New Wave of British Heavy Metal stalwarts, the influential Venom, have their first four albums from the NWOBHM days re-issued with a plethora of bonus tracks.
Venom formed at towards the end of the 1970s then getting to the top of the NWOBHM tree with their massively heavy, dark, fast style which has influenced many a band since.
The debut album of Welcome to Hell was originally released in 1981 and is an undisputed classic of the genre. So heavy, so dark.
Black Metal followed in 1982 and, so legend has it, gave it’s name to the whole black metal scene.
Then came At War With Satan in 1984 featuring that epic twenty minute title track and by keeping themselves busy the fourth album – Possessed – appeared in 1985.
The combined effect of those first four albums garnered much success for Venom with the combination of NWOBHM, dark metal, speed metal and thrash metal.
As mentioned, the four are being re-issued with bonus tracks. As is Venom’s live album – Eine Kleine NachtMusik – from 1986.
The release dates are:
31 January 2025
At War With Satan
Possessed
Eine Kleine NachtMusik
28 February 2025
Black Metal
Welcome to Hell
A reminder of how great Venom were back then, here’s Welcome to Hell:
The re-issues are available from Venom’s online store:
https://venom.tmstor.es/products/section/CD
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