbine back in high school

That was remarkably tasteless of me. ugh.

if anyone has not yet heard the Venom answerphone messages tape should visit the link (starts at 2:00)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRVPFvwi_e8&feature=related

hilarious! especially as Venom saw fit to release them officially..

those are great! i'm trying to find them for download, but no luck

Venom fucking rules

BULLDOZER BASS

there is no better sounding metal record from the 80s than welcome to hell.

REIGN IN BLOOD? REIN IN THE BASSPLAYER MORE LIKE.

REVIVE IN THE NAME OF SATAN

Let the fervent Venom praise rain down like a plague of locusts!

BLACK METAAAAAAAAAAAAL
BLACK METAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL

black fucking metal

LAY DOWN YOUR SOUL TO THE GODS ROCK AND ROLL

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DS

Hail and farewell:

https://www.facebook.com/officialvenomband/posts/in-memoriam-conrad-cronos-lantit-is-with-profound-sadness-and-broken-hearts-that/1709643377182851/

IN MEMORIAM — CONRAD “CRONOS” LANT
It is with profound sadness and broken hearts that we share the news that Conrad “Cronos” Lant has passed away.
For more than four decades, Conrad’s voice, bass and vision were at the heart of VENOM.
From the first dark rumblings of Welcome to Hell, through Black Metal, At War With Satan, Possessed and beyond, he created something that changed heavy music forever.
VENOM never followed the rules.
They forged their own path.
And Conrad was there at the centre of it all — uncompromising, fearless and unmistakable.
The Legions have always been an important part of VENOM. To everyone who stood with the band through the years, bought the records, came to the shows, wore the shirts, shared the music and kept the flame burning — Cronos was always grateful for your loyalty and support.
A message from Nathan, Conrad’s son:
“I want to thank all of the Legions for all of the support you have given my dad over the years. I know he really appreciated you all. He has laid down his soul, and his music will live on. The legend of Cronos will never die.”
His music will never die.
His voice will never fade.
And the legacy of VENOM will live on through the music he created and through the Legions around the world who continue to carry that flame.
Thank you, Conrad.
Thank you, Cronos.
Thank you for the music.
Thank you for the memories.
Our deepest love and condolences go to Nathan & Hel, friends and everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.
REST IN PEACE, CONRAD
THE LEGEND LIVES ON
🖤
VENOM

RIP, apparently his brother is Prefab Sprout drummer Graham Lant! Now that I didn't know.

Imagine that joint tour, them covering each other's songs...

ok wow

In Canada circa 1984, Venom was THE underground metal gateway band, gen-x's introduction to extreme metal. Their albums were on Banzai, which gave major label distribution to bands like Venom, Slayer, Hellhammer/Frost, and Metallica. I believe Canadian Assault was certified gold in Canada.

Man, did he ever lay down his soul to the gods rock and roll!

Kind of amazing that he was only 63 - so when the "Venom Live" 7" was recorded at City Gardens, when they were co-billed with Black Flag, he was actually two years younger than Rollins.

COUNTESSSSSSSS
BATHORYYYYYYY

dammit. I'm drinking blood this weekend in his honor

Welcome to Hell has to be the first extreme metal album, yeah?

They tuned their instruments down...full on embrace of pro-Satanic imagery as opposed to simply neutrally writing about the occult. Mid ranged bellowing/grunting.

Abandonment of polish and slick musicianship in lieu of punk-tinged filth...

Classic

RIP … Mr Veg & I always quoting the interview where they were joking abt Manowar (“they come to your land on fire breathing bird”)

http://terribleviolence.com/blog/2014/03/20/venomanowar/

That clip is truly incredible.

what’s the record like?
Round and black

In Canada circa 1984, Venom was THE underground metal gateway band

The local video show Toronto Rocks, on CITY-TV, confined their metal videos to Wednesdays. One week, New Music host Daniel Richler guested to explain to the non-metal host the various genres of metal as it existed in the era, with a different kids' toy to personify the genre. "Black Metal" was represented by a plastic Tyrannosaurus and a screening of the "Bloodlust" video.

The only other thing I knew about these guys when I was twelve was that they drank priest's vomit from a skull

RIP