Legendary metallers VENOM INC. released their debut album “Avé” on August 11th, 2017 via Nuclear Blast, followed by countless live shows all around the globe. The band were on fire as they played to packed out venues the world over – the result is their brand new 3-track 10″ vinyl single entitled “War”, which is out now. Its artwork was created by Marcelo Vasco (SLAYER, HATEBREED, MACHINE HEAD, BORKNAGAR a.o.).
Tony “The Demolition Man” Dolan stated, “In a world of uncertainty, where we are back to measuring the size of one nuclear arsenal against another (sic. Cold War) while other parts of the globe battle their perverse leanings and terror reigns down…we present ‘War’…and our very own live ‘Warhead’! Enjoy the destruction of all you thought you knew as indestructible.”
»War« – Track Listing:
Side A
01. War (Armageddon Edit)
02. War (live)
Side B
01. Warhead (live)
The single is available in the following formats:
– red vinyl (limited to 300 copies; mailorder only!)
– black vinyl (limited to 500 copies)
Watch the ‘War’ lyric video (studio version), here:
Besides joining VENOM INC + SUFFOCATION on “Blood Stained Earth Tour 2018” in Europe, Tokyo based “Samurais from Hell”, SURVIVE, are confirmed as Special Guests for VENOM INC. shows in Japan! See the details below.
February 15th – Tokyo – Club Quattro
February 16th – Osaka – Trad
Watch SURVIVE’s tour documentary, supporting the Swedish heavy metal Vikings AMON AMARTH during the “Jomsviking Tour 2017”:
Japan, Tokyo based Thrash Heroes SURVIVE was formed in 1998 releasing so far 9 albums, 1 DVD and playing several festivals (Loud Park, Beast Fest, Multiplex-motorbike event, Korean Live Rock, Formoz Festival, Asia Metal Festival, Dongducheon Rock Festival, Trendkill Extreme Feast, etc). SURVIVE has toured all over the world with BEHEMOTH, UNITED, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, DOPE, PULLING TEETH, TESTAMENT, OUTRAGE, ANTHRAX, HATEBLEED, NAPALM DEATH, AMON AMARTH just to name a few of them. SURVIVE released their latest effort “Human Misery”, on September 30th, 2015 via Rebel Recordings. Check out “Shred them All” video from the album:
VENOM INC. – the trio formed by legendary Mantas, the Demolition Man & Abaddon – is set to kick off the next stage of their “Blood Stained Earth World Tour”. The first part will lead them through Asia plus Oceania, before the band haunt the UK and European clubs with label mates SUFFOCATION, NERVOSA, AETERNAM and SURVIVE. In addition to presenting tracks from their debut album “Avé”, VENOM INC. will also perform a bunch of VENOM classics. Full dates below.
In anticipation of the aforementioned tour, VENOM INC. has unleashed a brand new lyric video for ‘War’. Check it out below:
“AVÉ Legions… May I present our recent endeavour…our new lyric video for our album track ‘War’! This is an extended version for your enjoyment and precedes our current list of dates as we prepare to slay 2018! Starting in Japan and taking in Singapore, Bangkok, Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand before returning to the Northern hemisphere where we start a European double headline tour with SUFFOCATION in the UK… Enjoy the new video and get your tickets now… it’s gonna be a face melting tour I promise! ALL HAIL & AVÉ!” – Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan
Tokyo based “Samurais from Hell”, SURVIVE, will join VENOM INC + SUFFOCATION on “Blood Stained Earth Tour 2018” in Europe, kicking off on March 9th in Bristol (UK). Other support will come from Brazilian thrashers NERVOSA and Canadian ethnic symphonic metallers AETERNAM. Further details can be found below.
Watch SURVIVE’s tour documentary, supporting the Swedish heavy metal Vikings AMON AMARTH during the “Jomsviking Tour 2017”:
Japan, Tokyo based Thrash Heroes SURVIVE was formed in 1998 releasing so far 9 albums, 1 DVD and playing several festivals (Loud Park, Beast Fest, Multiplex-motorbike event, Korean Live Rock, Formoz Festival, Asia Metal Festival, Dongducheon Rock Festival, Trendkill Extreme Feast, etc). SURVIVE has toured all over the world with BEHEMOTH, UNITED, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, DOPE, PULLING TEETH, TESTAMENT, OUTRAGE, ANTHRAX, HATEBLEED, NAPALM DEATH, AMON AMARTH just to name a few of them. SURVIVE released their latest album “Human Misery”, on September 30th, 2015 via Rebel Recordings. Check out “Shred them All” video from the album:
VENOM INC., the originators of black metal, and US death metal squad SUFFOCATION recently announced their European headline run in support of their latest records »Avé« and »…Of The Dark Light« respectively. Support will come from Brazilian thrashers NERVOSA as well as Canadian ethnic symphonic metallers AETERNAM. Today, the bands add a few more dates to the routing and announce the opening act for this forthcoming journey, SURVIVE. Further details can be found below.
»Blood Stained Earth Tour 2018«
VENOM INC. + SUFFOCATION
w/ NERVOSA, AETERNAM, SURVIVE
09.03. UK Bristol – Bierkeller
10.03. UK Manchester – Rebellion
11.03. UK Glasgow – Audio**
12.03. UK Birmingham – Asylum NEW!
13.03. UK London – Islington Academy
14.03. B Opwijk – Nosta
15.03. F Paris – Petit Bain
16.03. NL Eindhoven – Dynamo (w/ EVIL INVADERS)* NEW!
17.03. D Hamburg – Kulturpalast
18.03. DK Aarhus – VoxHall
19.03. DK Copenhagen – Pumpehuset
20.03. D Mannheim – MS Connexion Complex
21.03. D Ingolstadt – Eventhalle Westpark
22.03. I Brescia – Circolo Colony
23.03. I Bologna – Zona Roveri
24.03. A Graz – Explosiv
25.03. H Budapest – Barba Negra
26.03. RO Cluj-Napoca – Form Space
27.03. A Vienna – Viper Room
28.03. SK Kosice – Collosseum
29.03. CZ Prague – Futurum NEW VENUE!
30.03. D Dresden – Eventwerk NEW!
31.03. PL Katowice – MegaClub NEW!
*no SUFFOCATION
**no NERVOSA
More VENOM INC. dates:
15.02. J Tokyo – Club Quattro
16.02. J Osaka – Trad
18.02. SGP Sin – EBX Live
19.02. T Bangkok – OXA
22.02. AUS Canberra – The Basement
23.02. AUS Sydney – Manning
24.02. AUS Brisbane – Crowbar
26.02. NZ Wellington – Valhalla
27.02. NZ Auckland – Galatos
01.03. AUS Melbourne – Max Watt‘s
02.03. AUS Adelaide – Enigma
03.03. AUS Perth – Amplifier
28.-30.06. D Gardelegen – Metal Frenzy NEW!
11.08. UK Derby – Bloodstock Open Air NEW!
More SUFFOCATION dates:
02.03. NL Tilburg – Netherlands Deathfest III
27.-29.04. P Barroselas – SWR Barroselas Metalfest
06.06. S Sölvesborg – Sweden Rock
14.06. CZ Cerveny Kostelec – Czech Deathfest
22.06. F Clisson – Hellfest
23.06. DK Copenhagen – Copenhell
13.07. E Vivero – Resurrection Fest
19.07. CZ Trutnov – Obscene Extreme Festival
20.07. D Bertingen – Rock unter den Eichen
28.07. NL Steenwijk – Stonehenge Festival
Jimmy Kay from Canada The Metal Voice recently spoke to Tony Dolan (The Demolition Man) and Jeff Dunn (Mantas) from VENOM INC. whose new Album “Avé” will be released on Nuclear Blast on Aug 14 2017.
Watch the interview here
In the broadcast Mantas and The Demolition man go through all the tracks off their new album Ave and talk about the lyrical themes and music. Mantas also announces that we will be releasing an autobiography in the near future. As well the two spoke about the Venom past the quick rise to fame and how Tony Dolan joined the band.
When asked about their continuous fascination with Satan and the Dark side of music (5:11)
“We had an interest in the dark side. It was a shock horror thing. We looked at bands like Black Sabbath and others that sang about the devil but it wasn’t stuffed in people faces. So we thought we would just develop a pure shock value. We were going to stuff it in people’s face and if they ran away screaming then great and if they embraced it then great that was the whole premise. It was three young guys who wanted to shock the world. It wasn’t something new we just took it a step further. We also had songs with other topics, Teachers Pet, Poison we had songs about serial killers. It was all about the dark side of things or life.” Mantas
When asked about how the album At War with Satan was inspired by Rush 2112 (17:00)
“I was a huge Rush fan and so was Conrad. It was mainly Conrad’s body of work and I contributed to it. It’s no secret, it’s just a personnel opinion. I spoke to fans about this before. The Albums At war with Satan and Possessed I have never been a big fan of those two albums.” Mantas
When asked Mantas why he lost interest in the band in the early years. (19:53)
“If i have to be brutally honest for me it was after Black Metal album. You have to remember the speed of the success of Venom wasn’t gradual, it was overnight, zero to hero in a matter of a week. It was the right place at the right time. The stars aligned everybody was ready for something different and we came along.There was one weekend we were rehearing in this run down place, the following weekend we were in Belgium playing in front of 3000 people. And I think that contributed to the change in personalities as well. When the success of Venom really hit big the personalities changed in certain members and it was unbelievable and that is what I couldn’t deal with.” Mantas
When asked if the new album Ave of it’s is a continuation of the Dolan era albums (39:35)
Ave is it’s own beast, it’s not a first album, it’s not a follow up album, it’s us, it’s what we do. I think it fits perfectly in the Venom legacy. I think Ave stands more in the Venom legacy than the albums Possessed and Cast in Stone- Mantas
When asked about the theme of album cover artwork on the new album Ave (42:00)
There is Lucifer on the cover of the album clearly walking towards you in a very passive way on a desolate landscape, you can see Adam and Eve eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge. It’s about looking for that inner self. The cover could be, is it Armageddon or is it the beginning? Not only can he fly but he is Lucifer and he can do damage if he wants to but he is quiet passive walking toward you. Is he signaling the end or is he signaling the beginning and your suppose to answer that question. He was an angel banished, what his duty was feed man knowledge and look after him because he questioned the god he was cast down to walk eternity on earth. ” Dolan
When asked about Mantas’ autobiography ( 52:00)
“What I am doing with the book is I am talking it from the day I was born to what we are doing now. Everything I have ever done . Also their will be a lot of photographs that have never been seen before.” Mantas
When asked about the Venom inc Documentary in the works (1:40:00)
What we have been doing is taking snap shots of us traveling up until now and we also did a lot of stuff talking about the new album, the journey of that and continue on this world tour. Then hopefully put it on DVD box set together with some old stuff, unseen stuff, the backstage stuff, the making of the videos and it will be something really interesting.” Dolan
