A dark silhouette of creature, poised, crouched on
the corner of a cliffs edge, waits eagerly, eyes glare
patiently, red eyes filled with fire and torment gleam
with a frenzied brightness across the shadowed valleys below

A crack of thunder breaks the deafening silence which once ruled
the plains. The creature is unmoved by the commotion of the
noise, and the blinding fork of lightning which strikes only a few
yards from where it lays - in wait - for something

[SATAN LAUGHS]

Wings spread in a magnificent fullness the creature stands in
full glory, inhaling deeply, the ice cold air, each fendon and muscle
ripping in an almighty stance of the great dimensional deify

[LUCIFER SMILES]


Sing with the song of Venom, At War With Satan lyrics!

From the far far west a chariot of fire emerges traveling at a
fremendous speed forwards the creature

[THE CREATURE LAUGHS]

As if in a maddened state of farina the creature leaps up
off the ridge and hovers with dignity, in the now cloudless sky,
it's long red hair blowing freely in the wind.
The chariot emerges and with a sharp swift movement, the
creature takes the reins then flies off into the night, howling
out immortal cries of predication and war.

"AT WAR WITH SATAN"

Warriors gather slowly round the sacred city hell
Satan screams a vengeance on the land his angels fell
Tyrants pray disaster for the land of love and trust
Demons plot a way to turn the heaven into dust....

venom

Artist Information

Profile:

One of the most important bands to ever spawn from the Metal undeground, Venom helped the creation of extreme metal. Formed in Newcastle, England in the '70s as Oberon, the band became a reality thanks to singer/bassist Conrad Lant, guitarist Jeff Dunn, and drummer Tony Bray. Soon renamed to Venom, the members decided to opt for Satanic imagery and appear in interviews, magazines and booklets as Cronos, Mantas and Abaddon respectively. Originally a mixture of Motörhead, Black Sabbath and Kiss, the band's fresh Satanic Hardcore/Metal debut, "Welcome to Hell" (1981) was though by many as the first real 100% Thrash album. Its successor, 1982's "Black Metal", while not as successful as Metallica's "Kill 'Em All" allowed the band to gain more fame, along with naming a whole generation of new bands. "At War With Satan", the band's finest hour, quickly followed as a response to the group's unexpected success with 1985's "Possessed", which unfortunately was the last album (of this early era) to feature Mantas. More line-up changes happened, as Cronos soon left to follow a career as a solo artist and Abaddon was forced to re-recruit Mantas (largely missed by the fans) along with fellow British Atomkraft's Tony Dolan (who used the moniker 'The Demolition Risk' in Venom) and Al Banes. More albums followed by they were largely ignored as Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth's approach to Thrash received greater appreciation and as bands like Mayhem started appearing. In 1996 the band reformed as the original line-up with Cronos back in the fold. A self-titled EP was released, followed by other semi-successful albums and the re-release of all of the bands' older classics.

Albums / OSTs:

at war with satan black metal calm before the storm cast in stone eine kleine nachtmusik (live) posessed resurrection temples of ice the singles 80-86 welcome to hell Click here to view All Albums and Song Lyrics of Venom!