Artist

Venom

Black Metal

Newcastle, England, U.K.
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Venom are an English heavy metal band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1978. Coming to prominence towards the end of the New Wave Of British heavy Metal (NWOBHM), their first two albums are considered major influences on thrash metal and extreme metal in general. Their second album proved influential enough that its title was used as the name of the black metal genre; as a result, Venom were part of the early wave of the genre, along with Mercyful Fate and Bathory.

Venom
Welcome To Hell [Album]

?? December 1981

'Welcome To Hell' is the debut studio album by Venom. It was released at the culmination of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) movement. Due to its unpolished sound as a result of it being recorded in only three days, the relatively low-fidelity of the band inspired numerous Norwegian metal bands, who considered it the first black metal. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked it as 74th on their list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time.'

Venom
Black Metal [Album]

1 November 1982

'Black Metal' is the second studio album by Venom. It was released iduring the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), and is considered a major influence on the thrash metal, death metal and black metal scenes that emerged in the 1980s and early 1990s. Although the album lent its name to the latter subgenre of heavy metal, today it is still debated if the album's music is speed metal, thrash metal or black metal. Nevertheless, its lyrics and imagery were a major influence on the early Norwegian black metal scene.

Venom
At War With Satan [Album]

16 April 1984

'At War With Satan' is the third studio album by Venom. It is a concept album that tells the story of a war between Heaven and Hell which the latter side wins. It was touted as Venom's crossover into mainstream music, but failed to do so. Shortly after it went on sale, the HMV record chain withdrew the album from its shelves because of its anti-Christian content.

Venom
Possessed [Album]

10 April 1985

'Possessed' is the fourth studio album by Venom. It is the band's last studio album to feature guitarist Jeffrey Dunn before his first departure from the band in 1986. At the time of its release, it received mixed reviews, even from critics who had liked Venom's earlier albums. It is often seen as the last 'classic' Venom album.

Venom
Calm Before The Storm [Album]

7 November 1987

Venom
Prime Evil [Album]

9 October 1989

Venom
Temples Of Ice [Album]

31 May 1991

Venom
The Waste Lands [Album]

29 October 1992

Venom
Cast In Stone [Album]

11 November 1997

Venom
Resurrection [Album]

25 April 2000

Venom
Metal Black [Album]

20 March 2006

Venom
Hell [Album]

9 June 2008

Venom
Fallen Angels [Album]

8 November 2011

Venom
From The Very Depths [Album]

25 January 2015

Venom
Storm The Gates [Album]

14 December 2018