Venom (baund)

Venom are a hivy metal baund formit in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1979.

Venom
Venom at Hellfest Summer Open Air in 2008
Background information
Oreigin	Newcastle upon Tyne, Ingland
Genres	Heavy metal, thrash metal, black metal, speed metal
Years active	1979–1993 1995-present
Labels	Neat, Filmtrax, Under One Flag, SPV, Sanctuary/Castle, Universal
Wabsteid	www.venomslegions.com
Members	Cronos La Rage Dante
Past members	See: Leet o Venom baund members

Comin tae prominence towards the end o the 'New Wave o Breetish Hivy Metal', Venom's first twa albums – Welcome to Hell (1981) an Black Metal (1982) – ar considered a major influence on thrash metal an extreme metal in general. Venom's seicont album pruivit influential enough that its title wis uised as the name o an extreme metal subgenre: black metal.

Members

Current members

• Conrad "Cronos" Lant – bass guitar, vocals (1979–1987, 1995–present)
• La Rage – guitar (2007–present)
• Danny "Dante" Needham – drums (2009–present)

Umwhile members

• Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn – guitar (1979–1986, 1989–2002)
• Anthony "Abaddon" Bray – drums (1979–1999)
• Clive "Jesus Christ" Archer – vocals (1979–1980)
• Mike "Mykvs" Hickey – guitar (1986–1987, 2005–2007)
• Jim Clare – guitar (1986–1987)
• Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan – vocals, bass guitar (1989–1992)
• Alastair "Big Al" Barnes – guitar (1989–1991)
• Steve "War Maniac" White – guitar (1992)
• Antony "Antton" Lant – drums (2000–2009)

Discography

Studio albums and EPs

• Welcome to Hell (1981)
• Black Metal (1982)
• At War with Satan (1983) (Chart Poseetion #64 UK),(#48 SE)
• Possessed (1985) (Chart Poseetion #99 UK)
• Calm Before the Storm (1987)
• Prime Evil (1989)
• Tear Your Soul Apart (EP) (1990)
• Temples of Ice (1991)
• The Waste Lands (1992)
• Venom '96 (EP) (1996)
• Cast in Stone (1997)
• Resurrection (2000)
• Metal Black (2006)
• Hell (2008)
• Fallen Angels (2011)
• From the Very Depths (2015)
• Storm the Gates (2018)

Live albums

• Official Bootleg (1985)
• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1986)
• The Second Coming (1997)
• Witching Hour (2003)

Compilation albums

• The Singles 1980-1986 (1986)
• The Book of Armageddon (Best of) (1992)
• Skeletons In The Closet (1993)
• Kissing the Beast (1993)
• New, Live and Rare (1998)
• Old New Borrowed & Blue (1999)
• In League with Satan (2002)
• MMV (Box set) (2005)

External links

• Venom Legions offeecial wabsteid
• offeecial Venom myspace
• Venom fan site