Venom (band)

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Venom
Lant and Dixon performing in 2013
Background information
Also known as	Guillotine (1978) Dwarfstar (1978–1979)
Origin	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Genres	Speed metal thrash metal heavy metal first-wave black metal
Years active	1978–1992 1995–2002 2005–present
Labels	Spinefarm Neat Filmtrax Under One Flag SPV Sanctuary Castle
Spinoffs	Cronos Venom Inc.
Members	Conrad "Cronos" Lant Stuart "Rage" Dixon Danny "Dante" Needham
Past members	Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn Anthony "Abaddon" Bray Clive "Jesus Christ" Archer Mike "Mykvs" Hickey Jim Clare Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan Al Barnes Trevor "V.X.S" Sewell Steve "War Maniac" White Anthony "Antton" Lant
Website	venomslegions.com

Venom are an English heavy metal band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1978. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal, Venom's first two albums, Welcome to Hell (1981) and Black Metal (1982), are considered major influences on thrash metal and extreme metal in general.^[1] Their second album proved influential enough that its title was used as the name of the black metal genre; as a result, Venom were part of the early wave of the genre, along with Mercyful Fate and Bathory.^[2][3]