VENOM Mixing New Album
March 8, 2011, 13 years ago
According to a band update, pioneering UK black metallers VENOM's new album is currently being mixed and the band's management and label are in discussions regarding the release date, soon to be announced. The band are again working with top producer Tom Belton at his London Studio.
About the band's new album, bassist/vocalist Conrad "Cronos" Lant told The Quietus recently that "he new tracks are tremendous. Basically, if you think of the way Antton was playing, especially on the last album Hell, he is a nu metal drummer and comes from that kind of background. He’s hung round Venom most of his life and it was just good to introduce him to the whole Venom concept of playing like the way Abaddon used to play. Basically Abaddon came from a rock background and then basically developed a black metal, speed metal, thrash metal style. The nu metal drumming is very different and it was a steep learning curve for him. At the end of the day he’s got his own style and he wants to be known for what he’s done and not be in my shadow which is totally understandable. Some of the guys we had coming to the rehearsals were not ex-CRADLE OF FILTH but they were still ‘I’ve been in this band, I’ve been in that band’ but they were all far too young, you know. We were looking for someone in their thirties upwards who understood rock music."
