Album: Prime Evil by Venom (1989)
Genre: Thrash Metal | Style: Metal
Record Label: Spinefarm Records
Format: Album

Description: Prime Evil is the sixth studio album by heavy metal band Venom, and the first without original bassist and vocalist Conrad "Cronos" Lant. It is also the first in a series of three albums with former Atomkraft bassist and vocalist Tony Dolan as a band member and composer. This sets the album apart from most other Venom albums.

Artist Background: 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. 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... Part of the Newcastle upon Tyne, England music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Thrash Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Related Artists: Hellhammer, Bathory, Celtic Frost, Sodom

Music Scene: Part of the Newcastle upon Tyne, England music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Thrash Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Thrash Metal, Metal, 1980s, Album, Spinefarm Records

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Prime Evil is the sixth studio album by heavy metal band Venom, and the first without original bassist and vocalist Conrad "Cronos" Lant. It is also the first in a series of three albums with former Atomkraft bassist and vocalist Tony Dolan as a band member and composer. This sets the album apart from most other Venom albums.

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