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Venom
Venom is a major influence on extreme metal, their 1982 album Black Metal even
giving its name to a sub-genre. Despite this, Venom is considered by some to be
a limited band, if not worse. Since their debut in 1979, these emulators of
Motörhead and Iron Maiden have given way to Satanist overkill and a music that
is above all worth its weight in aggression. The albums Welcome to Hell (1981)
and At War with Satan (1983), together with Black Metal, form the trilogy of
Venom's best albums. The band then lost its way and was largely surpassed by
those it had inspired, such as Metallic...
