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Key facts
- Also known as
- Guillotine (1978) Dwarfstar (1978–1979)
- Origin
- Newcastle upon Tyne , England
- Genres
- Heavy metal speed metal thrash metal first-wave black metal
- Years active
- 1978–1992 1995–2002 2005–present
- Labels
- Spinefarm Neat Filmtrax Under One Flag Combat SPV Sanctuary Castle
- Spinoffs
- Cronos Venom Inc.
- Members
- Conrad "Cronos" Lant Stuart "Rage" Dixon Danny "Dante" Needham
- Past members
- Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn Anthony "Abaddon" Bray Clive "Jesus Christ" Archer Mike "Mykvs" Hickey Jim Clare Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan Al Barnes Trevor "V.X.S" Sewell Steve "War Maniac" White Anthony "Antton" Lant
- Website
- venomslegions .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Genre
- thrash metal
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Record label
- Sanctuary Records
- Official website
- www.venomslegions.com
- Image
- Venom at Party.San Metal Open Air 2013.jpg
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- Commons category
- Venom (musical group)
- topic's main category
- Category:Venom (musical group)
- inception
- 1979-00-00
- topic has template
- Template:Venom
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- location of formation
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- name
- Venom
- different from
- Venom
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Encyclopedic overview
Venom are an English heavy metal band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1978. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM), Venom's first two albums, Welcome to Hell (1981) and Black Metal (1982), are considered major influences on black metal, thrash metal and extreme metal in general. Their second album proved influential enough that its title was used as the name of the black metal genre; as a result, Venom were part of the first wave of the genre, along with Mercyful Fate and Bathory.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Venom” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.