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Cronos on Venom's 1982 album Black Metal
Cronos discusses Venom's 1982 album Black Metal, which is described as one of the most influential records in history, and the band's early recordings.
Venom's 1982 album Black Metal is described as one of the most influential records in history. Venom formed in Newcastle in 1979. The early classic lineup, formed in 1980, consisted of Cronos on bass and vocals, Tony Abaddon Bray on drums and Jeff Mantas Dunn on guitar.
Venom's debut album was Welcome To Hell, which was recorded in three days. Black Metal was recorded over seven days. Cronos says Black Metal is the first proper album by Venom, because Welcome To Hell is just demos.
Black Metal opens with a chainsaw-like sound recorded from metal grinding on metal, according to Cronos. Cronos said the term 'black metal' was coined to describe how different Venom was from other bands of the time. Venom's fan base in the US grew, and some fans were in bands such as Metallica, Slayer and Exodus. Cronos says Dave Grohl said Black Metal was important to him when he was in school.
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