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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Part concept album, this release was quite ambitious for Venom, especially when you consider that earlier releases from these thrash metal pioneers featured short, punk-influenced songs. With this album, their third, they introduced a greater sense of dynamics and melody into the fledgling thrash/death genre.
The song "At War With Satan" itself is close to twenty minutes long, telling a grandiose tale of a war between Heaven and Hell. A triumph - although Venom's musical skills were at times rudimentary, the listener can hear them being pushed to the limit, and displaying many original ideas.
The other songs are shorter songs but no less enjoyable for that. Rip Ride, Cry Wolf and Genocide are three of Venom's finest moments, displaying the level to which the band had honed their trademark ferocity.
Certainly a very different album to any over-produced thrash or death metal album you might find nowadays, but for anyone interested in where Slayer, Metallica and Celtic Frost got some of their inspiration, this would be a fine choice.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I first encountered this opus at a time when I was both young and impressionable, and at that time I was completely oblivious to the fact that Venom had a wry sense of humour which permeated pretty much everything they did. Hence, the leather bound gatefold sleeve (complete with burning inverted crucifix), scant information on the band and general subject matter, had a fairly profound effect at the time - and that was before I'd actually dared to play the thing. Coupled with this was the general view that Venom were `the worst band in the World' and the sense of trepidation was intense. So how does it, and did it, sound? The title track kicks off proceedings with a crack of thunder before the ominous drone of Cronos' bass leads into the first of many enormously memorable riffs. Cronos literally roars into action before the struggle between good and evil is played out in a 20 minute long tale that is totally enthralling, both musically (?!) and lyrically. The spoken peroration at the close of the first track still sends shivers down the spine as it is delivered with apparent total conviction - if you didn't know the group this would all be rather disturbing. Put simply, it's a masterpiece - great lyrics, huge riffs and a great story line.
The rest of the album? Who cares, it's not really important. But for the record, Genocide and Rip Ride are cracking tunes and there is the album closer AAAAAAARRRGGGGGHHH!, which only serves to emphasise the fundamental truth that Venom don't take themselves too seriously.
The rest of the album? Who cares, it's not really important. But for the record, Genocide and Rip Ride are cracking tunes and there is the album closer AAAAAAARRRGGGGGHHH!, which only serves to emphasise the fundamental truth that Venom don't take themselves too seriously.
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Concept albums are like potholes in the street no matter how you try to ignore them the fact remains they exist, Venom pulled this off in 1984 with the release of their 3rd album 'At war with satan' on the eager public.
To be honest with you the 'concept' is of the opening track only titled 'At war with satan', which is a ferociously (albiet sloppy) near 20 minute opener. Venom's producer Keith nichol had recieved critiscism with many feeling that he didnt give the track the extra dimension it needed.
the other songs on the album are alot better such as 'Rip ride'(wich does exactly what it says on the tin) 'genocide' 'cry wolf' 'stand up and be counted' 'women leather and hell'(which sounds like a deadly combination on anyones languauge) and 'Aaaaarrgghh' which is just plain silly.
But why couldnt this album take venom to the next level, because it should have been the album the shrug off the fast rising thrash metal bands like Metalllica and Slayer who were ready to pounce of the old innovaters if they faultered. But commerecially it wasnt their big break, it sold well enough but there was a feeling from alot of people that it could have been alot better.
Even now in 2011 the frustrations still linger because...well because it could have been so much more. At war with satan is venoms most frustrating album because it wasnt as good as it should have been, However when venom toured america people suddenly realised the the songs on 'At war' was some of the finest songs venom had written, and it says so much for the band that their hotly touted support band Slayer (who were banging their heads in the front row) could even come close to the fury and focus than venom displayed nigh after night.
so 'At war with satan' a glorious failier then? thats very harsh, just make up your own mind.
To be honest with you the 'concept' is of the opening track only titled 'At war with satan', which is a ferociously (albiet sloppy) near 20 minute opener. Venom's producer Keith nichol had recieved critiscism with many feeling that he didnt give the track the extra dimension it needed.
the other songs on the album are alot better such as 'Rip ride'(wich does exactly what it says on the tin) 'genocide' 'cry wolf' 'stand up and be counted' 'women leather and hell'(which sounds like a deadly combination on anyones languauge) and 'Aaaaarrgghh' which is just plain silly.
But why couldnt this album take venom to the next level, because it should have been the album the shrug off the fast rising thrash metal bands like Metalllica and Slayer who were ready to pounce of the old innovaters if they faultered. But commerecially it wasnt their big break, it sold well enough but there was a feeling from alot of people that it could have been alot better.
Even now in 2011 the frustrations still linger because...well because it could have been so much more. At war with satan is venoms most frustrating album because it wasnt as good as it should have been, However when venom toured america people suddenly realised the the songs on 'At war' was some of the finest songs venom had written, and it says so much for the band that their hotly touted support band Slayer (who were banging their heads in the front row) could even come close to the fury and focus than venom displayed nigh after night.
so 'At war with satan' a glorious failier then? thats very harsh, just make up your own mind.
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