Artist: Venom
Title: Calm Before The Storm
Label: Back On Black
Cat #: BOBV790LPLTD
Release Year: 1987/2020
Duration: Album
Format:  Vinyl LP
Packaging Type: Gatefold Sleeve
Special attributes: Reissue, 180g vinyl

Deluxe 180g reissue in gatefold sleeve!

"Calm Before the Storm" is the fifth album by black metal pioneers Venom.

Originally released in 1987, the album is characterised by a "cleaner", more synthetic sound when compared to Venom's earlier albums. Perhaps mostly due to the addition of another guitarist and the producer Nick Tauber, who had previously worked with hard rock acts such as UFO and Thin Lizzy. The band drifted away from the oldschool Venom sound, in favour of a more upbeat traditional and simplistic thrash metal approach. Gone are the pentagrams, inverted crosses and satanic lyrics. This is one of the most atmospheric albums that Venom ever made.

Recommended if you like: Megadeth, Bathory, Slayer, Behemoth, Candlemass, Cannibal Corpse, Judas Priest, Gorgoroth, Motorhead, Dismember, Bloodbath, Marduk

Track Listing:
SIDE A
1.Black Xmas
2.The Chanting Of The Priests
3.Metal Punk
4.Under A Spell
5.Calm Before The Storm

SIDE B
6.Fire
7.Krakin Up
8.Beauty And The Beast  
9.Deadline
10.Gypsy
11.Muscle