Audio CD review:
Venom - New, Live & Rare

Venom - New, Live & Rare

Band: Venom Title: New, Live & Rare Rating: Release Date: 30 June, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Harder Than Ever 2: Skeletal Dance 3: Speed King 4: Welcome To Hell 5: Blackened Are The Priests 6: Playtime 7: Carnivorous 8: Die Hard 9: Hell Bent For Leather 10: Burstin Out 11: Prime Evil 12: Black Metal 13: Megalomania 14: Faerie Tale 15: Civilized 16: Clarrise 17: Temples Of Ice 18: Angel Dust 19: Teacher's Pet 20: Witching Hour

Customer Reviews Venom - 'New,Live & Rare' (Deadline/Cleopatra) 2-CD Oh,boy. Heard that Venom has been back together for awhile now. The Deadline branch of Cleopatra Records had released this decent 2-CD offering. On 'New. . . ',you get studio cuts from 1981-94,like "Angel Dust","Raise The Dead","Temples Of Ice","Black Metal" and "Witching Hour". You also recieve here some nice 'live' material including a couple of covers,Judas Priest's "Hell Bent For Leather" and Sabbath's "Megalomania". A good 20 song compilation. Good chance to pick up and hear some vital black metal history. Should appeal to fans of Celtic Frost,Mercyful Fate,Kreator and Overkill. Remember:real men don't wear ear plugs. True Venom These tracks are all from the peak era of '89-'93, and even includes some remakes this lineup made of the band's earlier work. This is yet another glorious compilation of the legendary black metal band Venom's finest work. The remakes are stronger, due to the renewed enthusiasm of the band and the savage voice of Tony Dolan. This, along with "Prime Evil" and "The Court Of Death", will provide you with the very best of Venom (while there will be overlap). Simply evil brilliance. GET IT BEFORE IT GETS YOU! NEW LIVE & RARE could be considered VENOM'S finest work, except that CRONOS isn't grunting out the lyrics on these, it's the death-defying DEMOLITION MAN on bass & vocals. "Music to crack skulls by"--probably YOURS while you're furiously headbanging. Will definitely make any Venom fan turn over every gravestone looking for more CD's with the D-man on 'em. All tracks are ferociously fast, loud and crazy, venturing into punk territory at times, but with very little satanic foolishness. Best track: TEMPLES OF ICE, hardcore homage to HP Lovecraft! GET IT BEFORE IT GETS YOU!. . You can see a complete list of all Venom discography, or go back to the Venom tabs