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To be honest, I don’t go out of my way to listen to post-1986 Venom.

I’d like to think this notion inspired the title of the group’s most recent release, “ Fallen Angels”. An angel falls from heaven every time a hipster puts on a Venom shirt. Most metalheads agree that Venom deserves the same respect as legendary metal bands of the highest calibre. But words don’t come close to capturing the ripple effect of 1982’s “Black Metal”, which I’m not afraid to say is absolute shit compared to the material on “Welcome to Hell” and “At War with Satan”. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love Venom, the band that single handedly and unintentionally created the genre we know as “black metal.” “Welcome to Hell,” Venom’s bold, coarse debut, introduced the world to Satan, and remains one of my favorite albums of all time.