Venom - Alive in 1985 Pt.1

Taken from the VHS "Hell at Hammersmith - Alive in 85"

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Venom
• Hammersmith
• Odeon
• 1985
• Metal
• Bathory
• Black
• Hellhammer

[666venomslegions666]

cronos has one of the best voices in heavey metal history

go ahead argue with me ill win

cronos voice goes with the heavyness of the music

[RETALIATIONXNYHC]

Stupidest comment I ever seen in my life.

Hail Venom!

[CraiggyOats]

@666venomslegions666 Yea I like Cronos raspy snarl.

[psynrg]

If you think there's a problem with their sound & how they are playing then you didn't ever really 'get' Venom. I've still got the tatts, and to this day their logo is one of the greatest ever :)

[psynrg]

@666venomslegions666 And the greatest bass sound ever...

[brightontwit]

@Doomed928 Bloodlust was an insane bloodbath of mental mayhem! It's funny actually, cos I was REALLY into them and all my friends laughed and said they'd never last because they were total shit, and here people are talking about them over 20 years later and a whole new generation of people into Venom.

[Doomed928]

@brightontwit I love Venom and all, but I agree with you at some degree. Sometimes they seemed like they were trying too hard to be heavy, and it just turned out to be shit. For instance their 'Black Metal' song.. sounds horrible here. They probably didn't practice much, but man I love their songs. Their album Black Metal is deffinetly one of my favorites.. every song there is unique and hopefully my band and I get to cover some of their songs.. like a demo thing as a tribute! Bloodlust for sure

[brightontwit]

@willabema Oh yeah, I used to absolutely love them 'cos I come from a punk background; Exploited, GBH, Discharge, ANWL etc. So it was great to me at the time. I bought everything they released up to Eine Kliene Nacthmusik, or whatever it was called. But I suppose we mellow as we get older and it just seemed like a total racket to me now! haha

[willabema]

@brightontwit Fair enough...but it's still fun to listen to.

[brightontwit]

@willabema Thing is, I have several of their live recordings, from the first Hammersmith set up to stuff from (I think it's Possessed?) and they definitely improved. The first Hammersmith live LP is truly ghastly with nothing in tune or in time through the entire show. However, the next one (the one this video is from and which I attended) is a lot better in terms of time and in key playing. So, that implies they were attempting to improve, and it was unintentional, they simply couldn't play

[willabema]

@brightontwit No thanks. I think the crappy, off signature sound was intentional. Less about technicality, more about bashing out the instruments and being "extreme".

[brightontwit]

@willabema 25 years ago I would have agreed but listening to it now it's just weak, out of time garbage. Because they cannot play in time, or in key together, it robs the music of any power it might have had. Still, I have a ton of vintage Venom vinyl in my loft so you can make me an offer!