Venom (baund)

Venom
Venom
	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.

Members

Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn – guitar (1979–1986, 1989–2002)
Anthony "Abaddon" Bray – drums (1979–1999)
Clive "Jesus Christ" Archer – vocals (1979–1980)
Mike "Mykvs" Hickey – guitar (1986–1987, 2005–2007)
Jim Clare – guitar (1986–1987)
Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan – vocals, bass guitar (1989–1992)
Alastair "Big Al" Barnes – guitar (1989–1991)
Steve "War Maniac" White – guitar (1992)
Antony "Antton" Lant – drums (2000–2009)