Venom are an English heavy metal band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1978.
Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) era, Venom's first two albums, Welcome to Hell (1981) and Black Metal (1982), are considered influences on black metal, thrash metal and extreme metal in general. Their second album's title inspired the name of the black metal genre. Venom were part of the first wave of the genre, along with Mercyful Fate and Bathory.
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