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| Released | 1 November 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Studio | Impulse Studios in Wallsend, England | |||
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| Length | 38:50 | |||
| Label | Neat (UK) Combat (US) | |||
| Producer | Keith Nichol and Venom | |||
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Black Metal is the second studio album by English heavy metal band Venom, released on 1 November 1982 through Neat Records in the UK, and Combat Records in the US. Released during the new wave of British heavy metal, the album is considered to be a major influence on the speed metal, thrash metal, death metal and black metal scenes that emerged in the 1980s and early 1990s.[4][5][6]
The album lent its name to the black metal subgenre, however its music was an early form of extreme metal which still had roots in traditional heavy metal.[7] AllMusic described it as "sowing the seeds of much that would be referred to as extreme metal",[4] and Moynihan & Søderlind in their book Lords of Chaos affirmed that the album "carved in stone some of [black metal's] essential features".[8] Nevertheless, its lyrics and imagery were a major influence on the early Norwegian black metal scene.[9]
- ^ "VENOM: "BLACK METAL" TURNS 30". No Clean Singing. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ Büttner, Colin (23 September 2009). "Venom - Black Metal Review". metal.de (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ Multiple sources:
- "Accept's Wolf Hoffmann: "I've never even smoked a joint"". loudersound.com. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- Lawson, Dom (8 July 2019). "Venom's Black Metal: From metal's black sheep to forging a new genre". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
allmusicwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Kahn-Harris, Keith (15 January 2007). Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge. London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1845203993.
- ^ Doran, John (14 January 2010). "Forging Black Metal: Cronos Of Venom Talks About The Genesis Of A Genre". The Quietus. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ Andrew, J. (September 2015). "Origins of Evil: The Birth of Extreme Metal". Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ Moynihan, Michael; Søderlind, Difdrik (1998). Lords of Chaos – The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground. Port Townsend, Washington, USA: Feral House. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-922915-48-4.
- ^ Moynihan, Michael; Søderlind, Difdrik (1998). Lords of Chaos – The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground. Port Townsend, Washington, USA: Feral House. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-922915-48-4.