1982 studio album by Venom
Black Metal is the second album by English heavy metal band Venom . It was released in November 1982 during the new wave of British heavy metal , and is considered a major influence on the speed metal , thrash metal , death metal and black metal scenes that emerged in the 1980s and early 1990s.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
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.[ 8] AllMusic described it as "sowing the seeds of much that would be referred to as extreme metal",[ 5] and Moynihan & Søderlind in their book Lords of Chaos affirmed that the album "carved in stone some of [black metal's] essential features".[ 9] Nevertheless, its lyrics and imagery were a major influence on the early Norwegian black metal scene .[ 10]
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^ 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 .
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^ 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 .