Black Metal [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Venom

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 2, 2006)
• Original Release Date: July 2, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Metal-Is
• ASIN: B0000DETEU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,977 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing Venom album...classic early black metal at its finest!!!, July 22, 2006

By	Countess of Metal "Lexi" (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

I just bought this cd and i havent stopped listening to it! It is an amazing album...just raw fast riffs and fast drumming! It is a classic metal album, although Venom is not really that well-known by some metalheads. Amazing songs on this album include the title track "Black Metal", my personal favorite "Countess Bathory", "Raise the Dead," "Acid Queen," and "Heaven's On Fire." This is just a raw album full of catchy riffs and Cronos (vocals, bassist) yelling and moaning and acting possessed, ot is just soooo awesome.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most influential metal acts and albums of all time, March 30, 2007

By	N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

"Black Metal", an album that is just as its' name implies, is in my opinion Venom's finest hour. Just as the rest of Venom's catalog, "Black Metal" goes without hooks or in sync melody, and opts instead for over the top heaviness, pounding drums, ripping guitars, and toungue in cheek lyrics about the man downstairs. Songs like "Black Metal", "To Hell and Back", "Buried Alive", and "Sacrifice" are all great thrashing songs, while the unexpectedly laugh out loud hilarious "Teacher's Pet" shows that the band is more than what they are perceived to be and really do have a sense of humor. I say that this album is important for a very good reason; every thrash band that boomed in the 80's (Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Exodus) cited Venom as one of their top influences, and Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo even cited "Black Metal" as one of the most influential albums of his life. All that there alone is reason enough to give Venom a listen. This recent re-issue has a much sharper sound than any of the previously available imports, which makes it all the sweeter for new listeners to check out.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, December 2, 2007

By	CLINT BRONSON (las vegas,NV.) - See all my reviews

Though now I have grown up from the times,I still will remember!





VENOM! It was a time where Clint was lost and felt he was alone
and though he always said his prayers at night(I was raised a
Catholic,but still said prayers to Allah,Zeus,Odin,Rah,Budah
and God) I found myself wanting to know more of the angel that
was supposedly God's Fav. Venom was a three piece band that
played like a six piece! They had riffs that though simple
were still hard to duplicate and I am still BEDAZZLED that
my Bro. NO LONGER DEVIL(A AMAZONER) could not play,for
he could play Kurt Hammit,Tony Iommi and Randy Rhodes
to a tee. But not Black Metal? Why? My girl Mrs. Bronson
explained it fully! VENOM IS MOST UNORTHODOX! Meaning
that Chronos did not abide by the rules of music and
like Aleister Crowley did WHAT THY WILT! VENOM'S BLACK METAL
was a mile stone album that has stood the test of time!
I have read a lot of reviews stating that they were really
orig. Though I will not go that far(c'mon people! I feel
the passion for this album,but there were bands like MOTORHEAD
MISFITS and The Heavy above alllllll BLACK SABBATH before Venom)
This album still holds it's place in Metal History for EVERY
song is CLASSIC! Though now that I'm older and respect the
music of such artist's like Boz Scaggs and The Spinners
VENOM will always have a place in my HEART!