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| Value for Money | 9/10  |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 9.5/10 |
| Castle Music, March 20, 2006, Catalog Number: CMFCD1282 |  | £8.44P&P - Check site |
| Castle Music, March 11, 2002, Catalog Number: CMRCD472 | | £7.44P&P - Check site |
| Castle Music, March 20, 2006, UPC: 5050749412829 |  | £11.99P&P - Check site |
Full review by
Solitude
on 11th May 2007
User Rating : 9
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Good Points: The Birth of a Genre, Excellent song writing and Fiendish intensity
Bad Points: The remastered CD should really have better sound
General comments: Ah, so here it begins!
The genre that we all know and love (or not) was named after the title of this album, from the early seething darkness of Hellhammer, through Mayhem and Mutilation's to the god-awful Dimnu Boigir every band owes something to this LP.
But not as much as you might think, this is considered the birthplace of Black metal but this is far from a Black metal album. The lyrical themes are satanic, perverted and silly, the drums are fast and the guitars screech but it is all done with such an air of self irony that one cannot see any of the songs here being on a Burzum cd. What this is is a brilliant crossover between Hardcore Punk and Alice Cooper and this should not detract from it's worth, tracks like 'Black Metal' and 'Leave Me in Hell' are great drunken floor fillers, but if your looking for 'true' early Black Metal I suggest you pick up the first Bathory album
Solitude's review and ratings | 185 words
Review by
Mikesaughter
on 7th Dec 2004
User Rating : 10
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Venom, Black Metal - What can I say? This album is absolutely amazing! From the chainsaw attacking a door intro right to the very last note of Hounds of Hell is heavy metal history. There may not be many people's opinion you can trust in music today, but if Slayer's Kerry King says that Venom are the most important metal band ever, then I feel safe that they are at least a good band. Brilliantly quick in some places, slow and brooding in others, the only thrash/heavy metal album I would say is b ...
Mikesaughter's full review | 115 words
Venom Original recording remasteredTracklisting: 1. Black metal2. To hell and back3. Buried alive4. Raise the dead5. Teacher&; 039;s pet6. Leave me in hell7. Sacrifice8. Heaven&; 039;s on fire9. Cou More...
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