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Jeff “Mantas” Dunn leaves Venom Inc. over health and “personal issues”
By Matt Mills published
Dunn has suffered two heart attacks since 2018 but says “personal issues” have also made him step away

How Venom made their unholy masterpiece Black Metal and changed the course of metal
By John Doran published
The story of Venom’s Black Metal, the record that inspired everyone from Metallica to Dave Grohl

The releases on Neat Records you should definitely listen to
By Chris Chantler published
Run from an office above a bingo hall, Neat Records released the debut recordings by Venom, Raven, Tygers Of Pan Tang and more

Campaign launched to raise funds for medical treatment of founding Venom guitarist Mantas
By Fraser Lewry published
Jeff "Mantas" Dunn suffered a heart attack last month: Funds will help with medical expenses and recovery process

"My name is Lucifer, please take my hand, is such a memorable lyric": Ghost's Tobias Forge on the satanic hymns which lured him to the dark side
By Paul Brannigan published
Ghost might not exist had these Satan-praising sounds not seduced Tobias Forge as an impressionable teenager

10 songs that invented thrash metal, according to Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian
By Classic Rock published
Scott Ian on 10 proto-thrash bangers that changed the face of 80s metal

A brief history of the metal Christmas song – and why there’ll (probably) never be a heavy holiday classic
By Matt Mills published
Superstars from Spinal Tap to King Diamond have all tried to make a heavy metal Christmas classic. Yet, these attempts have never become chart-smashing hits. What gives?

11 legendary heavy metal bands with only one original member left
By Matt Mills published
Superstars from Iron Maiden to Slipknot are still thriving, despite having just one founding member among their ranks

“She's got a fire raging in between her thighs, I got a hose to put it out, try this for size”: a deep dive into terrible heavy metal lyrics about sex
By Chris Chantler published
Metal might nail it when it comes to lyrics about death, war, Satan and existential terror...but sex? Um, not so much

"They’re not just wearing our shirts, they’re stealing the f**king music as well!" Venom's Cronos on his first impressions of Metallica, and nearly choking Lars Ulrich
By Paul Brannigan published
Metallica made no secret of their love for Newcastle's extreme metal pioneers Venom, and when the two bands' worlds collided, things got kinda wild
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