Venom | |
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![]() Venom at Hellfest Summer Open Air in 2008 | |
Background information | |
Oreigin | Newcastle upon Tyne, Ingland |
Genres | Heavy metal, thrash metal, black metal, speed metal |
Years active | 1979–1993 1995-present |
Labels | Neat, Filmtrax, Under One Flag, SPV, Sanctuary/Castle, Universal |
Wabsteid | www.venomslegions.com |
Members | Cronos La Rage Dante |
Past members | See: Leet o Venom baund members |
Venom are a hivy metal baund formit in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1979.
Comin tae prominence towards the end o the 'New Wave o Breetish Hivy Metal', Venom's first twa albums – Welcome to Hell (1981) an Black Metal (1982) – ar considered a major influence on thrash metal an extreme metal in general. Venom's seicont album pruivit influential enough that its title wis uised as the name o an extreme metal subgenre: black metal.