Black metal originators VENOM INC. will unleash their upcoming full-length opus, “Avé”, out August 11, 2017 via Nuclear Blast. After setting the metal world ablaze with their latest music video for ‘Dein Fleisch’, the band is following up with a second new track from »Avé« – the sinister crusher ‘Avé Satanas’. Listen here:
VENOM INC.’s Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan says: “This is the salute to you all… from our dark hearts to your good black souls… the earth is ours and Lucifer walks with us. We hail our master, we hail our Lord! We present ourselves to you… AVE SATANAS! Welcome to hell you sons (and daughters) of SATAN!”
While browsing, check out two new one-on-one VENOM INC. video interviews released via Nuclear Blast, detailing exclusive, behind-the-scenes details about »Avé« and the return of the band:
Regardless of your take on black metal forefathers VENOM, they are the undisputed originators of extreme metal as we know it. Almost 40 years after their inception, the revitalized 1989-1992 line-up of guitarist Jeff “Mantas” Dunn, vocalist/bassist Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan and drummer Anthony “Abaddon” Bray have returned with a monster of an album.
After months of anticipation, VENOM INC. will release their upcoming full-length opus, entitled “Avé”, on August 11, 2017 via Nuclear Blast. Pre-orders for the new album are available now here.
The first single from “Avé”, entitled ‘Dein Fleisch’, can be streamed now:
Pre-order “Avé” digitally to receive ‘Dein Fleisch’ instantly or stream the track here.
VENOM INC. was born during an impromptu live set at 2015’s Keep it True Festival in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. The on-stage reunion was a rousing success amongst VENOM fans and music industry personnel alike, and although it was originally only set up for fun, Dolan began receiving numerous show offers for VENOM INC. from booking agents around the world. What started as a live set to celebrate VENOM‘s legacy immediately turned into a serious reunion discussion. The rest is history.
While unexpected at the outset, the end result of this reunion is an album that true VENOM fans will gladly add to the top of their playlists. Vocalist/bassist Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan says, “We tried to shape »Avé« so that it comes at you dark, then it gets bright and heavy and just keeps growing into some kind of monster.”
“Avé” – Track Listing:
01. Ave Satanas
02. Forged In Hell
03. Metal We Bleed
04. Dein Fleisch
05. Blood Stained
06. Time To Die
07. The Evil Dead
08. Preacher Man
09. War
10. I Kneel To No God
11. Black N Roll
Going in to writing “Avé”, VENOM INC. realized their live performance was the key to creating an album that would be a metal classic. It was clear that any songs the trio came up with had to have the intensity, the honesty and the aggression that was happening for VENOM INC. in a live situation. Simply put, they needed to translate what they do on stage onto a record. Not once did they look back on the VENOM catalogue and think, “We have to write another ‘Black Metal’ or another ‘Schizo’…” The focus is on VENOM INC. and everything the rejuvenated three-piece do in the here and now.
Dolan adds, “Expect 100% pure, honest, solid, hard, dark, thought-provoking metal… like it was, is and forever shall be. Classic old-school, but with the ferocity and energy that we display in our live show. We are proud of this album and our new home at Nuclear Blast, as well as our whole team – management, PR, agents, sponsors and most of all, YOU. Thank you! See you somewhere on this Blood Stained Earth!”
VENOM INC. will kick off their upcoming “Blood Stained Earth” headline tour, featuring support from GOATWHORE, TOXIC HOLOCAUST and THE CONVALESCENCE, on September 1. Exclusive VENOM INC.meet & greet packages are available with limited availability – for details please visit: http://bit.ly/VenomIncVIP
In addition to the tour, VENOM INC. are set to perform dates in Europe throughout 2017, including stops at Metaldays, Heavy Metal Cauldron and others. The band will perform classic VENOM sets and new tracks. See below for all current performance dates:
Summer Dates:
24.07. SLO Tolmin – Metaldays
29.07. I Thiesi – Località Su Padru
05.08. F Saint-Maurice-De-Gourdans – Sylak Open Air
“Blood Stained Earth Tour 2017”
w/ GOATWHORE, TOXIC HOLOCAUST, THE CONVALESCENCE
01.09. USA Philadelphia, PA – Voltage
02.09. USA New York, NY – Gramercy Theater
03.09. USA Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
04.09. CDN Montreal, QC – Les Foufounes Electriques
05.09. CDN Toronto, ON – Mod Club
06.09. USA Detroit, MI – Harpos NEW!
07.09. USA Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballrom
08.09. USA Chicago, IL – Reggies
09.09. USA Cave in Rock, IL – Full Terror Metal Fest
10.09. USA Kansas City, MO – Riot Room
11.09. USA Denver, CO – Marquis Theater
13.09. USA Spokane, WA – The Pin
14.09. USA Seattle, WA – Studio 7
15.09. CDN Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater
16.09. USA Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
18.09. USA San Francisco, CA – Slims
19.09. USA Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre
20.09. USA San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
21.09. USA Phoenix, AZ – Club Red
22.09. USA El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls
23.09. USA Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey
24.09. USA Austin, TX – Grizzly Hall
25.09. USA Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
26.09. USA New Orleans, LA – Parish at HOB
28.09. USA Miami, FL – Churchill’s
29.09. USA Tampa, FL – Orpheum
30.09. USA Orlando, FL – The Haven
01.10. USA Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
02.10. USA Baltimore, MD – Soundstage
03.10. USA Special VENOM INC Bash
04.10. USA Special VENOM INC Bash
Autumn Dates:
27.10. FIN Helsinki – Heavy Metal Cauldron
VENOM INC. is: Jeff “Mantas” Dunn | guitars Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan | bass, vocals Anthony “Abaddon” Bray | drums
GOATWHORE will serve as direct support to UK-based metal icons VENOM INC. on a North American tour this fall. Slated to commence on September 1st in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, “The Blood Stained Earth” Tour will ravage a total of twenty-eight cities, coming to a close on October 2nd in Baltimore, Maryland. Additional support will be provided by Portland punk thrashers Toxic Holocaust and Ohio deathcore unit The Convalescence. The tour will follow Goatwhore‘s recently-announced headlining trek with Vancouver metallers, Anciients. See all confirmed dates below.
Goatwhore tour dates w/ Anciients:
June 9 – The Rock Box – San Antonio, TX
June 10 – Backstage Lubbock Depot – Lubbock, TX
June 11 – Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
June 12 – The Green Rom – Flagstaff, AZ
June 14 – Stork Club – Oakland, CA
June 15 – Old Nick’s Pub – Eugene, OR
June 16 – Northwest Terror Fest @ Neumos – Seattle, WA
June 20 – Generator Cabaret – Prince George, BC
June 21 – Distortion – Calgary, AB
June 22 – Brixx Bar & Grill – Edmonton, AB
June 23 – Riddell Center – Regina, SK
June 24 – Windsor Hotel – Winnipeg, MB
June 25 – Triple Rock Social Club – Minneapolis, MN
June 26 – The Metal Grill – Cudahy, WI
June 27 – Frankies – Bryan, OH
June 28 – Fubar – St. Louis, OH
June 29 – George’s Majestic Lounge – Springdale, AR
June 30 – Vino’s Brewpub – Little Rock, AR
July 1 – Maggie Meyers Irish Pub – Huntsville, AL
Goatwhore tour dates w/ Venom Inc., Toxic Holocaust, The Convalescence
Sept. 1 – Voltage – Philadelphia, PA
Sept. 2 – Gramercy Theater – New York, NY
Sept. 3 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
Sept. 4 – Les Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC
Sept. 5 – Mod Club – Toronto, ON
Sept. 7 – Agora Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
Sept. 8 – Reggies – Chicago, IL
Sept. 9 – Full Terror Metal Fest – Cave In Rock, IL
Sept. 10 – Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
Sept. 11 – Marquis Theater – Denver, CO
Sept. 13 – The Pin – Spokane, WA
Sept. 14 – Studio 7 – Seattle, WA
Sept. 15 – Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, BC
Sept. 16 – Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
Sept. 18 – Slims – San Francisco, CA
Sept. 19 – The Roxy Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
Sept. 20 – Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
Sept. 21 – Club Red – Phoenix, AZ
Sept. 22 – Tricky Falls – El Paso, TX
Sept. 23 – Gas Monkey – Dallas, TX
Sept. 24 – Grizzly Hall – Austin, TX
Sept. 25 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
Sept. 26 – Parish at HOB – New Orleans, LA
Sept. 28 – Churchill’s – Miami, FL
Sept. 29 – Orpheum – Tampa, FL
Sept. 30 – The Haven – Orlando, FL
Oct. 1 – Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
Oct. 2 – Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
Goatwhore will release their anticipated Vengeful Ascension full-length worldwide on June 23rd via Metal Blade Records. The band’s seventh full-length and second recorded reel-to-reel, Vengeful Ascension was captured at Earth Analog in Tolono, Illinois near Champaign with long-time soundman and comrade Jarrett Pritchard (1349, Gruesome). To hear the title track and new single, “Chaos Arcane”, please visit: metalblade.com/goatwhore – where you can also pre-order the album in the following formats:
–Digipak CD
–Limited “spell book” edition including two CDs (limited to 3000 copies)
–180g black vinyl
–clear/black-marbled vinyl (limited to 300 copies – EU exclusive)
–sepia/white-splatter vinyl (limited to 200 copies – EU exclusive)
–violet-red marbled vinyl (limited to 200 copies – EU exclusive)
–Clear with black and white swirls (limited to 1500 copies – US exclusive)
–sepia-marbled vinyl (limited to 100 copies – US exclusive)
* exclusive bundles with a shirt, plus digital options are also available!
The ten-track, forty-one-minute Vengeful Ascension – mixed by Chris Common (Tribulation, Pelican) and mastered by Maor Applebaum (Faith No More, Halford, Today Is The Day) – marches in, clutches its listeners by the throat and refuses to loosen its grip until the abrupt conclusion of “Those Who Denied God’s Will.” A sonic manifestation of war, chaos, desolation, and emotional conflict, seamlessly bridging twenty years of the band’s signature brand of audio venom, it’s a record that finds its members at their most accomplished both individually and as a cohesive unit. Guitarist Sammy Duet’s dense, sub nuclear riff work and possessed solo blitzes are at their most devastating, spiraling flawlessly and instinctually around drummer Zack Simmons’ and bassist James Harvey’s hammering rhythms, with front-man Ben Falgoust’s distinctly commanding roar, his acidic prose more enunciated than ever before, complimenting the apocalyptic proceedings.
Vengeful Ascension track-listing:
1. Forsaken
2. Under The Flesh, Into The Soul
3. Vengeful Ascension
4. Chaos Arcane
5. Where The Sun Is Silent
6. Drowned In Grim Rebirth
7. Abandon Indoctrination
8. Mankind Will Have No Mercy
9. Decayed Omen Reborn
10. Those Who Denied God’s Will
Goatwhore recording line-up:
Louis B. Falgoust II – Vocals
Sammy Duet – Guitars, Vocals
Zack Simmons – Drums
James Harvey – Bass
Goatwhore touring line-up:
Louis B. Falgoust II – Vocals
Sammy Duet – Guitars, Vocals
Zack Simmons – Drums
Robert “TA” Coleman – Bass
Inferno Metal Festival 2017 has announced death metal pioneers POSSESSED, the godfathers of black metal VENOM INC. and polish death black supreme AZARATH to the 2017 edition of the festival! The festival will be held during the Easter 12. to 15. April 2017 with legendary bands and the best newcomers from the extreme metal genres. Welcome to Hell!
INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2017 line-up so far:
CARCASS – ABBATH – POSSESSED – VENOM INC. – BORKNAGAR – RED HARVEST – SVARTIDAUÐI – HELHEIM – FURZE – AZARATH – DEUS MORTEM – WHOREDOM RIFE – INFERNAL WAR – KONTINUUM – ZHRINE – PILLORIAN – TANGORODRIM – AUÐN – SLIDHR – DARVAZA – WHIP – NACHASH – MADDER MORTEM – HAIL SPIRIT NOIR – SULPHUR
INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2017
Inferno Metal Festival is the longest running and most extreme metal festival in Norway and one of the most important extreme metal festivals in the world. We are very proud of this position and we will continue fronting Norwegian metal and bringing bands from all over the world to Norway. 2017 will be our 17th edition of the festival that keeps on growing.
TICKETS
4 days festival pass (including club night): 1800,- (including ticket fee) – HERE.
3 days festival pass (without club night): 1500,- NOK. (including ticket fee) – HERE.
Tickets available at Billettservice.
While UK Metal Masters VENOM INC. are currently on their Summer Festival trek and preparing for the upcoming European tour, Jeff “Mantas” Dunn has shot a guitar lesson video for “Witching Hour”, now streaming on PlayThis Riff.com!
PlayThisRiff.com issued:
“In the latest guitar lesson video, Jeff “Mantas” Dunn shows us the solo and final riff in the Venom song “Witching Hour”. These parts rule on their own, but what makes this lesson so cool is that Jeff will show us how he gets the sound of a whammy bar dive without a whammy bar or bending the neck. He also barres the 7th fret with his picking hand during the solo. Gnarly!”
Just recently VENOM INC announced their 18-shows European tour, Pt.1, kicking off on October 13th in Prague (CZE). The bands to join the tour are VITAL REMAIN, MORTUARY DRAPE, NERVOCHAOS and DESECRATOR. Check out the tour itinerary and details below.
13 October – Prague (CZE) at Storm Club
14 October – Erfurt (GER) at Club From Hell
15 October – Lodz (POL) at LDK
16 October – Gdansk (POL) at B90
17 October – Krakow (POL) at Rotunda
18 October – Ostrava (CZE) at Barrack Club
19 October – Vienna (AUT) at Viper Room
20 October – Ljubljana (SLO) at Orto Bar
21 October – Bologna (ITA) at Locomotic Club
22 October – Roma (ITA) at Init
23 October – Milan (ITA) at Lo Fi Club
24 October – Strasskirchen (GER) at Plutonium
25 October – Weinheim (GER) at Cafè Central
26 October – Essen (GER) at Turock
27 October – Tilburg (NL) at Dudok
28 October – Drachten (NL) at Iduna
29 October – Metz (FRA) at Le Gueulard
30 October – Leiden (NL) at Gebr De Nobel
Currently VENOM INC are on their Summer Festival tour, check out the remaining dates below.
May 21 – Metal Bash – Wulmstorf/Hamburg (Germany) July 7-9 – In Flammen Open Air – Torgau/Entenfang (Germany) July 30 – Metal Brew – London (UK) August 10 – Brutal Assault – Jaromer-Josefov (Czech Rep.)
August 26 – Headbangers Desaster V – Huberhof Suben (Austria)
August 27 – Beyond The Gates – Bergen (Norway)
October 01 – Mammothfest – Brighton (UK)
December 2-3 – The Xmas Rocka Fest – Sheffield (UK)
Just recently VENOM INC concluded their successful North American tour and are currently on their Summer Festival trek! Today these UK Metal Masters launch their next bomb, announcing the 18-shows European tour, Pt.1, kicking off on October 13th in Prague (CZE). The main support come from VITAL REMAIN and MORTUARY DRAPE. The other bands, joining the tour are NERVOCHAOS and DESECRATOR. Check out the tour itinerary and details below.
Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan states: “We are proud to announce the first part of our European tour with VITAL REMAIN, MORTUARY DRAPE, NERVOCHAOS and DESECRATOR! We are busy writing the new album and the excitement is growing fast. After 60 total dates in North America it’s time to ignite our bomb in Europe, bigger and better than before! To our mighty legions everywhere, WE HAVE RETURNED!! From the very depths of HELL!!! See you soon, HELL YEAH!!!”
13 October – Prague (CZE) at Storm Club
14 October – Erfurt (GER) at Club From Hell
15 October – Lodz (POL) at LDK
16 October – Gdansk (POL) at B90
17 October – Krakow (POL) at Rotunda
18 October – Ostrava (CZE) at Barrack Club
19 October – Vienna (AUT) at Viper Room
20 October – Ljubljana (SLO) at Orto Bar
21 October – Bologna (ITA) at Locomotic Club
22 October – Roma (ITA) at Init
23 October – Milan (ITA) at Lo Fi Club
24 October – Strasskirchen (GER) at Plutonium
25 October – Weinheim (GER) at Cafè Central
26 October – Essen (GER) at Turock
27 October – Tilburg (NL) at Dudok
28 October – Drachten (NL) at Iduna
29 October – Metz (FRA) at Le Gueulard
30 October – Leiden (NL) at Gebr De Nobel
Currently VENOM INC are on their Summer Festival tour, check out the remaining dates below.
May 21 – Metal Bash – Wulmstorf/Hamburg (Germany) July 7-9 – In Flammen Open Air – Torgau/Entenfang (Germany) July 30 – Metal Brew – London (UK)
August 10 – Brutal Assault – Jaromer-Josefov (Czech Rep.)
August 27 – Beyond The Gates – Bergen (Norway)
August 26 – Headbangers Desaster V – Huberhof Suben (Austria)
October 01 – Mammothfest – Brighton (UK)
December 2-3 – The Xmas Rocka Fest – Sheffield (UK)
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