Children gather round him
Mystery surrounds him
What terrible secret does he hide
An ordinary man
Doing what he can
But what goes on inside his mind

The night draws nigh
With darkened skys
Axe blade shines
Midnight chimes

Morning comes around
Headless bodies found
Our little friend just sits and smiles
Take them home and love them
Read the bible to them
Be sure to kiss each one goodnight

But come the night

Sing with the song of Venom, Schitzo lyrics!

You'll freeze with fright
Axe drawn high
Another dies

Creeping and searching for victims unknowing
What fate doth await round each corner
The take in the night
He's got you in his sight

Now that I have warned you
Always look behind you
You'll never know just who'll be there
That harmless looking dear
May be the one to fear
So never trust those you don't know

But come the night
You'll freeze with fright
Axe drawn high
The bastards die

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!