Venom (band)

Venom are a black metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band was formed in 1979. Venom is considered to be (one of) the first Black Metal bands.

Venom
Venom at Hellfest Summer Open Air in 2008
Background information
Origin	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Genres	Speed metal, thrash metal, first wave black metal, hardcore punk
Years active	1979–1993, 1995–present
Labels	Neat, Filmtrax, Under One Flag, SPV, Sanctuary/Castle, Universal
Members	Cronos La Rage Dante
Past member(s)	See: List of Venom band members
Website	www.venomslegions.com

Current members

• Conrad "Cronos" Lant - bass & vocals
• Rage - guitar
• Antony "Antton" Lant - drums

Former members

• Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn - Guitar
• Anthony "Abaddon" Bray - Drums
• James Clare - Guitar
• Steve "War Maniac" White - Guitar
• Alisdair Barnes - Guitar
• Clive "Jesus Christ" Archer - Vocals
• Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan - Bass & Vocals
• Alan Winston - Bass
• Mike "Mykvs" Hickey - Guitar

Studio albums

• Welcome to Hell (1981)
• Black Metal (1982)
• At War with Satan (1984)
• Possessed (1985)
• Calm Before the Storm (1987)
• Prime Evil (1989)
• Temples of Ice (1991)
• The Waste Lands (1992)
• Cast in Stone (1997)
• Resurrection (2000)
• Metal Black (2006)
• Hell (2008)
• Fallen Angels (2011)
• From the Very Depths (2015)
• Storm the Gates (2018)

DVD

• Live from London

Other websites

• Official Venom Website
• Venom - From Hell to Cyberspace Archived 2018-03-20 at the Wayback Machine