Prime Evil (Venom album)
Encyclopedia
Prime Evil is the sixth studio album by heavy metal
band Venom
. It is also the first in a series of three albums with former Atomkraft
bassist and vocalist Tony Dolan
as a band member and composer. This sets the album apart from most other Venom
albums.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Venom
Venom (band)
Venom are an English heavy metal band that formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Venom's first two albums—Welcome to Hell and Black Metal —are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general...
. It is also the first in a series of three albums with former Atomkraft
Atomkraft
Atomkraft are an English heavy/speed metal band who were part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. They formed in 1979 and disbanded 1988. Their "Total Metal" approach is somewhere between fellow NWOBHM bands such as Motörhead and Venom, punk rock bands such as The Dickies, and early...
bassist and vocalist Tony Dolan
Tony Dolan
Tony "Demolition" Dolan is an English musician and actor, most known as bassist and vocalist of heavy metal bands Atomkraft and Venom born in 1961....
as a band member and composer. This sets the album apart from most other Venom
Venom (band)
Venom are an English heavy metal band that formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Venom's first two albums—Welcome to Hell and Black Metal —are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general...
albums.
Track listing
Album Facts
- "The Ark" is a studio outtake that didn't appear on the original release of Prime Evil.
- "Megalomania" is a Black SabbathBlack SabbathBlack Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
cover. "Live Like An Angel - Die Like A Devil" was first written and recorded by the original Venom lineup. The vinyl version of the album did not include this song.
Line-up
- Abaddon - Drums and Percussion
- Mantas - Lead Guitar
- Al Barnes - Rhythm Guitar
- "The Demolition Man"Tony DolanTony "Demolition" Dolan is an English musician and actor, most known as bassist and vocalist of heavy metal bands Atomkraft and Venom born in 1961....
- Bass and Vocals