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VENOM: 'MMV' 25th Anniversary Box Set Due In September - Aug. 20, 2005
Castle Music has set a September 26 release date for a four-CD 25th anniversary box set from black metal pioneers VENOM, entitled "MMV".

"MMV" is the first ever fully comprehensive four-CD box set that traces the entire career of this seminal metal band.

Compiled and re-mastered by VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant, the set features demos, outtakes, rare tracks and alternative versions including radio spots and an exclusive interview with Metro Radio from 1983. Also featured is a complete disc of live and re-recorded tracks from the rare and highly collectable "Assault" series of albums.

Aside from the music, the box set also contains an essay by Classic Rock and TotalRock Radio's Malcolm Dome and brand new Cronos artwork is included, alongside rare photos and images of memorabilia from his personal collection. A fully comprehensive discography and replica period poster complete the set, making it an absolutely essential purchase for fans of the genre-defining band.

"MMV" (view cover here) track listing:

Disc 1:

01. Raise The Dead (Demo)
02. Red Light Fever (Demo)
03. Angel Dust (Demo)
04. Welcome To Hell (Demo)
05. Sons Of Satan
06. Schizo
07. 1000 Days In Sodom
08. In League With Satan (Single)
09. Live Like An Angel (Die Like A Devil) (Single)
10. Bitch Witch (Outtake)
11. Manitou (Abbey Road Uncut Version)
12. Countess Bathory (audio sample)
13. Heaven's On Fire
14. To Hell And Back
15. Black Metal (remix) (audio sample)
16. Hounds Of Hell (Outtake)
17. Bloodlust
18. In Nomine Satanas
19. Die Hard (12 inch Version)
20. Acid Queen (12 inch Version)
21. At War With Satan (Preview)

Disc 2:

01. Intro: Tape 83/84
02. At War With Satan (audio sample)
03. At War With Satan (TV Spots)
04. Rip Ride
05. Cry Wolf
06. Stand Up (And Be Counted)
07. Lady Lust
08. 7 Gates Of Hell
09. Warhead
10. Venom Radio 1 I.D.
11. Angel Dust
12. Mystique
13. Wing And A Prayer
14. Possessed (Remix) (audio sample)
15. Intro Tape 85/86
16. Nightmare (12 inch Remix)
17. Satanachrist
18. F.O.A.D.

Disc 3:

01. Intro: Bloodlust
02. The Evil One
03. All Devils Eye
04. God's Forsaken
05. Judgement Day
06. Senile Decay (outtake) (audio sample)
07. Snots Shit
08. Dead On Arrival
09. Sadist (Mistress Of the Whip)
10. The Chanting Of Priests
11. Buried Alive/Love Amongst The Dead
12. Flytrap
13. Welcome To Hell/Bloodlust
14. Witching Hour (live) (audio sample)
15. Teachers Pet/Poison/Teachers Pet

Disc 4 – Assault:

01. Scandinavian Assault: Nightmare (Re-Recorded Version) (audio sample)
02. Too Loud For The Crowd (Re-Recorded Version)
03. Bloodlust (Re-Recorded Version)
04. German Assault: Black Metal (Re-Recorded Version)
05. French Assault: Bursting Out (Re-Recorded Version)
06. American Assault: 7 Gates Of Hell (Live - Hammersmith '84)
07. Countess Bathory (Live - Hammersmith '84)
08. Welcome To Hell (Live - Hammersmith)
09. Scandinavian Assault: Warhead (Live - Hammersmith '84)
10. Canadian Assault: Die Hard (Live - Hammersmith '84)
11. In Nomine Satanas (Live - Hammersmith '84)
12. Buried Alive (Live - Hammersmith '84)
13. Manitou (Abbey Road version) (audio sample)
14. Metro Radio Interview
15. Venom (bonus track)
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COMMENT |
posted by : overtebrae
8/20/2005 8:45:50 AM

There has to some sort of award for anyone who can sit through that entire box set without bleeding from the eyes, ears, and anus...
COMMENT | Hell Yeah!!!!!
 posted by : sons-of-venom
8/20/2005 8:57:32 AM

This will be a killer release, packed full with VENOM classics and lots of rarities too. And its great that SENILE DECAY will at last be released on CD - what a fuckin' killer heavy song that is!!!!

Roll on the new VENOM studio album!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!! We are POSSESSED by all that is VENOM !!!!
COMMENT | i definately have to get this
 posted by : You Don't Know Me
8/20/2005 9:22:19 AM

VENOM!!!
COMMENT | yes indeedy
 posted by : caer_mawdryn
8/20/2005 9:56:29 AM

It's going to be amazing. The inventors and originators of Black Metal...corpsepaint not included, nor required. No "midnight in the shrubbery with a plastic sword" pics..and songs that endure.
V E N O fuckin M
COMMENT | I've been waiting for too fucking long for something like this.
 posted by : Panathinaikos13
8/20/2005 10:24:12 AM

I can't wait to blast Venom at midnight. By the way I live Across a huge ass church in NY city...
COMMENT | Oh Dear
 posted by : splatfart66
8/20/2005 2:07:37 PM

crap 80s shite re-hashed, trying to scalp everyones pockets again, fucking hate this shit!!!! old washed up fucking bands trying to release the kitchen sink, venom was finished years ago, their latest album did fuck all and the band did fuck all after it, why!!!! because no body gave a shit!!! and thats the truth weather you like it or not. welcome to hell and Black Metal Ruled!!! but that was 20+ years ago FFS, put them on now and you'll laugh your balls off.
COMMENT |
posted by : goddethroned
8/20/2005 2:39:53 PM

were are all the songs from wasteland temples of ice and ressurection and only a couple of songs from cast in stone
COMMENT | Fuck you stupid little kids! Venom is Excellent!
 posted by : Darth Kur
8/20/2005 2:48:58 PM

You morons weren't even an itch in your daddy's pants when this awesome band was churning out blasphemous metal masterpieces.
And it's about damn time that Senile Decay has been put on something other then the double lp From Hell to the Unknown. Can't wait to get this.
COMMENT | \m/ VENOM FUCKING RULES \m/
 posted by : RiotAct666
8/20/2005 3:04:26 PM

I'M DEFANTLEY GOING TO GET THIS.




WELCOME TO HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
COMMENT |
posted by : RiotAct666
8/20/2005 3:08:52 PM

DEFINATELY*
COMMENT | VENOM!!
 posted by : sexmurderart
8/20/2005 6:52:25 PM

LAY DOWN YOUR SOUL TO THE GODS ROCK AND ROLL!!
COMMENT | 6 Words
 posted by : Personal Demon (Negative Creep)
8/20/2005 8:25:12 PM

I AM GOING TO BUY IT.
COMMENT | In all fairness...
 posted by : epac
8/20/2005 11:20:21 PM

First, I am a huge Venom fan + have most of their cd's, incl the 2002 Castle re-releases.

If you have these, I am not seeing a lot you wouldn't already have...these re-releases contain a bunch of bonus tracks and include a lot of the stuff mentioned above.

Songs like Bitch Witch, Mistress of the Whip, DOA have been available for awhile now.

And a lot of those live "Assault" records were truly horrible-sounding, awful recordings, no joke. I don't see how it's possible to "remaster" these..they can only sound so good.

I know it sounds like I'm bashing the band, but when you pick this apart, doesn't look like there's too much that isn't already out there.

On the other hand, if you're new to Venom, this is probably a good place to start.
COMMENT | STEELERS OVER EAGLES IN SUPERBOWL 31 - 19
 posted by : AMIGOINGTOHAVETOCHOKEABITCH?
8/21/2005 1:55:28 AM

BET ON IT
COMMENT |
posted by : death leppercon
8/24/2005 6:46:22 PM

VENOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
COMMENT | Bullshit
 posted by : cronosmantas
9/1/2005 9:13:32 PM

" "MMV" is the first ever fully comprehensive four-CD box set that traces the entire career of this seminal metal band"

- this is bullshit. It only covers albums that Cronos sang on. It has plenty of material from Welcome to Hell, Black Metal, At War With Satan, and Possessed, but it contains very little from Calm Before the Storm, Cast in Stone and none from Resurrection. That's only 6 out of the 10 Venom albums!! I figured Cronos wouldn't include material from Tony "Demolition" Man Dolan years since Cronos has such an enormously HUGE ego that nothing that Venom recorded without him 'counts'. Bullshit. Cronos ISN'T Venom, he was only 1/3 Venom.

There's also nothing really "special" about this boxset. Most of the 'rare' tracks were added to the Castle re-issues of their first albums. The only really rare song is Senile Decay, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna buy an expensive box set for one damn song.

Nice try Cronos, but no Cigar. This isn't much better than the shitload of other Venom compilations that infect every record store shelf under the "V" section.


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