VENOM

Release Year: 2002
Artist Origin: ENG
Style: malicious revolting black heavy metal

already with a preview at the end of Black Metal milestone, the devilish entity have revealed they are up to grandiose postmodern concept for their third longplay [1984] - a massive, ceremonial, bombastic twenty minute epic of the title track, occupying the entire A side, was unprecedented indeed, while B side marks their return to the more raw, unpolished sound, erupting into six straightforward, hell-riding numbers; by that time Venom has got well acclaimed in extreme underground, also peaking into British magazines' charts and establishing the name as a black metal entity, living through the peak of their career, proving their success to be well deserved with this huge leap forward in songwriting and musical ideas; essential European re-issue in classic series comes with a remastered sound and eight rare bonuses from twelve inch vinyl singles, along the extensive liner notes and vintage photo collection in the booklet