--- title: "Venom" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/venom" genre: "Black Metal" country: "United Kingdom" formed: 1979 --- # Venom **Venom** is a black metal band, from United Kingdom, active 1979 to present. 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. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venom_(band) ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Venom | | Genre | Black Metal | | Parent genre | Black Metal | | Origin | Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom | | Formed | 1979 | | Releases in catalog | 26 | ## Genres [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Speed Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/speed-metal) · [Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal) · [NWOBHM](https://themetalnet.com/genre/nwobhm) · [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Cronos](https://themetalnet.com/musician/cronos) | Lead vocals, Bass | 1979 to present | Current | | [Danny “Dante” Needham](https://themetalnet.com/musician/danny-dante-needham) | Membranophone | 2009 to present | Current | | [Dave Young](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dave-young) | | | Current | | [Stuart “La Rage” Dixon](https://themetalnet.com/musician/stuart-la-rage-dixon) | Guitar | 2007 to present | Current | | [Abaddon](https://themetalnet.com/musician/abaddon-5d6c8997) | Drums (drum set) | 1978 to 2000 | Former | | [Mike Hickey](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mike-hickey) | Guitar | | Former | | [Steve White](https://themetalnet.com/musician/steve-white) | | | Former | | [Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tony-demolition-man-dolan) | Bass guitar, Lead vocals | 1989 to 1992 | Former | | [Mantas](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mantas) | Guitar | 1979 to 2005 | Former | | [Al Barnes](https://themetalnet.com/musician/al-barnes) | Guitar | 1989 to 1991 | Former | | [Antton](https://themetalnet.com/musician/antton) | Drums (drum set) | 2000 to 2009 | Former | | [Mykvs](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mykvs) | Guitar | 1986 to 2007 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1981 | [Welcome to Hell](https://themetalnet.com/album/3c943530-e44e-3f1a-a847-b3e6d8422c8f) | Album | | 1982 | [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/album/84df033e-49e6-30aa-8331-11e4c0e161b6) | Album | | 1984 | [At War With Satan](https://themetalnet.com/album/264b0728-d699-3049-9433-33e7c3e1a101) | Album | | 1985 | [American Assault](https://themetalnet.com/album/43316fd3-98a2-38bc-ae50-bdde2edd1ccf) | EP | | 1985 | [Canadian Assault](https://themetalnet.com/album/f7b5c514-71c4-4922-91e3-31f530b16c0a) | EP | | 1985 | [French Assault](https://themetalnet.com/album/4c565815-6a8e-4a54-88d4-aceea6414148) | EP | | 1985 | [Hell at Hammersmith EP](https://themetalnet.com/album/87f2b4ce-4dba-4ce0-9bcf-d2bc806587fc) | EP | | 1985 | [Possessed](https://themetalnet.com/album/fbc82cd5-693a-3df5-82af-6f8c600f6eb8) | Album | | 1986 | [Scandinavian Assault](https://themetalnet.com/album/c0e13639-4be7-46f0-b060-8c2fb909bb9e) | EP | | 1987 | [Calm Before the Storm](https://themetalnet.com/album/add2d3ec-b466-3537-890f-66de851dd4df) | Album | | 1987 | [German Assault](https://themetalnet.com/album/020109f9-b3c6-49ee-8d4d-4f74ae820875) | EP | | 1989 | [Prime Evil](https://themetalnet.com/album/710276ea-cc38-3e61-bc89-1b3934a519cf) | Album | | 1990 | [Tear Your Soul Apart](https://themetalnet.com/album/1b655150-7f20-386a-9d35-94fcbf983a93) | EP | | 1991 | [Temples of Ice](https://themetalnet.com/album/97271304-f2ca-3721-9dbf-063b6ca035c6) | Album | | 1992 | [The Waste Lands](https://themetalnet.com/album/c31e6f52-3f4f-3996-853b-dbc423342a72) | Album | | 1996 | [Venom ’96](https://themetalnet.com/album/e4856303-93b9-49ed-bc8e-0228c913860e) | EP | | 1997 | [Cast in Stone](https://themetalnet.com/album/68723ddb-0994-3ea8-a436-33d387b6bdbf) | Album | | 2000 | [Resurrection](https://themetalnet.com/album/866fb8e2-2a13-37c0-8a52-279c9227b4a0) | Album | | 2003 | [Under a Spell](https://themetalnet.com/album/8137c5f2-a22a-461b-8b5b-930f13f1973a) | Album | | 2006 | [Metal Black](https://themetalnet.com/album/905d61af-e09b-308e-8e67-f225776d0b12) | Album | | 2008 | [Hell](https://themetalnet.com/album/25e74252-fa9c-319e-ba51-c87263903486) | Album | | 2011 | [Fallen Angels](https://themetalnet.com/album/bf5fc8ab-2058-44ea-8dc5-f72c496fb5e4) | Album | | 2015 | [From the Very Depths](https://themetalnet.com/album/e389de1b-6115-4ab4-a791-5bff921ee519) | Album | | 2017 | [100 Miles to Hell](https://themetalnet.com/album/d09f7db1-d4e8-474e-ba42-d2c64424988a) | EP | | 2018 | [Storm the Gates](https://themetalnet.com/album/654b4648-7f6f-4451-8e57-8aaa3e78388e) | Album | | 2026 | [Into Oblivion](https://themetalnet.com/album/4c5e3d13-7a1c-46e3-8439-5a04339cbd04) | Album | ## Related bands - [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together) - [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together) - [Motörhead](https://themetalnet.com/band/motorhead) (listened together) - [Megadeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/megadeth) (listened together) - [Judas Priest](https://themetalnet.com/band/judas-priest) (listened together) - [Anthrax](https://themetalnet.com/band/anthrax) (listened together) - [Testament](https://themetalnet.com/band/testament) (listened together) - [Kreator](https://themetalnet.com/band/kreator) (listened together) - [Bathory](https://themetalnet.com/band/bathory) (listened together) - [Sepultura](https://themetalnet.com/band/sepultura) (listened together) - [Celtic Frost](https://themetalnet.com/band/celtic-frost) (listened together) - [Sodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/sodom) (listened together) ## Official and external links - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/15775 - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5fwaejlOHVBAw1KhIPPaQe - apple music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/3222127 - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/VENOM/35736783484 - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/venom_band_official/ - youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCbRHXM6fCmrQouFtXpBMqRQ - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Venom/128 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/venom](https://themetalnet.com/band/venom). 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