Venom Metal Black interwiew with Cronos part 1

interview for Czech TV Madhouse (metal magazine) of 2006 as a promo for the album Venom Metal Black.
Interviewer is Vlasta Henych Venom fan and musician ex- TÖRR and now www.henych666.cz

[@BardAlgol]

Great interview! It was rumored that Cronos was a gym teacher a while back when Venom was inactive. Just Imagine... "Satan says do more push ups! AAARRRGGGHH!!!"

[@83RockaRolla]

Not a gym teacher, an aerobics instructor, he said so himself.

[@carolinebutler6776]

He’d not only get ya hella ripped, but he’d also get a “in league with Satan”

[@emanemanrus5835]

@@83RockaRolla he was drowning in pussy at the time I suppose, I can imagine a lot of milfs and curvy housewives enrolling at aero courses at his gym.

[@tombelanovic7686]

It IS true though! He is a certified fitness instructor. It's his dayjob, really. To do Venom full-time, like, they would have to do long tours like other bands do and they NEVER wanted to do that. So, they all have to have something else to do as well. The other two guys that are with Cronos NOW (Rage + Dante) play in cover/tribute bands as well.

[@metz3962]

VENOM is the most underated band ever...and the best there is. Hail VENOM!

[@evangelenesurgenor2263]

he was also hot in the 80s

[@daluncio1124]

I like his attitude, doesn't play 'the mean guy' to the camera

[@gregtalley1575]

If I was Cronos, I would consider myself blessed.

[@cheesydarkside]

Hilarious interview, i love how Cronos listens attentively at the interviewer while he doesn't know a thing he is saying

[@tombelanovic7686]

Well, he's listening in case he hears a familiar word like an album or a song title! And out of politeness as well i s'posse. He IS English after all.

[@tombelanovic7686]

He's trying to at least grasp the CONTEXT beforehand!

[@FIRE-LOTUS]

metallica didnt invent thrash metal however they are one of the most influenced bands in the world,and becuz of that people realize metallicas "thrash" expectations.

[@embassyhotel]

quick smacking your gum during the interview dude totally unprofessional. Anyways Venom Rules.

[@zoeconnor2482]

+Sudsy Sutherland He's smoking and chewing gum at the same time.

[@marklawless8829]

this is the Cronos style , cigarette and chewing gum

[@laithlaith91]

Cronos= father of extreme metal =)

[@Kubaak01]

Some trivia: Henych's (interviewer) band Törr was actually founded BEFORE Venom was. True, they didn't originally played black metal, but started so under Venom's influence and their albums are well worth a listen.

[@00fatmat00]

i wonder if cronos gets his voice from smoking, hmm i think im gonna start tomorrow

[@ShannaMyers]

Nah nah...Conrad never said that. He did in an interview with some Jasmine say that he's a metalist. Works better that way. Very right.

[@Johnny90531]

love the Black metal album classic black metal

[@HFR0HFR]

Venom fans schould check this band out: Burstin' Out - Legions Of Darkness

[@ShannaMyers]

Lol, from 3:06-3:11 it looks like Conrad had a naughty thought. Hahaha! Loving it!

[@ShannaMyers]

lmao you gotta love Conrad! He's legend.

[@ShannaMyers]

Haha, I fucking love Cronos! He's so cocky and the badass thing about it, is I don't know whether he notices it or not. He's a smart man yeah, but he's so far into the moment that he passes that little gesture up at 7:30 to 7:40 or perhaps he's just purely honest. Either way it's good.

[@arbius86]

I agree with Sudsy Sutherland: You DO NOT smack chewing gum during an interview...

[@Metalhead3935]

Cronos seems to like everything metal. I've never heard him say that he doesn't like something except for some of their own work.

[@HTLxx]

thats my uncle conrad =D.

[@azlinaazlina4248]

the names Phil I like cronos is because every time when he sings sounds like a king

[@tombelanovic7686]

WE-NEED-MORE-INTERVIEWS-WITH-CRONOS!!!!

[@swans1997]

HA HA Great come back! I had to give you a rating on that one.

[@Anoukh]

Fucking right. They are the stuff legends are made of.

[@WeeboShepard]

@666ThrashManiac um venom is black metal so is bathory, early slayer, early sodom etc. You are most likely getting venom's black metal confused with scandanavian black metal like mayhem, but I do agree with you on the nu metal side of things

[@marklawless8829]

Cronos is number 1. No Cronos, No Venom.

[@juchel]

oh god, venom with lombardo

[@NZealandKiwi]

Cronos is a total lad, geordies are unquestionably the best metal frontmen

[@robfolcroft]

Cronos holds nothing back and that is cool. He tells everything how it is. Intelligent guy. hardlinechapter nailed it exactly. I couldn't have said it better myself.

[@swans1997]

groove metal ha ha "yeah bitch, diggin' doze smoov grooves, hell yeh foshizzle."

[@dreamer4e]

Cronos never said he is Satanic.Its like saying that someone from Slayer is.And if it weren't for Venom i doubt that there would ever be Thrash,Black and Death.

[@MoonOvIce]

I think it's the first time Chronos saying they play Black Metal...since they used to say they didn't but that they might have helped create the genre and that they only had an album with the name.

[@pointnozzleaway]

he's the real deal !!! awesome metal black

[@MetalHeadMarcy]

the interviewer is chewing gum+smoking, come on now lmao

[@swans1997]

True, Venom is/was Black Metal. They came up wit the name, the image, the concept yeah nods to Sabbath, but they were also coming from a Christian slant on a lot of tunes whereas Venom didn't, and to quote Miles Davis who said about Louis Armstrong "he invented all the cliches" Venom did the same.

[@Chuloloc]

Awesome. Cronos rules. Hail Venom.

[@PanamaSabroso]

......and Megadeth, Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth, Gorgoroth, The list goes fucking on.

[@cronosemmaespejo2639]

I love Cronos he is so hot

[@atomkraft1979]

beat this he's my cleaning woman!

[@GreatOne0815]

It's not from me, because I've heard an interview with cronos where he said it. And if we compare the timelines: parallel to Metallica were other Bands around like Exodus, Slayer or Anthrax which were nearly all influenced by Venom, which released "Black Metal" before Kill em All and on BM the music was even more thrash like on "Welcome to Hell".

[@lightray9573]

Welcome to Hell was speed metal, it sounded like a more extreme looser Motorhead, Black Metal sounds more thrashy but again still in a loose Motorhead style, Metallica really put that power and speed, and really put that crunch of the guitar style and speed riffs in there with tight palm muted down picks and great fucking solos from Kirk, Cliffs bass was fucking amazing as well and Lars in this day could drum great!

[@swans1997]

did I actually use "wit"or was that just a typo. didn't mean to get all gangsta on ya all. ha ha

[@theblizzard32]

Cronos is a fucking god!!Hail Venom they will always rule!!!!

[@APivetti]

I

[@swans1997]

Nah, I'm not into that stupid hate mail b.s. over music. It's just my point of view and what I've got out of Venom all these years. Music should be open to one's own interpretation. I don't think I'm right, I personally know I am from my point of view . What part do you disagree, if any in my previous statements?

[@JagoRisin]

His voice seems suprisingly very healthy, with all those years of vocal abuse! I would have thought he'd be sounding like Nick Nolte or Tom Waits by now...

[@FIRE-LOTUS]

it was really the whe whole scene of TNWOBHM but venom was part of it,so yea.

[@thatguy106]

Cronos fucking rocks

[@SeveredRed]

To go with that, I heard about Cronos commenting about how Sabbath influenced them a lot. But he quoted how they would write all this evil stuff, then ruin it all by singing "Oh please, God help me." Just adding on to your conversation with UrukTheRed on the differenced between comming onto the metal scene with a Christian slant in comparison with bands like Venom.

[@immortalgram]

Cronos still freaking rules!!! \m/

[@kevil665]

HAIL VENOM!-------

[@Marcoshary]

he didn´t change that much since 85!

[@ShannaMyers]

LMMFAO, "...and when Abbadon is finished being stupid, then he can come in..." Fucking badass, honest ol' fucker!

[@cheesydarkside]

leave the interviewer alone, who gives a shit if he's chewing gum? So is Cronos

[@steveboy213]

they sound r8 live and i want them to open for slayer around here :l

[@ShannaMyers]

Woo, fuckin' 'el he's gettin' good!

[@FIRE-LOTUS]

TNWOBHM stands for 'the new wave of british heavy metal'.

[@l03harley]

VENOM kicks ass

[@MrSteven0055]

he looks a bit restless during all the interview long and he knows what he is talking about !!!!

[@GreatOne0815]

Venom invented Thrash and Speed Metal and combined it with satanic lyrics and atmospheric interludes and called the whole concept Black Metal. And they are still playing this today - and so they have all the rights in the world to call it so. The norwegian panda bears played a mixture of Thrash, Death and Doom Metal and called it Black Metal too. But they are not the inventor and if you listen do current Darkthrone records, it has more in common with Venom as you might think...

[@jag5508]

He is right fuck that sample shit .

[@linegenrou]

wait,black metal? I only heard the album black metal and it sounds pretty thrash to me

[@morbidangel00]

cronos = a god \m/

[@Chewzluvsbooze]

yeah lol hes chewing is annoying me hahah. notice that cronos is drinking tea, last interview i watched cronos was sharing a battle of jack with abbadon lol.

[@ThrashedDeath]

Because he said Mantas and Abaddon moved on, one is doing Industrial and the other is doing nu-metal slipknot shit.

[@ferasdamascus6677]

Venom and mayhem are the best of black metal

[@swans1997]

What point are you lost at, I'll help you out. Yes, Sabbath came from a Christian slant quite a bit. Geezer even said a lot of his lyrics were warnings to stay away from the occult, whereas Venom were opposite with the image and lyrics. As far as evil from a Christian point of view, sure, why not? The Devil is said to appear as an angel of light.

[@juchel]

hell yeah, would be hard to beat seriously

[@swans1997]

Yeah I've read interviews with Cronos saying things to that effect. Aside from all that how about those Christian Black Metal type bands? Ha Ha White Metal. I remember back in the eighties you had these bands like Petra who sounded like a Boston knockoff and then there was the Rez band who sounded like AC/DC and then there was the Resurrection Band.

[@ShannaMyers]

Lol don't pic on your elder, Cronos can chat however the fuck he wants to, he's Conrad Thomas Lant, "for the masses!"

[@Tomriddlewashere]

lol abbadon using a drum machine instead of banging on the drumset. Too bad! lol. oh well...people change

[@Nissardpertugiu]

Its definitivly real drums in cast in stone and Prime evil and temple of ice . And Abaddan kick ass in 1989-1992 and stuff

[@mightyhighrocks]

Cronos is totally toking up!

[@Ekskrement]

I love Venom... but he didn't really say anything there.

[@FIRE-LOTUS]

i had a computer problem for about 4 days but anyways you know what TNWOBHM means.

[@bjw2kc]

FUCKING CRAZY MASTER OF METAL!!!!!!!!!! \m/,

[@ReadySaltedCrisps]

Nope they're from Newcastle actually! Black Metal originates from England my friend. :P

[@whatwhyme]

There not from Newcastle there from hebburn

[@coldacre]

he's Sudanese

[@Digiemperor6]

I like it when Cronos calls Slipknot shitty :):)

[@wozza2341]

@opensinner777666 Yes.

[@demolitionwolf91]

just checked your channel it seems ur a fan off Tony Dolan is this why u diss Cronos so much?I mean wtf i like them both The Waste Lands with him is amongs my fav albums by Venom but i dont think thats the reason to hate Cronos

[@TheMetalio]

true and unique black metal VENOM!!!!!!!! FUCK KORN AND EVERYONE ELSE

[@ShannaMyers]

@mushroomleg Haha, fuckin' hell yeah!

[@nemtastic]

I don't even play and I'd be in Venom. lol

[@hardlinechapter]

Venom IS black metal. They invented the term, they where the first. Period. Other words are useless.

[@swans1997]

Ha Ha Stryper! To Hell with the devil indeed! Holy shit!

[@rapmetaldemon09]

@666ThrashManiac I agree. They inspired the genre, but just having dark lyrics doesn't make you black metal. Deicide has dark and antichristian lyrics, but they are death metal.

[@alexstorm1214]

ok that's mine

[@MattBodossian]

of black metal

[@alexstorm1214]

slayer has a Metal LP the first one venom nothing

[@alexandsilex]

Cronos is a great guy !(great band too !) And he's right for : "Slipknot shit"..

[@hardlinechapter]

Maybe you better check metal history, man.

[@Jow45metal]

Geordie accent is the best

[@wozza2341]

@opensinner777666 Yes, I thought so. There are countries in Europe where people listen to music and they speak other languages. You should learn to live with that fact.

[@ad-marri]

@MetalHeadMarcy exactly .. haha

[@orangbodoh7350]

?

[@wozza2341]

@opensinner777666 Must be American.

[@Deathshuck]

If your nick was anything but "slipknotfan" I'd actually take your statement seriously.

[@HTLxx]

that would make you my cusan then. duuh

[@fautivista]

he hates cradle of filth

[@carrollshelby222]

0:44 magnus paajarvi-svensson

[@Metal1998]

1:45 lol