Venom "American Assault" LP Combat Records MX 8034 (US)

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Track Listing:

A1 Rip Ride
A2 Bursting Out
A3 Dead Of The Night
B1 7 Gates Of Hell (Live)
B2 Countess Bathory (Live)
B3 Welcome To Hell (Live)

Venom are an English band that formed in 1979 in . Coming to prominence towards the end of the , Venom's first two albums— (1981) and (1982)—are considered a major influence on and in general. Venom's second album proved influential enough that its title was used as the name of an extreme metal subgenre: .

Calm Before the Storm is the fifth album by . The original title of the album would have been "Deadline", but the title was changed when guitarist left the band and was replaced by Jimi Clare and Mike Hickey. Both were to follow bassist in his later solo career and the latter would also return on the 2006 album .

The album is characterised by a "cleaner", more synthetic sound when compared to 's other albums. Especially the drums, which sound almost like a , are contributing to this fact. Also, the guitar has a brighter sound and is easily distinguishable from the bass. The change in sound is perhaps mostly due to the addition of another guitarist and the producer , who had previously worked with acts such as and .

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