Venom (baund)

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

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

Category:Inglis hivy metal muisical groups
Category:Inglis black metal muisical groups
Category:Inglis thrash metal muisical groups
Category:Speed metal muisical groups
Category:Muisical groups established in 1979