05 agosto 2007

49 - Venom Welcome To Hell 1981

Venom has been reviled by many, hungrily devoured by others, they are one of the defining origins of extreme metal. Though not as dark as “Black Metal” and “At War With Satan,” "Welcome to Hell" was nonetheless a sea change as far as the development of Heavy Metal goes. It had the dirtiest sound in Metal, as anarchic as much of the second wave Punk being spewed forth back then. At times it sounded like the instruments were being played in reverse, and on many of the tracks it had that “Black” quality that gives the association to the Black Metal family tree. Proficiency was not a word associated with VENOM then, but the chaos that ensued won them many friends, as well as enemies. This track is very much Heavy Metal in feel, but after being dragged through a sewer.


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