Black Metal
Studio album by Venom
Released	November 1982
Recorded	1982 at Impulse Studios in Newcastle, England
Genre	Thrash metal, speed metal, first-wave of black metal.[1][2][3][4]
Length	47:49
Label	Neat
Producer	Keith Nichol and Venom
Professional reviews
Allmusic link
Venom chronology
Welcome to Hell (1981) Black Metal (1982) At War with Satan (1983)

Black Metal is the second album by the English band Venom. It was released in 1982 and is considered a major influence on the thrash metal, death metal and black metal scenes that emerged in the 1980s and early 1990s.^[5] Although a major influence on black metal's lyrical themes and aesthetics,^[6] today the album is often called "thrash metal" rather than black metal.^[7]

The original cover art was made by the band's bassist and singer, Conrad "Cronos" Lant.

It has been listed as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus songs on 2002 reissue 2 Credits 3 Covers 4 Legacy 5 References

[edit] Track listing

Side A ("Black")

1. "Black Metal" – 3:40
2. "To Hell and Back" – 3:00
3. "Buried Alive" – 4:16
4. "Raise the Dead" – 2:45
5. "Teachers' Pet" – 4:41

Side B ("Metal")

6. "Leave Me in Hell" – 3:33
7. "Sacrifice" – 4:27
8. "Heaven's on Fire" – 3:40
9. "Countess Bathory" – 3:44
10. "Don't Burn the Witch" – 3:20
11. "At War with Satan (preview)" – 2:14

[edit] Bonus songs on 2002 reissue

12. "Bursting Out (60 Min+ version)" – 2:58
13. "Black Metal (Radio 1 session)" – 3:08
14. "Nightmare (Radio 1 session)" – 3:27
15. "Too Loud for the Crowd (Radio 1 session)" – 2:09
16. "Bloodlust (Radio 1 session)" – 2:44
17. "Die Hard (12" version)" – 3:06
18. "Acid Queen (12" version)" – 2:31
19. "Bursting Out (12" version)" – 2:59
20. "Hounds of Hell (Outtake)" – 3:20

[edit] Credits

• Cronos – bass guitar, vocals
• Mantas – guitar
• Abaddon – drums

[edit] Covers

• Alchemist covered "Black Metal" for a tribute album.
• Blitzkrieg covered "Countess Bathory" on the album Unholy Trinity.
• Cradle of Filth did a cover of "Black Metal".
• Dark Forest, a black metal band from Brazil, covered the song "Black Metal" on their demo Sodomized By Depraved Goat from 2003.
• Dimmu Borgir covered the song "Black Metal", as the Japanese version bonus track on their album, In Sorte Diaboli.
• Hypocrisy did a cover of the song "Black Metal" on the album Osculum Obscenum.
• Mayhem, whose guitarist and bandleader Euronymous hailed Venom as an important black metal band, covered the title track on releases and live in their early years.
• Messiah Marcolin did a cover of "Countess Bathory"
• Obituary covered "Buried Alive" for their greatest hits compilation, entitled Anthology.
• Unleashed covered "Countess Bathory" on Shadows in the Deep from 1992.
• Isegrim made a cover album called "A Tribute to Venom"
• Necrodeath made a cover of "Countess Bathory" on their album Draculea released in 2007
• Vital Remains covered "Countess Bathory" for their album Into Cold Darkness.
• Vader covered "Black Metal" on their album Necropolis.

[edit] Legacy

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (October 2008)

• In 2005 it was voted the 68th best British album of all time by Kerrang! readers.
• The song "Black Metal" was featured on the soundtrack to Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
• The cover from the album ...Just A Few More Hits from Exit-13 parodies the cover art work from Black Metal.
• In 2008 Sigh released an EP "A Tribute to Venom" with songs sharing names with some of the tracks of Black Metal, the EP shares a similar cover as the album Welcome to Hell (also by Venom) though.

[edit] References

MusicMight.com: Venom: MusicMight Biography

v • d • e Venom Conrad "Cronos" Lant · La Rage · Danny "Dante" Needham Jeff "Mantas" Dunn · Anthony "Abaddon" Bray · James Clare · Steve "War Maniac" White · Alastair "Big Al" Barnes · Clive "Jesus Christ" Archer · Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan · Mike "Mykvs" Hickey · Anthony "Antton" Lant Studio albums Welcome to Hell (1981) · Black Metal (1982) · At War with Satan (1983) · Possessed (1985) · Calm Before the Storm (1987) · Prime Evil (1989) · Temples of Ice (1991) · The Waste Lands (1992) · Cast in Stone (1997) · Resurrection (2000) · Metal Black (2006) · Hell (2008) EPs Canadian Assault (1984) · American Assault (1985) · French Assault (1985) · Hell at Hammersmith (1985) · Japanese Assault (1985) · Nightmare (1985) · Scandinavian Assault (1986) · German Assault (1987) · Tear Your Soul Apart (1990) · Venom '96 (1996) Compilations & live Official Bootleg (1986) · Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1986) · The Singles 1980-1986 (1986) · The Book of Armageddon (1992) · Skeletons in the Closet (1993) · Kissing the Beast (1993) · The Second Coming (1997) · Bitten (2002)