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Track Listings
| 1. Black Metal |
| 2. To Hell And Back |
| 3. Buried Alive |
| 4. Raise The Dead |
| 5. Teacher's Pet |
| 6. Leave Me In Hell |
| 7. Sacrifice |
| 8. Heaven's On Fire |
| 9. Countess Bathory |
| 10. Don't Burn The Witch |
| 11. At War With Satan |
| 12. Bursting Out |
| 13. Black Metal |
| 14. Nightmare |
| 15. Too Loud For The Crowd |
| 16. Bloodlust |
| 17. Die Hard |
| 18. Acid Queen |
| 19. Bursting Out |
| 20. Hounds Of Hell |
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
One of those albums that you simply must own to be able to join a conversation about rock music. Pure Cult.
Debate still rages about their commitment to the Dark Arts, and their musical ability, but that misses the point. Venom neither take themselves too seriously, not care what you think, so if singing about Satan is what they fancy on a given morning, that is what they will do.
The wall of feedback intro sets the tone of the album, which is a cross between chaos, genius, and uptempo british Heavy Metal. Cronos once described Abbadon's drumming as sounding like he was falling down the stairs, and Cronos himself could be playing anything on his bass for all you can tell. Mantas' guitar is the cement which holds it all together, and the riffs are instant, heavy and enduring.
Don't get too excited about the bonus tracks, although Bloodlust and Die Hard could easily have made their way on to the original album.
This obviously sounds nowhere near as extreme now as it was to ears in 1982, but that it has lasted this long should tell you how good it is.
Debate still rages about their commitment to the Dark Arts, and their musical ability, but that misses the point. Venom neither take themselves too seriously, not care what you think, so if singing about Satan is what they fancy on a given morning, that is what they will do.
The wall of feedback intro sets the tone of the album, which is a cross between chaos, genius, and uptempo british Heavy Metal. Cronos once described Abbadon's drumming as sounding like he was falling down the stairs, and Cronos himself could be playing anything on his bass for all you can tell. Mantas' guitar is the cement which holds it all together, and the riffs are instant, heavy and enduring.
Don't get too excited about the bonus tracks, although Bloodlust and Die Hard could easily have made their way on to the original album.
This obviously sounds nowhere near as extreme now as it was to ears in 1982, but that it has lasted this long should tell you how good it is.
16 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is where it began. Black Metal started here and never looked back. You may think the CD is broken at first...then HELL BREAKS LOOSE!!!!! From Fast and HEAVY, to slower songs with CRUNCH! This album doesn't disapoint a person looking for where it all began. The Bonus tracks just add to the chaos....HELL YEAH!!! This album took to long to Remaster, but in the end it was worth the wait. So BUY a piece of BLACK METAL History!!!!!!!
Format:Audio CD
Venom's first two albums really are complete and utter mandatory listening for most metalheads, I'm not just nodding along and agreeing blindly with everybody on this, I genuinely have to reiterate the quality in the music as well as the massive impact it had on all extreme music. I don't care whether you listen to death metal, black metal or thrash metal the truth is Venom were all three long before those genres even existed! No matter what form of extreme metal you listen to nowadays, if you trace the roots it always without doubt leads straight to Venom. "Welcome to hell" was a blast as well, but I prefer "Black metal" even though they both deservedly get five stars. The guitars sound menacing, the vocals by Kronos were raw and putrid, even though extreme vocals are the norm in metal nowadays, back when "Black metal" was released it was about as anti-metal as it got, it made Lemmy's liquor soaked vocals sound like a playground skirmish. One does often make comparisons between Motorhead and Venom funnily enough, and I suppose Venom are like an extreme Motorhead but way back when, there were no other bands like Venom so they had to compare them to somebody and Motorhead were the only ones that came close, that's how different the musical landscape was in those days.
"Black metal" is the first track to start this scuzzy blackened affair, but it does have quite an enchating chorus which I think we've all heard: "Lay down your souls to the gods rock and roll!" The thick wall of guitar noise that starts "To hell and back" is pretty much the birth of bands like Celtic Frost. "Don't burn the witch" sounds like a riff that many bands could have put out such as Metallica, Slayer, Bathory, Death...it's no surprise since those bands owe a huge debt to this band. "Leave me in hell" is another great song, it sounds like Venom have found the key to the gates, and I'm not talking about the purly gates here people. "Buried alive" and "Raise the dead" still sound as relevant and exciting as they did back in the day. The band take a brief break from all the darkness and occultic themes, with "Teacher's pet" which leaves me in a fit of giggles no exaggeration there. Venom hadn't quite perfected this new found extreme sound, even if it does have plenty of evil flavour. Of course Venom were sadly one of those bands who had an influence, but got left for dead in the stampede of upcoming bands they influenced. Nevermind I doubt Venom would have dug the lifestyle of rock and roll establishment. With so much that has changed in the last thirty years, it's easy to see why some people listen to Venom for a rush of nostalgia, but Venom truly were a great band even if their playing wasn't prodigal. Whether you like this record or not, "Black metal" was and still is a drastic game changer.
"Black metal" is the first track to start this scuzzy blackened affair, but it does have quite an enchating chorus which I think we've all heard: "Lay down your souls to the gods rock and roll!" The thick wall of guitar noise that starts "To hell and back" is pretty much the birth of bands like Celtic Frost. "Don't burn the witch" sounds like a riff that many bands could have put out such as Metallica, Slayer, Bathory, Death...it's no surprise since those bands owe a huge debt to this band. "Leave me in hell" is another great song, it sounds like Venom have found the key to the gates, and I'm not talking about the purly gates here people. "Buried alive" and "Raise the dead" still sound as relevant and exciting as they did back in the day. The band take a brief break from all the darkness and occultic themes, with "Teacher's pet" which leaves me in a fit of giggles no exaggeration there. Venom hadn't quite perfected this new found extreme sound, even if it does have plenty of evil flavour. Of course Venom were sadly one of those bands who had an influence, but got left for dead in the stampede of upcoming bands they influenced. Nevermind I doubt Venom would have dug the lifestyle of rock and roll establishment. With so much that has changed in the last thirty years, it's easy to see why some people listen to Venom for a rush of nostalgia, but Venom truly were a great band even if their playing wasn't prodigal. Whether you like this record or not, "Black metal" was and still is a drastic game changer.
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Dated Delirium
Yes, it is dated but it's where Black Metal supposedly began, so I suppose it has a historical imperative. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Paul Pinn
blackmetalgods
i first heard of venom back in middle of 2009 on a documentary called 'Metal a headbangers journey' it features a song called 'bloodlust' and i was amazed by it, the song was... Read more
Published 14 months ago by georgekemp
Those were the days.......
I bought this purely for the 7th Date of Hell DVD. I was at the gig in '84, so I wanted to re-live the 'event'. Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2009 by James Carr
BLACK METAL..........
Venoms finest moment is here on this fine re-issue of a true classic black metal album. the singer is not good, the guitar is rubbish and the bass is awful but its venom, true... Read more
Published on 31 July 2007 by Mrs. Jayne M. Jarvis
lay down your soul to the gods rock and roll!!
BLACK METALL!!! Yes their supposedly best album, but I rate the debut higher, this is still an excellent album and worthy of the legendary 'Black Metal' genre it spawned... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2007 by B. Mallinson
the one
this is the album that started it.it gave birth to a new ,dark ,imaginative and violent music.a new genre.
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Published on 24 Oct 2003 by themysticanimal
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