Released 7 November 1987 Length 36:20 Artist Venom Producer Nick Tauber | Recorded 1987 Calm Before the Storm
(1987) Prime Evil
(1989) Release date 7 November 1987 Label Filmtrax | |
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Studio The New Marquee Studios, London, UK Genres Heavy metal, Black metal, Thrash metal, Speed metal Similar Venom albums, Black metal albums | ||
Venom calm before the storm full album
Calm Before the Storm is the fifth album by Venom. The original title of the album would have been Deadline, but the title was changed when guitarist Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn left the band and was replaced by Jimi Clare and Mike Hickey. Both were to follow bassist Conrad "Cronos" Lant in his later solo career and the latter would also return on the 2006 album Metal Black.
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The album is characterised by a "cleaner", more synthetic sound when compared to Venom's other albums. Especially the drums, which sound almost like a drum machine, 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 Nick Tauber, who had previously worked with hard rock acts such as UFO and Thin Lizzy.
Venom calm before the storm
Personnel
Songs
1Black Xmas2:56
2The Chanting of the Priests4:24
3Metal Punk3:23