Venom - Black Metal - guest review
Venom - Black Metal - guest review
Tracklist
01. Black Metal02. To Hell And Back
03. Buried Alive
04. Raise The Dead
05. Teachers Pet
06. Leave Me In Hell
07. Sacrifice
08. Heavens On Fire
09. Countess Bathory
10. Don't Burn The Witch
11. At War With Satan [preview]
2002 re-release bonus tracks:
12. Bursting Out [60 min+ version]
13. Black Metal [Radio 1 session version]
14. Nightmare [Radio 1 session version]
15. Too Loud For The Crowd [Radio 1 session version]
16. Bloodlust [Radio 1 version]
17. Die Hard [12" version]
18. Acid Queen [12" version]
19. Bursting Out [12" version]
20. Hounds Of Hell
Guest review by
Boxcar Willy January 08, 2012
This album is quite good, with great succulent riffs that have a rock & roll vibe, drums that make me tap my foot along, and vocals that possess me to bang my head. The album features a lot of killer tracks, but is brought down by fillers and a somewhat poor production.
During the intro to Black Metal, I thought, "This is going to be one hell of a thrash album!"
Upon further listening, I was let down in the thrash metal department, but not in the "one hell of an album" aisle. The characterization of this album as thrash is not unjust, but unfitting, as the album is a crossover from rock & roll and thrash metal. That being said, it is still a great album, featuring shrieking guitars, a groovy bass, and pounding drums.
The vocals and lyrics were the first things I noticed. The lyrics are very well written and sung with an amazing thrash/rock voice. The rasp in Cronos' voice is perfect - nothing overkill. The lyrics are cheesy, but still listenable - especially cheesy during the song "Teacher's Pet". Musically one of the highlights, it combines thrash metal and sleaze rock together, with a spectacular result. The guitar really gets it done, from the chugging riffs in most verses, to very fitting solos. The drums keep the rock & roll vibe alive on this album. They have the traditional beat, and really... there's nothing wrong with that.
Overall, I think this is a good album, had the production been a bit better and the album featured fewer filler tracks, it could have been a great album.
Highlights: "Black Metal", "Don't Burn the Witch", "Teacher's Pet"
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 8 |
| Production: | 6 |
Written by Boxcar Willy | January 08, 2012
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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I personally think this album's a piece of shit. I'd probably give it a 4/10 tops, much like their entire discog.
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Posts: 21306 Written by [user id=4365] on 08.01.2012 at 01:29 Why not listen to the rest then? From what I understand, all of their albums are equal in quality. Bad quality.
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Great album  I think "Teacher's Pet" has very clever lyrics actually.
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Why in this site everyone says that Venom is a thrash metal band? It isn't and it never was a thrash metal band. It's more like speed metal fused with NWOBHM and because of their lyrics that were very influential for the later black metal bands, it is, also, considered "black metal". Of course because of the (up to that time) never-seen-before aggression of their songs, they influenced all the extreme sub-genres of metal, including thrash metal. That's one said. About the album, I'm not going to try to make the haters like it. As rightly stated from the reviewer, Venom is a love it or hate it band. Personally, I love them.
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I think this is a very well done 2nd album from Venom. It's the whole birth of black metal. I don't think they got enough credit for putting together some great songs. "Lay down Your Souls to the God's rock n roll!" YES indeed Cronos. How Buried Alive goes into Raise the Dead was really cool. The production could be a bit better. I always liked the goats head on the cover. No one ever did that before them. All and all it's a 10 from me.
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