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Profile:One of the most important bands to ever spawn from the Metal undeground, Venom helped the creation of extreme metal. Formed in Newcastle, England in the '70s as Oberon, the band became a reality thanks to singer/bassist Conrad Lant, guitarist Jeff Dunn, and drummer Tony Bray. Soon renamed to Venom, the members decided to opt for Satanic imagery and appear in interviews, magazines and booklets as Cronos, Mantas and Abaddon respectively.

Originally a mixture of Motörhead, Black Sabbath and Kiss, the band's fresh Satanic Hardcore/Metal debut, "Welcome to Hell" (1981) was though by many as the first real 100% Thrash album. Its successor, 1982's "Black Metal", while not as successful as Metallica's "Kill 'Em All" allowed the band to gain more fame, along with naming a whole generation of new bands. "At War With Satan", the band's finest hour, quickly followed as a response to the group's unexpected success with 1985's "Possessed", which unfortunately was the last album (of this early era) to feature Mantas.

More line-up changes happened, as Cronos soon left to follow a career as a solo artist and Abaddon was forced to re-recruit Mantas (largely missed by the fans) along with fellow British Atomkraft's Tony Dolan (who used the moniker 'The Demolition Risk' in Venom) and Al Banes. More albums followed by they were largely ignored as Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth's approach to Thrash received greater appreciation and as bands like Mayhem started appearing.

In 1996 the band reformed as the original line-up with Cronos back in the fold. A self-titled EP was released, followed by other semi-successful albums and the re-release of all of the bands' older classics.
URLs:http://www.venomslegions.com
http://www.myspace.com/venomlegions
Members:Anthony Bray, Antton, Conrad Lant, Dave Young (2), James Clare, Jeffrey Dunn, Mike Hickey, Tony Dolan
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Releases:
The Second Coming (CD + VHS) Warhead  
In League With Satan (7") Neat Records 1981
Welcome To Hell (LP) Bernett Records 1981
Welcome To Hell (LP) Neat Records 1981
Black Metal (LP) Neat Records 1982
Black Metal (LP) Bernett Records 1982
Black Metal (LP) Banzai Records 1982
At War With Satan (LP) Bernett Records 1984
At War With Satan (CD) Roadrunner Records 1984
At War With Satan (LP) Banzai Records 1984
At War With Satan (LP) Neat Records 1984
Manitou (7") Neat Records 1984
Welcome To Hell (LP) Banzai Records 1984
Black Metal (CD, Album) Combat 1985
Canadian Assault (12") Banzai Records 1985
French Assault (Vinyl, MiniAlbum) Neat Records 1985
From Hell To The Unknown (Cass) Raw Power 1985
From Hell To The Unknown (2xLP) Raw Power 1985
Interview With Venom (LP, Pic, Ltd) Not On Label 1985
Nightmare (10") Neat Records 1985
Nightmare (12") Neat Records 1985
Nightmare (7") Neat Records 1985
Possessed (LP) Bernett Records 1985
Possessed (LP) Banzai Records 1985
Possessed (LP, Album) Roadrunner Records 1985
Possessed (LP, Album) Combat 1985
Possessed (LP, Album) Tonpress 1985
The 7th Date Of Hell - Live At Hammersmith 1984 (VHS, NTSC) Polygram 1985
At War With Satan (Cass) Victoria 1986
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (CD) Neat Records 1986
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (2xCass, Album) Neat Records 1986
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (2xLP) Neat Records 1986
Possessed (Cass) Victoria 1986
Scandinavian Assult (12") Sonom AB 1986
The Singles 80-86 (LP) Raw Power 1986
Welcome To Hell / Black Metal (Cass) Roadrunner Records 1986
Prime Evil (CD) Under One Flag 1989
Prime Evil (LP) Neat Records 1989
... Tear Your Soul Apart (CD, Maxi) Under One Flag 1990
Prime Evil (CD, Album) Kraze 1990
Welcome To Hell (CD) Roadracer Records 1990
At War With Satan (CD, RP) Castle Classics 1992
Black Metal (CD, Album) Castle Classics 1992
The Waste Lands (CD) Under One Flag 1992
Welcome To Hell (CD, Album) Castle Communications 1992
Kissing The Beast (CD) Disky 1993
Skeletons In The Closet (CD) Castle Music, Castle Music 1993
The Best Of Venom - In Memorium (CD) Music Club 1993
From Heaven To The Unknown (2xCD) Recall (2) 1997
Calm Before The Storm (CD, Album) Deadline Music 1998
Cast In Stone (2xCD, Album) Deadline Music 1998
In Memorium 1981 - 1994 (CD) Deadline Music 1998
Metalpunk (CD, Album) Soundwings 1998
Beauty & The Beast (CD) Dressed To Kill 2000
Resurrection (CD, Album) Steamhammer 2000
At War With Satan (CD) Castle Music 2002
Bitten (CD) NMC Music 2002
Black Metal (LP, RE, Album, Cle) Earmark 2002
Black Metal (CD, Album, RM) Castle Music 2002
Possessed (LP, Rep) Earmark 2002
Welcome To Hell (CD, Album, RM) Castle Music 2002
At War With Satan (LP, RE, Album, Cle) Earmark 2003
The Seven Gates Of Hell: The Singles (CD) Castle Music 2003
Under A Spell (CD, Album, Sli) Teenile Dementia 2003
Welcome To Hell (LP, Album, RE, Cle) Earmark 2003
Witching Hour - The Best Of Venom (2xCD) Delta Music (UK) 2003
Antechrist (7") Castle Music 2006
Metal Black (CD, Album) Castle Music 2006
Appears On:
Untitled (Cass, Ltd, Dem) In League With Satan Pure Satanic Noise  
Shadows In The Deep (CD, Album) Countess Bathory Century Media 1992
Unholy Death (CD, Album, Ltd) In Nomine Satanas Moribund Records 1994
Live Intrusion (VHS) Witching Hour American Recordings 1995
Spawned By Evil (CD, Mini) Nightmare Black Mark Production 1996
1992 - 2002 - Ten Years Of Depressive Destruction (2xLP, Album, Ltd) Possessed End All Life Productions 2002
Contamination Festival 2003 (2xDVD-V, NTSC) Witching Hour Relapse Records 2003
War And Pain (2xCD, Album + CD-ROM) Witching Hour Metal Blade Records 2004
Demo(n) Compilation 2005 A.B. (Cass, S/Sided, Com) Black Metal No Music Records 2005
Sacrifice To Evil Spirit (CD, MiniAlbum, Ltd) Warhead, Warhead (Live) Living Dead Society 2005
Worship Him (CD, Album, Sli) Manitou (Venom Cover) Century Media 2005
Ultratumba (CD, Album) Black Metal Living Dead Society 2006
Gran Poder (CD, Album) Genocide Southern Lord 2007
Gran Poder (2xLP, Album, Ltd, RE, Bla) Genocide Southern Lord 2007
Gran Poder (2xLP, Album, Ltd, RE, Red) Genocide Southern Lord 2007
Tracks Appear On:
Metal Inferno (LP) Black Metal, Woman Kastle Killers 1984
Combat Tour Live: The Ulitimate Revenge (VHS, NTSC) Witching Hour (Live), ... Combat 1985
Metal Killers Kollection (2xLP) Black Metal Castle Music 1985
Speed Kills - The Very Best In Speed Metal (LP) Black Metal (New Version) Music For Nations 1985
+ Heavy / 3 (Cass, Comp) Rip Ride Victoria 1987
+ Heavy / Vol. 4 (Cass, Comp) Black Metal Victoria 1987
Axe Attack (CD) Witching Hour JCI Records 1988
Heavy Metal Collection 3 (CD) Black Metal Elap Music 1993
Metal CD Collection 14 (CD) Welcome To Hell Northern & Shell Publications 1993
A Tribute To Venom (CD) Warhead (Industrial Mi... Deadline Music 1998
Black Metal (CD, Promo) Black Metal Hard N' Heavy 1998
Britannia Infernus - A History Of British Occult And Black Metal (2xCD) Bloodlust Godreah Records 2002
Lords Of Chaos - The History Of Occult Music (2xCD) Black Metal Prophecy Productions 2002
Fenriz Presents... The Best Of Old-School Black Metal (CD) Warhead Peaceville 2004
666 Mix (CD) Stand Up (And Be Count... Not On Label 2007
Battle Metal V: The Final Conflict (CD) Metal Black Metal Hammer (UK) 2007
Unofficial Releases:
Anachronism / The First Voivod Show 25.06.1983 (CD, Album) Black Metal, Angel Dus... Devil Metal Records 2004
Ode To Piggy-Volume 1 (Cass, Album) Black Metal Nervous Tongue Records 2006

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