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Mayhem With Mercy [] Poison [] Witching Hour [] One Thousand Days In Sodom [] Angel Dust [] In League With Satan [] Red Light Fever []. Black Metal [] To Hell And Back [] Buried Alive [] Raise The Dead [] Teachers Pet [] Leave Me In Hell [] Sacrifice [] Heavens On Fire [] At War with Satan [] Manitou Bonus Track [] Rip Ride [] Genocide [] The band as a whole hit the brick wall with this one.

It's not a bad album I personally find it underrated but it might have had more respect if it was either tightened up a bit with a few more songs or released as a Cronos album, since Cronos basically took the sound and the guitarists from this album and perfected the approach on Dancing in the Fire.

The album is ultimately forgotten once it's over, and most times I can't be bothered to listen after Fire. Venom fans should at least give it a try, but it's by no means a required purchase. Venom is a lot of things to a lot of people. Some consider only their first four albums to be cannon and the rest shit where as others view their latter works as gold and their humble beginnings as garbage. Both have merit for what its worth as both eras have good and bad.

Their mid-period however is perhaps the most overlooked and underrated in the bands history. Depending on who's side your on in the various breakups that the band is famous for you'll either agree or stop reading this now.

On Calm Before the Storm we see considerably better production and musicianship than in the past. Its easy to distinguish the individual instruments and music over all, as opposed to the bands early work. The guitars are very melodic and thrashy. There is a lot of dueling between the two guitarists, both of which are the best the band has ever had. The shredding is near ceaseless but melodic and fitting, not random fits of masturbatory flashiness.

They add a tough and evil sense to the music, essentially adding where the less satanic lyrics leave off. The bass is easily mistakable for Cronos' own, as Tony playing is very similar. The bass is its own entity and contains a vicious amount of attitude not always playing what the guitars are.

The drums are standard Abaddon and as such are both good and horrible. For the most part, the prior is thankfully the case. There are a few parts where he sounds bad but over all he's with it. As stated above the vocals are eerily close to Cronos', to the point of cloning.

This works in his favor as detractors of this incarnation of Venom will find it hard to differentiate between the two. The lyrics are more about life and myths than anything else, this is somewhat a breath of fresh air as the satanic thing had run its course and gotten stale. The music easily slots in the melodic Thrash category with perhaps a few Power Metal nods here and there. The music is tight but loose. Its tough but enchanting, dark but catchy and fun.

This is just what a good Thrash album should be a mixture of darkness, evil and fun. If there are any complaints it would be that this is painfully short and that some of the songs don't really go anywhere, but over all this is an electrifying album that should appeal to fans of the aforementioned.

The bane of age: a curse from decades reveled, or perhaps signals that exploit weakness not visible at hindsight. Welcome to the downfall. A comfortable approach was promised; instead we received irritation. A sign of a once-good band faded away, or some avoidable mistake?

That, my friends, is the question. Also, who wants mainstream verse-chorus-repeat foundations? Another thinker, I guess. Cronos, too, has taken quite a nasty pinch within these lakes of vocal domination. Still, his bass looks pretty alright…goddamn it, who made love to the guitar tone?

Any highlights? But seriously, Venom did score a few points throughout this unacceptable effort that are essentially passable towards their glory days. Best viewed without Internet Explorer, in x resolution or higher.

Venom is one of those groups whose existence has been one with major ups and downs. Then came Possessed, which suffered horribly due to its muddy and distant production. At the time it was a grave misstep, almost undoing all of what the group had worked for since forming in The band started work on a fifth record, tentatively titled "Deadline", but Mantas was quick to realize that things were not working out with the rest of the band and departed Venom to start a solo career.

Calm Before the Storm is unlike any Venom album before or since. Instead of the usual women, leather, and hell of the first four albums and their related singles, the band or maybe Cronos decided to play a mix traditional and power metal, with emphasis on sword and sorcery lyrics as well as a few rock 'n rollish themes.

Jimmy Clare doubled on keyboards, Cronos toned down his vocals, and Abaddon and the two guitarists added vocal harmonies to many of the choruses. The band was also afforded the luxury of a much higher quality production, which is a big step above Possessed. Sonically, it might be one of the best sounding Venom records as far as production is concerned.

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Tracklist Sorted by: Running order Running order Most popular. Buy Loading. More Love this track. Play album Buy Loading. Scrobble Stats? What is scrobbling? Artist images more. Venom , listeners Related Tags black metal thrash metal heavy metal Venom is an English black metal band formed in in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal, Venom's first two albums—Welcome to Hell and Black Metal —are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general.

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