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Venom - Calm Before The Storm (1987) (US, NU 632-2, AJK Music)

Posted By: apocalipsys2014

Date: 21 Aug 2013 07:27:21

Venom - Calm Before The Storm (1987) (US, NU 632-2, AJK Music)

Venom is a lot of things to a lot of people. Some consider only their first four albums to be cannon and the rest shit where as others view their latter works as gold and their humble beginnings as garbage. Both have merit for what its worth as both eras have good and bad. Their mid-period however is perhaps the most overlooked and underrated in the bands history. Depending on who's side your on in the various breakups that the band is famous for you'll either agree or stop reading this now.

On Calm Before the Storm we see considerably better production and musicianship than in the past. Its easy to distinguish the individual instruments and music over all, as opposed to the bands early work. The guitars are very melodic and thrashy. There is a lot of dueling between the two guitarists, both of which are the best the band has ever had. The shredding is near ceaseless but melodic and fitting, not random fits of masturbatory flashiness. They add a tough and evil sense to the music, essentially adding where the less satanic lyrics leave off.

The bass is easily mistakable for Cronos' own, as Tony playing is very similar. The bass is its own entity and contains a vicious amount of attitude not always playing what the guitars are.

The drums are standard Abaddon and as such are both good and horrible. For the most part, the prior is thankfully the case. There are a few parts where he sounds bad but over all he's with it.

As stated above the vocals are eerily close to Cronos', to the point of cloning. This works in his favor as detractors of this incarnation of Venom will find it hard to differentiate between the two. The lyrics are more about life and myths than anything else, this is somewhat a breath of fresh air as the satanic thing had run its course and gotten stale.

The music easily slots in the melodic Thrash category with perhaps a few Power Metal nods here and there. The music is tight but loose. Its tough but enchanting, dark but catchy and fun. This is just what a good Thrash album should be a mixture of darkness, evil and fun. If there are any complaints it would be that this is painfully short and that some of the songs don't really go anywhere, but over all this is an electrifying album that should appeal to fans of the aforementioned.

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Musicians:

Vocals, Bass : Cronos
Guitars, Keyboards : Jim C.
Guitars : Mike H.
Drums : Abaddon

Produced by Nick Tauber and Venom
Engineered by Andy Lovell and Keith Nichol
Recorded at The New West Marquee Studios, London, 1987
Matered at The Master Room by Aaron Chakraverty

Track List:

01. Black Xmas [2:56]
02. The Chanting Of The Priests [4:24]
03. Metal Punk [3:23]
04. Under A Spell [4:09]
05. Calm Before The Storm [4:13]
06. Fire [2:43]
07. Krackin Up [2:14]
08. Beauty And The Beast [3:50]
09. Deadline [3:17]
10. Gypsy [2:25]
11. Muscle [2:42]

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Venom / Calm Before The Storm

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