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The birth of extreme metal goes through Venom. Initially part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, the classic lineup of howler and bassist Conrad âCronosâ Lant, guitarist Jeffrey âMantasâ Dunn, and drummer Tony âAbaddonâ Bray unleashed a sound faster and harsher than that of their more famous peers Iron Maiden. But it wasnât just beastly shredding and dungeon primitivism that made their 1981 debut, Welcome to Hell, and its 1982 follow-up, Black Metal, antecedents to thrash, speed metal, and black metal. The English actâs scandalous shock tacticsâblack leather and spikes, occult aliases, and enough Satanic imagery to make them targets of countless Christian watchdog groupsâproved equally influential on future icons like Celtic Frost, Slayer, and Bathory. Personnel changes in the â90s brought with them variations on Venomâs trademark onslaught: Whereas Temples of Ice embraces the thrash associated with many of their followers, Cast in Stone employs groove metalâs hasher riffage. By the mid-2000s, Lant was the lone original member of a band who have continued to tour and pump out albums like 2015âs From the Very Depths that are unabashed celebrations of Venomâs legendarily unholy racket.
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