Black Metal Blasphemy #2: The VENOM Edition

Though it's only the second edition of Black Metal Blasphemy, I feel it's time to cover Venom. The band, formed in 1979 and currently active, helped to influence the genre of black metal with their second full-length album Black Metal; obviously, the album's title helped secure the music style's name. The band has gone through many line-up changes in it's 30+ years of existence, releasing albums nearly continuously throughout their formation. Venom is also known for its influence on thrash metal bands like Metallica and Slayer. Suffice it to say that Venom has been a large part of what we currently know as black and thrash metal, and by proxy, death metal.

Let's take a look at Venom's cover art discography.

Welcome to Hell (Neat Records, 1981)

Black Metal (Neat Records, 1982)

At War With Satan (Self-released, 1983)

Here Lies Venom (Combat Records, 1985)

Possessed (Combat Records, 1985)

From Hell to the Unknown... (Raw Power Records, 1985)

Official Bootleg (Cleopatra Records, 1986)

Calm Before the Storm (Filmtrax, 1987)

Calm Before the Storm [Re-Release] (Deadline Records, 1999)

Prime Evil (Under One Flag, 1989)

Tear Your Soul Apart (Under One Flag, 1990)

Temples of Ice (Under One Flag, 1991)

The Waste Lands (Music For Nations, 1992)

Skeletons in the Closet (Castle Records, 1993)

Cast in Stone (Steamhammer Records, 1997)

Cast in Stone [Re-Release]

Buried Alive (Receiver Records, 1999)

The Court of Death (Receiver Records, 2000)

Kissing the Beast (Steamhammer, 2002)

Bitten (EFA Medien GmbH, 2002)

Metal Black (Sanctuary Records, 2006)

Hell (Sanctuary Records, 2008)