Venom - Witching Hour

Music video by Venom performing Witching Hour. (P) Sanctuary Records Group. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Sanctuary Records Group.

[@skullfacestudios7421]

it's comforting to know that even if they're from the very depths of hell, they still have the common courtesy to refer to us as " ladies and gentlemen ".

[@antoniorc8795]

Well Sir, What you have to know is that in Hell we all have class, and you are very wellcome to enter. You will have a 50 year old Glanfiddich on sterile glass here.

[@SecretGerms]

David Flower 🤣

[@mariopalos9238]

@Midnight Lightning Radio Hahaha

[@zackzallie8735]

Wow such maturity

[@gerardfight8199]

They're english gentleman

[@jackburton7483]

Venom always seemed to me like Motorhead had a little brother who swore one day he was going to be faster, louder, and meaner.

[@toddhoward3846]

They might not have but their children were certainly faster and meaner!

[@l.i.v.v4835]

It's like when you mix "the chase is better than the catch" by motorhead with judas priest's "Exciter"

[@juliancromwell6909]

and useless....

[@l.i.v.v4835]

@@juliancromwell6909 at least they created the whole extreme metal

[@juliancromwell6909]

@@l.i.v.v4835 yep.. it was fun back in the day,,, then came Slayer,,,,

[@GRAFFDEMON]

"From the very depths of hell." So they are from Newcastle, then.

[@heresjohnny999]

yup, same thing.

[@semiserioussam]

Fuckin' Geordie Shore. I say hanging's too good for them.

[@janwaalwijk666]

semiserioussam: freedom of speech, assembly and the right to reproduce should be re-evaluated for those sluts and those stocky, 4'2" muscular, weird talking guys are even more irritating. Working out is good but if you're only 1 meter 40 it looks weird.

[@RobTheUndertaker]

Hahaha

[@olgadurcenkova9226]

Newcastle Utd.!!!!

[@OldSethOnetooth]

I used to skip school and sniff glue whilst listening to the Welcome To Hell album. Character building.

[@alphacentauri4740]

We've all been there.

[@onutube6392]

Sometes I wonder if the reason I don't have a lick of common sense is because I possibly sniffed a shit ton of glue when I was really little and probably just got stupider and stupider without noticing

[@shootyouinthehead8792]

@@onutube6392 crystal clear krylon (see ghosts) paint the best in my opinion.

[@augustaborn9034]

​@@onutube6392lmaooooo. 😅😅😅

[@AGHORNATH18]

We did car starting fluid.

[@richmoreno9938]

I saw Venom, Slayer & Exodus at The Hollywood Palladium in 1985. It was every thrash metal-head’s wet dream. About half way into Venom’s set, Cronos proceeded to do a bass solo for 10 mins that consisted of making his bass sound like a revving motorcycle while forking his tongue at the audience. The set ended with an encore of ‘Witching Hour’ where they completely destroyed their equipment, full smashing of guitars through their stacks, drums thrown everywhere and continued even after the house lights went on. There was actual electrical smoke rising up from their broken gear afterward.

[@toddhoward3846]

Was it this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Oyqnqpg9itmdk

[@pauliescott]

I was there and it was Merciful Fate. King Diamond was doing that ritual nonsense with little altar. Exodus was at the Pomona Valley Auditorium. (I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure) I was at both. I remember Cronos saying "Soon, America will be Black Metal Country!" and everyone starting chanting SLAY-ER SOOOO Loud. Am I remembering this right? I was pretty wasted. I got jumped by The L.A.D.S. in the parking lot at the Palladium that night. Did you go to all the Fender's Shows too?

[@richmoreno9938]

@pauliescott : The concert I attended was Slayer, Venom and Exodus at Hollywood Palladium 1985. Mercyful Fate was not on the bill. I never made it to Fenders Ballroom. Wish I did.

[@pauliescott]

@@richmoreno9938 yep my bad. The show with Merciful Fate was Motorhead and Exciter. The Pamona show was Dark Angel. I went to all the shows but I was loaded for most of the 80's. Were you at the venom Slayer and Dark Angel show at the palladium?

[@richmoreno9938]

@pauliescott : No, wasn’t at that show, but saw Slayer and Dark Angel at Reseda Country Club in ‘85. Also saw Dark Angel play again in 1985, in a tiny warehouse in Van Nuys, with one of the most brutal slam pits ever.

[@dalime605]

Guy: "so how much fog do you need?" Venom: "YES."

[@BryanDraffen]

All the fog.

[@Norrbottning]

The only prescription is more fog

[@YaoEspirito]

Gay comment, dude.

[@PhilipJFry-hv6tm]

posers

[@MrSaman1984]

🤣🤣🤣

[@1ROADCREW]

gotta love when the fog is so thick the guitarist disappears

[@XXXEspio]

with that east-germany style moustache it might be wise to get the fuck outta the picture every now and then so people don't laguh them selves to death.

[@XXXEspio]

@wlod nat "wlod nat"

[@mikem.7921]

Mantas is the boss he does what he wants 😅

[@Spaghetti_policy]

Black Magic!

[@johnrobles1572]

... 😅

[@WarrenNelson-u8r]

I don't listen to Venom every night, but when I do the neighbors do, too!

[@WarrenNelson-u8r]

Go Team Venom

[@jasonaherns1257]

Your a poser! I read a comment from someone saying" roses are red ,violets are blue when I listen to SLAYER the neighbors do to! Be more original you fucking poser🖕

[@Xogroroth666]

Like one does not smoke alone, one does not Venom alone. Way to go, brother: Rock on!

[@serpentinefire921]

How original

[@WarrenNelson-u8r]

@@serpentinefire921 kill Satan for mommy?

[@Reggie-The-Dog]

If Venom did not exist it would be necessary to invent them.

[@Boxingbear]

On the eighth day Satan created Venom lol

[@marcofdelos]

RIP Warrell Dane!

[@guddergo7116]

Thank iron maiden

[@taylortaylor7634]

@@guddergo7116 lol @ the fact you have quoted iron maiden. even more lol @ the fact you have quoted iron maiden only

[@slickdusud]

not sure ! lol

[@metalbearuk]

When Venom came out, there was nobody else that sounded like them. A truly groundbreaking band.

[@FariesWearBoots]

The real birth of Black Metal, Even Mayem will admit that.

[@Al_is_XXX]

Back in the day, as Punks, we really loved Venom, Motorhead, and Maiden, and were welcome among their fans, at their gigs

[@dougodyssey50]

I remember when they opened for Herman's Hermits.

[@mlody969]

@@FariesWearBootsI don't get why people are calling Venom black metal. Its pure thrash but with satanic lyrics.

[@hansvandermeulen5515]

​@@mlody969Venom called their own music Black Metal,it was also the title of their second album.

[@bigblockimpala]

I just Love the unsynchronized hairshaking at 2:22 So wild and raw.

[@Ripquorthorn]

Metal church and other bands were too synchronized, saw them with Metallica in 87 or 88 on acid and seemed like a Broadway production where as venom is just chaos wish I saw venom back then.

[@toma.4808]

Looking back at my teenage years, i had a quite the record collection. Venom, Celtic frost, king diamond, mercyful fate, motorhead, diamond head, accept and hellhammer were just some of the great names i had in my collection. What time to be a teenager!

[@juntsmoka]

man i love hellhammer, and accept kickstarted my love for heavy metal, one of the first riffs i learned was balls to the wall, i probably cant even play it anymore lmao it's been so long

[@couchwarrior2449]

You said had. Where's that collection now?

[@jupitorious7925]

What about Bros and Wham ?

[@Lavabug]

Most fucking metal intro ever.

[@jmgmarcus808]

A lot of noise coming from just three lads.

[@ChristianVBlue3]

Ah I found a british in the comment section

[@rm1042]

@@ChristianVBlue3 and I found a Mexican lol

[@realscience948]

The Rush of Black metal!

[@toddhoward3846]

Ben Rosteski *venom would like to know your location*

[@joeyuzwa891]

real science I’m sure they’d very much appreciate that comparison. they’re all huge fans of Rush. 2112 was their inspiration to make At War With Satan so long

[@caseyherald5655]

Im 13 and i got into metal when i was 8. Venom is my favorite band of ALL TIME ( thank you dad)

[@moreno909bruno8]

You have a great dad

[@dragonking4354]

Welcome to the metal world my friend

[@metaldams78]

Your Dad got you into Venom. When I was your age, after walking 3 miles barefoot in the snow, I had to hide my Venom cassettes from my Dad.

[@SomboonCM]

Run away.

[@Fuccboiardeeeeee]

​@SomboonCM just admit that you want him to run into your arms so you can see his lil booty you m0leßter.

[@V3ntilator]

I still love Venom after 40 years.

[@angelripper_420]

We all do brother we all do 🤘👊👍👈

[@V3ntilator]

@@angelripper_420Only Cronos can still do this in 2023 brother. Cronos: Eeevil? Crowd: "In league with satan". It's the Venom song everyone sings on. lol. Love it.

[@AGHORNATH18]

Fuck yes! Im 53 and got into Venom at 12. I scared the Motley Crue fans at school. Haha!

[@V3ntilator]

@@AGHORNATH18Good times. Hehe

[@metaldams78]

I wish I could say the same. It’s been a mere 30 years for me.

[@joehohenester]

WTF! Only shit comments here... Best time of Venom - best time of Black Metal! Arrrrrgggggggghhhh! Only whimps don´t like this...

[@massapower]

Still sounds better then most of today's MeTaL.. And I even wasn't a Venom fan back then.. my bassist drove me crazy with his venom... 😛🤘

[@massapower]

@@juancarloshuapaya7014 WTV you Genius!😏👎

[@ansuna974]

True metal today sucks so hard, only screaming and noise guitar.....

[@ronniesoak2003]

Without Venom, there would be no Slayer, no bathory, no Celtic frost, No death/doom metal today.

[@joeyuzwa891]

Doom? I’ll agree with death metal and black metal (they fuckin’ created it, after all), but they have nothing to do with doom metal

[@KamenMinkov]

There would, it just would've gone in a slightly different direction.

[@Bumbaclot213]

There be none of all of this without Sabbath

[@Necroctulhu]

@@joeyuzwa891 probably he meant death/doom, not trad doom.

[@joeyuzwa891]

Necroctulhu ok that’s fair, but they weren’t as directly responsible for it as they were for black, death, and thrash

[@laynevlogz4922]

When I was a kid in the 80’s. this band scared me. 🤣🤣🤣

[@javieraponte5159]

#metoo 😱😰😬

[@italocarvalho1030]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mattdoe2368]

😂😂😂

[@ronacord9056]

Me too a friend played Black Metal and Buried Alive for me.

[@guibox3]

Yup. Same here! Then I heard Possessed and the scare factor went up a notch. Metallica and Slayer didn't seem all that nuts after all

[@rikardchristiano7611]

mercyful fate...venom...bathroy....hell hammer....celtic frost

[@Death-Fab]

Black fuckin' Metal. \m/

[@outis439-A]

Sinister King slayer was also called black metal, so add them

[@calvinloafingnorelation1030]

Tormentor, Sarcofago

[@Gregbaltzer]

Sodom! Fucking witching metal!

[@diegoq8417]

Who's Roy?

[@M.H.I.A.F.T.]

It's hard to believe Cronos was only 18 or so at the time.

[@maniaque37]

we all been 18 someday

[@LordBackuro]

Dude looks way older and way buffer for a 18 year old

[@Hell-Awaits]

​​@@LordBackuro Today 18-yrs old look like babies and sissies, that's why 18-yrs old Cronos from the '80 looks older and far more masculine.

[@val13c59]

My first black metal was Venom back in 1984 welcome to hell. They made every other metal sound like pop music.

[@corpsie666]

This used to scare parents back in the day.

[@vladimircrumbo2962]

Corpsie still does

[@jeremyshewell2445]

They fuckin scared me !!Loved it.

[@algo6485]

Ikr n now I'm a granddaddy

[@bossbaby8745]

Corpsie it was a different time hip hop scares me more then this

[@brucekirk5386]

This album was illegal in 15 states and numerous countries

[@amixofeverything]

Fuckin A...Venom had the good shit before everybody else.

[@BraveFencer]

80’s Metal is the epitome of mankind can’t get better than that

[@dickhuntz6962]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. FROM THE VERY DEPTHS OF HELL. *VENOM*

[@supertimerip]

Best. Intro. Ever.

[@cscates3598]

Stage manager: we have this recording of screams, but for a few more quid we can torture real people. Venom: Yes.

[@lucasgervilla]

The smoking machine worked fine that night.

[@antoniorc8795]

It is not smoking machine, that is real fog

[@NECHOII]

1981, WHEN HEAVY METAL WAS OODLES OF FUN!

[@MB-oc1nw]

People were scared back then

[@antiyou9449]

Hilarious

[@THE-rk3hx]

_"...but your kids will gonna love it"_ kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKukmJSZe6elapo

[@FUCKINGENIOUS]

Still is

[@hobostrength4737]

2020, WHEN IT STILL IS!!

[@markserainidis3356]

My favourite band of all time, 30 years of this sound..the best

[@adrianosanna991]

Mark Serainidis kii

[@outis439-A]

Peppino Dicorrado what about judas priest? huh

[@peppinodicorrado407]

hornswoggle lover39 crap metal

[@peppinodicorrado407]

hornswoggle lover39 punk rockhardcore grunge

[@peppinodicorrado407]

hornswoggle lover39 venom what a fuckn joke

[@mreddie574]

Come hear the moon is calling, The witching hour draws near, Come hear the bell is tolling, Mortals run in fear, Prepare the altar now and hear the virgin cry, Hold fast the sacrifice, For now it's the time to die, All hell breaks loose, Hell's breaking loose. Unveil the pentagram, And feel the demons lust, Come watch the holy men, Who look on in disgust, Come taste blood, And feel the heat of Satan's breath, Look in the sky's and see, The warriors of death, All hell breaks loose, Hell's breaking loose, Witching hour. Our work is now complete, The blood runs fast and free, And Satan takes his bride, And cry's of blasphemy, All hell rejoices at the child, That she will bear, And Satans only son, Shall be the worlds despair, All hell breaks loose, Hell's breaking loose, Witching hour.

[@diontarrant5805]

lol waste of time..you should write out all the notes for the guitar and bass, and the rhythem patterns for the drums

[@martinwakefield8138]

as long as you bought their merch all is good

[@ahousecatnamedmr.jenkins1052]

1980s: This is Evil Mid 17th Century: Does this band actually burn people? Because we actually burn people just saying

[@tonybiosca3786]

This tour was absolutely KILLER!!! (Venom, Slayer and Exodus)

[@taylortaylor7634]

this is from a video recorded in the theatre in Jesmond in 1982, not from the 1985 tour :)

[@brockenify]

@@taylortaylor7634 actually it was not recorded live it is just the bloodlust studio track and a rerecorded version of witching hour most probably from the Black Metal album sessions and they made this videoclip with these tracks.

[@Spectrefromhell1]

I absolutely love the Welcome to Hell album because it just so fucking raw, thumbs up if you agree.

[@dikhurtz1955]

👍🏽

[@richmoreno9938]

Oh dude, Welcome To Hell is their absolute best!

[@ytr3488]

@@richmoreno9938 LOL

[@kurthart3630]

@@ytr3488 lol lol lol lol dickheay

[@russ7063]

Hell yeah it's straight up coll

[@terryallen5328]

Back in the 70’s I was at the same school as Cronos in North Shields, that was when he was still Conrad Lant. He seemed like a quiet sort back then, certainly nothing like what you see in this video.

[@c.h.u.d]

Yeah all these "I love Lucifer he's my daddy" types in these bands are just actors

[@m1ghtysauc3E]

Welcome To Hell is easily the most important album for extreme metal.

[@davidlindberg7605]

Classic Venom! Had a back patch on a jacket "Welcome to Hell" in 1985, had also the three albums. Loved Venom in the 80's, still do!

[@richmoreno9938]

To have a Venom back patch in 1985 with full pentagram and goats head would scare the shit out of people. I wore my Venom tshirt back then and would get stares. Even the light weight metal heads were afraid.

[@jameshenderson3925]

Come hear the moon is calling, The witching hour draws near, Come hear the bell is tolling, Mortals run in fear, Prepare the altar now and hear the virgin cry, Hold fast the sacrifice, For now it's the time to die, All hell breaks loose, Hell's breaking loose. Unveil the pentagram, And feel the demons lust, Come watch the holy men, Who look on in disgust, Come taste blood, And feel the heat of Satan's breath, Look in the sky's and see, The warriors of death, All hell breaks loose, Hell's breaking loose, Witching hour. Our work is now complete, The blood runs fast and free, And Satan takes his bride, And cry's of blasphemy, All hell rejoices at the child, That she will bear, And Satans only son, Shall be the worlds despair, All hell breaks loose, Hell's breaking loose, Witching hour.

[@devastator226]

You forgot ...come on move yourselves ...lol

[@lodke1697]

Bruh,my uncle remembers this band as satanic motorhead

[@FUCKINGENIOUS]

He's not wrong

[@fredsalter1258]

Venom certainly did "borrow" a lot of their sound from Motorhead.... Which in and of itself, ain't a bad thing.

[@texacrifico666]

jajaja se las mandan

[@kiwifrog8878]

Without Venom Black metal would have never existed

[@benmacdhui]

Fact.

[@marccavalera9180]

Nah, Bathory

[@георгийминаев-й2ч]

@@marccavalera9180 Bathory couldn't exist without Venom too, 'cause Venom are the pioneers of that Black Metal move

[@ozarkrefugee]

nor slayer or Metalica

[@Lars1224]

​@@георгийминаев-й2ч Venom only named a genre by accident but nothing of their sound is what became Black Metal. So only three things Venom contributed to "Black Metal": pseudonyms, genre name and satanic lyrics but not the sound. Bathory were the Black Sabbath of Black Metal's sound...

[@forgottenaccount1405]

The inventors of extreme metal. No one was doing stuff like this in 80-81

[@richmoreno9938]

Exactly.

[@SCROGY]

The over saturated colours are a nod to horror movie master Dario Argento.

[@serenechaosuk4682]

and to sisters of mercy; they still have that lighting style to this day !

[@brucekirk5386]

Argento was good over saturation of blood was bitchen

[@Jim-be8sj]

LOL. I love how people ascribe all kinds of virtuous intents to the results obtained by Venom. This one with Argento is like when people state that the sound of their early albums recorded at Impulse was intentional. In actuality the albums sound the way they do because nobody involved knew what the hell they were doing. The colors in this video likely have a similar genesis.

[@mark_beastpriest5539]

I remember when Venom first came out. Parents and religious figures were terrified! I laughed my a** off! How can you take these guys seriously? They are just fun! Cronos knew they couldn't play, but we didn't care. They started something that went on to be copied and eventually evolved through bands like Slayer and Metallica.

[@daverutherford6401]

Did you know we used to practise in a church hall at the top of Westgate road in Newcastle, the vicarage was just next door ffs,

[@mark_beastpriest5539]

@@daverutherford6401 Lol! Sounds like what Black Sabbath did in 1983 when recording "Born Again". They wrote a song about it called "Disturbing The Priest"!

[@daverutherford6401]

@@mark_beastpriest5539 Not only that but Tony (Abaddon) insisted on setting up on the stage in the hall including assembling the drum riser ffs, i mean we were just practising could have set up on the bloody floor, it would take well over an hour to set up which was fuckin tedious when we were paying the vicar by the hour, didn't take me long to become disenchanted with it all, last straw for me was when we put the backdrop up at practise, i mean if the vicar had walked in ffs.

[@RUDI-UK]

HELL BREAKS LOOSE WOOOOOAAARRRGHHHHHHH

[@blakejohnson7148]

This fucking video is so badass. I have the original VHS of this.

[@filetoful]

I liked the part where cronos shouts "Witching Hour"!!!!!!!

[@tss_-ru4ps]

MYM РУЛИТ

[@martyfriedman2672]

Dave Mustaine I liked the part where you let me back in the band

[@Vinnay94]

Marty Friedman HAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@Vinnay94]

Dave Mustaine Impossible, you are a born again christian.

[@jerryroach6932]

They sound like a bunch of dumbass devils.Worshipping the dumb ass devil.

[@Alitabitago]

This is like a time capsule from 30+ years ago, I must have watched this 20 times on VHS!

[@Distiller71]

Only a bleak and grim city like Newcastle could raise a band like Venom!

[@littleteethkeith]

Distiller71 Lots of fog there in Newcastle?

[@LordBackuro]

What the UK does to a mf:

[@thiswillprobhrt]

12 years late. Some might say hell broke loose.

[@vaguba79]

That riff at 4:05 is the foundation of all black metal.

[@gxvault4166]

Gus Bauer no doubt 🤘🏻

[@mroc7524]

Thats the true Mayhem

[@jacknone1564]

The amount of fog coming out of those machines is as epic as this song.

[@bflo1000]

Now THAT"S the way to open a show. Great job!

[@robbieveinot9330]

one of the best metal bands ever hells breaking loose

[@gabrielbehd704]

Oka! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN..... ¡¡VENOM!!🎸♪

[@corneliocalixto137]

GABRIEL BEHD 👊👹💀

[@markcapestro5390]

Thanks to Tipper Gore, my mother threw out my first Venom album. The next time we drove down the highway, i threw 2 cartons of her smokes out the window.

[@braintrip]

A friend of mine found their first record in a shop under the letter E. The clercs can't read the logo correctly and put it in the E shelf instead of V. They invented everything, the sound, the horror logos and the stage outfits of Black 'fuckkin' ' Meddal!

[@romperstompist]

The fog is real

[@twistedsis100]

fog of the tyne thats newcastle haha

[@THE-rk3hx]

Трэш и угар во мгле ада, тащемта!

[@vicenteneto6767]

Omnipresent

[@littleteethkeith]

Yes they certainly got their money’s worth.

[@besteverepicmillennial5927]

your attitude isnt!

[@oleblue73]

This freaked some folks out in the early 80's. I just call it a good time.

[@Vinnay94]

2:24 Possibly the funniest headbanging I've seen XD. Heil Venom

[@Lorihian]

The funniest yet the most cool...just like Venom was about.

[@mulliganstew72]

Lorihian yep! That’s kinda how it went down in those days. I’d be in class the night after a metal show Holding my head in my hands, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. I still won’t cut my hair for this reason and I’m in my 40s now ha ha

[@MaskedRiderChris]

I think that Mantas invented windmilling back in those days!

[@opix4mail]

And they need to eat aspirin

[@TealScarab]

Vinny V if you think that’s funny, look at Black Sabbath’s music video for Digital Bitch.

[@Xogroroth666]

This is the band that made me go Black Metal in '79... Their first albums were an absolute BLAST. And they STILL RULE. Regie Satanas, Regie Venom.

[@shagstars]

+Xogroroth666 the band recorded their first demo in 1980 and their first album in 1981, so that must be impossible.

[@Xogroroth666]

+shag stars They toured England in +79, doing few small events. Don't be a wiseguy.

[@shagstars]

Xogroroth666 venom did that before they named the band venom in 1978. It means nothing, when you record something (and they recorded everything later then venom). I can't even find a video from them in 79. only from 1982.

[@Xogroroth666]

So what the fuck does that have anything to do with the fact I saw them in '79??? Serious moronic idiocy from you there.

[@sdtghjhc]

+Xogroroth666 You're just a fucking liar. End of story.

[@willskid1014]

2:24 Me and my friends when we change the music at the party

[@chrisdavies73]

Is this when they opened for Barry Manilow?

[@MrStefan124]

I think it was Donnie Osmand.

[@ferox965]

No...Jimmy Buffet.

[@farqueue1093]

I thought it was Taylor Swift.....? My bad :(

[@cultmamacultmama3571]

Yep - actually Cliff Richard was initially the first choice but he cancelled last minute - and so they got on.

[@loupnoir7924]

Bathory are true fathers of black metal🖤🐺🖤🐺

[@jermaineguillory2694]

Ladies and Gentlemen, From The Very Depths of Hell....VENOM!!!!

[@Detownrebel1]

At 13 years old in early 1982 a local high-school radio station (WPHS) played a Venom song called Warhead. I Immediately picked up the phone and called my guitar player who managed to catch the last 4 minutes of the song. I say last 4 minutes of the song because the next day my guitar player purchased "Welcome to Hell". Only after playing the album did we realize that the local high school station previously was playing Warhead at a slower speed. I recon they must have had a single and was playing it at 33.4 vs 45 rpm.

[@ozricness]

It'd be really cool if they had made more Welcome to Hell songs with the Black Metal guitar tone.

[@alphacentauri4740]

They invented Black Metal, so those are Black Metal guitar tones.

[@dudumaia151]

Yes. I agree. Black Metal had the best guitar tones an battery lines.

[@krismichalsky]

LOL, at 3:37 That stash is hilarious. That dude is sooooo evil.

[@TangensROH]

+Kris Michalsky He's a band's gentleman. Mantas rules.

[@rtcurrycurry5628]

one of my favorites of all time.28years I listened to this epic band

[@spudeism]

Just how big is Abaddons drum battery?

[@antoniorc8795]

Huge

[@carlosmagno7306]

Venom is my life!!! FOREVER!!!

[@ek7473]

Well you really need to get a life you sound fk pathetic

[@timwhite5562]

I have to watch a couple Venom videos whenever i start feeling depressed, they're hilarious. I love the random screams, explosions and everything else in the beginning, there's no rhyme or reason for it. Then the guitar player starts his solo with disjointed arpeggio tapping like an imitation EVH. ", Just play fast, doesn't matter if it doesn't match up with the rest of the music."

[@obscurebandfan]

Lmao me too. I don't if it was intentional or not, but they were fucking hilarious as shit. I don't know why any parent would be afraid of them. They're so fucking camp. They're like the guys that didn't really bother getting too good at their musicianship, but invested a lot of money in stage presentation and gear. I fucking love them for that. I legit do love their music but you can't deny their comedic value

[@daverutherford6401]

@@obscurebandfan I was a founder member of Venom, it was just fun to play but the way it went it became a fuckin chore and i really didn't fit in and kind of drifted away, we parted company fairly quickly lol. i do remember we talked about not being very good musically so lets put on a good show, well the show part is there ;)

[@timwhite5562]

@@obscurebandfan I watched couple more recent videos. Thankfully they decided to start wearing shirts at some point prior.

[@CLE4LIFE420]

Keeping moms out of bedrooms since 1985

[@matthewserros5680]

The 727 thumbs down must be poser metallica fans boooo crybabies 😭😭😭

[@jimmyaviles1582]

there's a funny story about Tom Araya pissing on Cronos leg at a bar.....lol....Cronos punched the fuck out of Tom......Tom was so fucking hammered....LMAO

[@MIZORAM_mafaka_hnamte]

Looks like The Undertaker will come on stage...

[@MauroVictorBarros]

Metallica "Whiplash" starts here.

[@ifitbleedswecankillit3930]

Classic black metal!!!

[@manuelquintero1773]

Sorry, but Venom is heavy metal, Was a influence yo Black Metal, but isn't BM.

[@statoilbensin2190]

Im from Norway and I can say that this for sure is not black metal.

[@beelzebuv4868]

@@manuelquintero1773 :no es heavy metal es trash metal IF IT BLEEDS WE CAN KILL IT : no es black metal es trash metal; venom fue unas de las bandas que influyo al black metal.

[@antoniorc8795]

@@beelzebuv4868 absolutamente NO!!! VENOM es la Única banda Black Metal....las demás bandas tomaron el nombre............absolutelly NO!!!!VENOM is the Only Black Metal...the other bands just managed to tipo the name

[@antoniorc8795]

@@manuelquintero1773 Sorry, but VENOM created Black Metal...the other bands just took the name

[@LOW-Verwatch]

Venom invented Black Metal because they are very very evil scary yes

[@Jyndal13]

These guys were metal pioneers.

[@zuidwijker66]

Troy Adamson Sure!!! Bands like Slayer and Metallica liked them and still do

[@antoniorc8795]

They still are...

[@marcosfernandezmartinez5284]

The True pioneers of metal where Black Sabbath.

[@vinaymulukutla358]

They've outlasted Slayer.

[@richmoreno9938]

They sure fuckin were.

[@dilloncrowe1018]

Still my favorite Black Metal band. Venom are the Black Sabbath of Black Metal, they were the first to do it! From treble guitar playing, to guttural satanic lyrics, to blast beats, Venom did it all before bands like Bathory and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost were a thought! No disrespect intended twards either band of course, they still kick ass, and Bathory without question are the Judas Priest of Black Metal, meaning, they PERFECTED the genre! Venom, Bathory, Hellhammer/Celtic Frost... Long live The First Wave Black Metal Triumvirate!

[@SCROGY]

2:15 to 2:19 is possibly the greatest single moment in the history of extreme music. Pure genius.

[@Louis.Cyphre]

Cronos, Mantas and Abaddon are the high priests of black Metal!

[@hailrealfknmetal]

Venom started it all!

[@littleteethkeith]

hailrealfknmetal By all do you mean the fog overdose epidemic?

[@michaelbruns449]

Stunning and intense music, brutal and revolutionary and unforgettable.

[@TheAccusationNetwork]

I first saw this video back in 1985 on The Ultimate Revenge VHS release. Had already sold my soul to Venom before that with the purchase of Black Metal and Welcome To Hell. And here I am, all of these years later, telling complete strangers of my love for this NWOBHM-but-not-NWOBHM band!

[@anthonyvigil2906]

Yo...i was at that show...mantas did not play that night. He supposedly was under quarentine in Canada. Which explains the lsck of venoms love performance on the video...one of my most memorable shows...alpng wirh metallica anthrax and raven at the roseland ballroom

[@bigblockimpala]

In the good ol´Moral Panic days in the early eighties they showed a few seconds of this show on Swedish tv. That was the talk of the schoolyard for weeks.

[@dorsusthrashspeed]

VENOM!!!!!!!

[@JeSuSpEAkKiNGnow0rN01WiLL]

There is codes(language) in our D.N.A. God is REAL! Jesus is the ONLY 1 that is our MESSIAH! Jesus is the only way to the father. We are born fallen, with a SiN nature, We must get SAVED & BORN AGAIN!

[@achillesalexander5327]

You know what this performance needs? More Fog, gotta have more Fog.

[@ryanmaxwelll2730]

3:13 - The guitar solo is being played by the smoke of the flames of Hell!!!! At least I think it is. It's hard to tell, really.

[@guzmangabriel847]

Just wow! This was amazing!

[@outis439-A]

Kinda the first black metal song. It’s got the tremelo picking, and the chorus progression during the ‘hell breaks lose’ is pretty black metally. Plus that ending. Very atmospheric

[@thechromevanadiumcrv8306]

best version of ever,not the same from the debut album,but a rerecorded version from the "black metal" session,new vocal part and the sound of 1982 production.its a shame that a good quality audio version still unavailable

[@Nissardpertugiu]

Yeah its better played showed . Actually its not that bad . Its good . Like hounds of hell , Abaddon fills and paradidles toms are bad ass

[@badmoodkiddtv]

0:14 undertaker vibes

[@Fontknow]

I can't believe these guys slipped under my radar for so long. Venom is fucking awesome!

[@50calpulse76]

These guys were way ahead of their time and paved the road for so many great bands

[@TheSatanist13]

Just like Motorhead. 3 Members, bass/vocalist, guitarist, drums and speed heavy metal also same year also

[@anikadrij]

Come hear the moon is calling, The witching hour draws near, Come hear the bell is tolling, Mortals run in fear, Prepare the altar now and hear the virgin cry, Hold fast the sacrifice, For now it's the time to die, All hell breaks loose, Hell's breaking loose. Unveil the pentagram, And feel the demons lust, Come watch the holy men, Who look on in disgust, Come taste blood, And feel the heat of Satan's breath, Look in the sky's and see, The warriors of death, All hell breaks loose, Hell's breaking loose, Witching hour. Our work is now complete, The blood runs fast and free, And Satan takes his bride, And cry's of blasphemy, All hell rejoices at the child, That she will bear, And Satans only son, Shall be the worlds despair, All hell breaks loose, Hell's breaking loose, Witching hour.

[@seanblack6545]

Awesome! I forgot how crazy cool these guys were, and how much fun we all had going to see them live. It was a great time in music.

[@vladchetvertak3394]

To me, this song is alike Motorhead's Ace of Spades. At least it was most inspiration thing for Venom.