not only was the band that invented black metal, but also the one who coined this name, therefore, perhaps not the best, but the main and most important representative of the style. The group began its activities in 1979 and was formed by drummer Abaddon and guitarist Mantas. Originally a quintet, then the formation is stabilized with the above plus a double bassist and vocalist Cronos. Already at the time, his proposal was to make the crudest form of heavy metal and heavy as possible, darting hand also satanic lyrics and obscene. Discovered by businessman Eric Took, the trio debuted on vinyl in 1980 with the single "In League With Satan / Live Like An Angel, Die Like A Devil," which became a mandatory item in the collection of metal fans at the time. The success of the single led to the release of their first LP, which was released in 1981 called "Welcome To Hell". Listening to today, this album features a metal correct, but nothing that deserves further comment. For the time, however, the play was an authentic sound attack, contained the most brutal form of music heard so far. In 1982, it launched the career of the great product Venom's "Black Metal", one of the most influential albums in the history of heavy metal. "In the bargain," was founded a style hitherto nonexistent, black metal, which would influence endless metal bands who found it ideal niche for your musical ideas and lyrical. In the meantime, the Venom kept releasing albums of a certain quality (although, analyzing coldly, did little more than repeat the winning formula he created) and increasing his fame in the underground. Are of this period, the LPs "At War With Satan" (84) and "Possessed" (85). At this point, the black metal style was already consolidated in the underground and became increasingly mysterious and controversial, with bands that took the most extreme limits those Venom treated to delimit. In parallel, Cronos, Mantas and Abaddon began to suffer with musical differences, at that point, were already quite large between them. Then began to decline. The endless lineup changes began when Mantas decided to drop out in 1985. Thereafter, the group was a quartet, also decided to leave Cronos, Mantas returned and left again, the group embarked on other styles etc.. Through it, mediocre LPs were released, such as, "Calm Before The Storm" (87) and "Tear Your Soul Apart" (90), and the set was seen as a joke. But Abbadon never gave up and, in 1996, brought together the classic lineup of the group for a presentation in a big festival in the Netherlands. The response was so good that the three decided to bet again on career and, in 1997, officially returned to active duty, together again.
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not only was the band that invented black metal, but also the one who coined this name, therefore, perhaps not the best, but the main and most important representative of the style. The group began its activities in 1979 and was formed by drummer Abaddon and guitarist Mantas. Originally a quintet, then the formation is stabilized with the above plus a double bassist and vocalist Cronos. Already at the time, his proposal was to make the crudest form of heavy metal and heavy as possible, darting hand also satanic lyrics and obscene. Discovered by businessman Eric Took, the trio debuted on vinyl in 1980 with the single "In League With Satan / Live Like An Angel, Die Like A Devil," which became a mandatory item in the collection of metal fans at the time. The success of the single led to the release of their first LP, which was released in 1981 called "Welcome To Hell". Listening to today, this album features a metal correct, but nothing that deserves further comment. For the time, however, the play was an authentic sound attack, contained the most brutal form of music heard so far. In 1982, it launched the career of the great product Venom's "Black Metal", one of the most influential albums in the history of heavy metal. "In the bargain," was founded a style hitherto nonexistent, black metal, which would influence endless metal bands who found it ideal niche for your musical ideas and lyrical. In the meantime, the Venom kept releasing albums of a certain quality (although, analyzing coldly, did little more than repeat the winning formula he created) and increasing his fame in the underground. Are of this period, the LPs "At War With Satan" (84) and "Possessed" (85). At this point, the black metal style was already consolidated in the underground and became increasingly mysterious and controversial, with bands that took the most extreme limits those Venom treated to delimit. In parallel, Cronos, Mantas and Abaddon began to suffer with musical differences, at that point, were already quite large between them. Then began to decline. The endless lineup changes began when Mantas decided to drop out in 1985. Thereafter, the group was a quartet, also decided to leave Cronos, Mantas returned and left again, the group embarked on other styles etc.. Through it, mediocre LPs were released, such as, "Calm Before The Storm" (87) and "Tear Your Soul Apart" (90), and the set was seen as a joke. But Abbadon never gave up and, in 1996, brought together the classic lineup of the group for a presentation in a big festival in the Netherlands. The response was so good that the three decided to bet again on career and, in 1997, officially returned to active duty, together again.
not only was the band that invented black metal, but also the one who coined this name, therefore, perhaps not the best, but the main and most important representative of the style. The group began its activities in 1979 and was formed by drummer Abaddon and guitarist Mantas. Originally a quintet, then the formation is stabilized with the above plus a double bassist and vocalist Cronos. Already at the time, his proposal was to make the crudest form of heavy metal and heavy as possible, darting hand also satanic lyrics and obscene. Discovered by businessman Eric Took, the trio debuted on vinyl in 1980 with the single "In League With Satan / Live Like An Angel, Die Like A Devil," which became a mandatory item in the collection of metal fans at the time. The success of the single led to the release of their first LP, which was released in 1981 called "Welcome To Hell". Listening to today, this album features a metal correct, but nothing that deserves further comment. For the time, however, the play was an authentic sound attack, contained the most brutal form of music heard so far. In 1982, it launched the career of the great product Venom's "Black Metal", one of the most influential albums in the history of heavy metal. "In the bargain," was founded a style hitherto nonexistent, black metal, which would influence endless metal bands who found it ideal niche for your musical ideas and lyrical. In the meantime, the Venom kept releasing albums of a certain quality (although, analyzing coldly, did little more than repeat the winning formula he created) and increasing his fame in the underground. Are of this period, the LPs "At War With Satan" (84) and "Possessed" (85). At this point, the black metal style was already consolidated in the underground and became increasingly mysterious and controversial, with bands that took the most extreme limits those Venom treated to delimit. In parallel, Cronos, Mantas and Abaddon began to suffer with musical differences, at that point, were already quite large between them. Then began to decline. The endless lineup changes began when Mantas decided to drop out in 1985. Thereafter, the group was a quartet, also decided to leave Cronos, Mantas returned and left again, the group embarked on other styles etc.. Through it, mediocre LPs were released, such as, "Calm Before The Storm" (87) and "Tear Your Soul Apart" (90), and the set was seen as a joke. But Abbadon never gave up and, in 1996, brought together the classic lineup of the group for a presentation in a big festival in the Netherlands. The response was so good that the three decided to bet again on career and, in 1997, officially returned to active duty, together again.
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