Birth name Jeffrey Dunn Years active 1979–present | Also known as Mantas Name Jeffrey Dunn | |
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Genres Thrash metal, black metal, death metal, heavy metal, speed metal, punk, metalcore, industrial metal | ||
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter Instruments Guitar, bass, keyboard |
Popular Jeffrey Dunn & Heavy metal music videos
Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (22 April 1961) is a British guitarist best known as one of the founding members of seminal Thrash/speed metal band Venom, with which he played as a guitarist from 1979 to 1985 and 1989 - 2002.
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- With Venom
- With Mantas
- With M pire of Evil
- With Venom Inc
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In 1986 he left Venom to form the band Mantas which so far has recorded two full-length albums: Winds of Change in 1988, and Zero Tolerance in 2004. In 1992 he played guitars for Warfare, a NWOBHM band from the UK.

In 2006, Mantas toured with German hardcore techno act Scooter in Germany as an additional member on guitar.
As of 2007, Dunn was working with the band Dryll.
In 2009, he guested on German metalcore band Last One Dying's debut album The Hour of Lead
In 2010, Jeff Dunn and former Venom members, Antony "Antton" Lant (drums; brother of Venom frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant) and Tony "The Demolition Man" Dolan (bass, vocals) are back with their new band, initially called Primevil but now Mpire of Evil.
Equipment
Mantas now uses Caparison guitars