Venom

Prime Evil

1989 · Heavy Metal · N.E.W Musidisc

France · 104611

Credits

Producer: Kevin Ridley, Nick Tauber
Written by: Venom, Tony Dolan, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi
Engineer: Barry Clempson, Steve Bray

Bay Area Thrash Metal

Riffs cut like machine tools, tempos past 200bpm, and a garage circuit that rewrote American metal.

West Midlands Metal

Downtuned riffs from a factory city — Sabbath to grindcore, four decades of Birmingham making music heavier.