Track Listing

1. BLACK METAL
2. TO HELL AND BACK
3. BURIED ALIVE
4. RAISE THE DEAD
5. TEACHER'S PET
6. LEAVE ME IN HELL
7. SACRIFICE
8. HEAVEN'S ON FIRE
9. COUNTESS BATHORY
10. DON'T BURN THE WITCH
11. AT WAR WITH SATAN (PREVIEW)
12. BURSTING OUT (60 MIN + VERSION)
13. BLACK METAL (RADIO ONE SESSION)
14. NIGHTMARE (RADIO ONE SESSION)
15. TOO LOUD FOR THE CROWD (RADIO ONE SESSION)
16. BLOODLUST (RADIO ONE SESSION)
17. DIE HARD (12' VERSION)
18. ACID QUEEN (12' VERSION)
19. BURSTING OUT (12' VERSION)
20. HOUNDS OF HELL (OUTTAKE)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16128 in Music
• Released on: 2004-09-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording remastered, Extra tracks
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Album Description
Limited edition double 180gm grey vinyl LP pressing in gatefold sleeve. Considered a seminal influence for Thrash and coming to prominence towards the end of the 'New Wave of British Heavy Metal', Venom have found little mainstream success or critical acclaim but are widely regarded as highly influential, particularly for their first two albums, Welcome To Hell (1981) and Black Metal (1982). The title of Venom's second album would become influential and definitive enough to describe an entire subgenre called Black Metal, even though the band's music would not be considered Black Metal by today's standards. The nature of Venom's high-pitch guitars, harsh vocals, use of pseudonyms, and unrelenting emphasis on Satanic lyrics and imagery is considered the template for the subgenre's later successes, and arguably for the broader extreme Metal movement in general. Back On Black.