VENOM: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik [Live] CD PROMO. 1985 Hammersmith, London + Ritz, New York. Check audio

Description

Label: Metal Hammer (Greece) MHNRV 001, Neat Records MHNRV 001
Format: CD PROMO
Country: Greece
Tracklist:
1 Intro 4:21
2 Too Loud (For The Crowd) 4:40
3 7 Gates Of Hell 4:40
4 Leave Me In Hell 3:10
5 Nightmare 3:40
6 Countess Bathory 3:37
7 Die Hard 2:50
8 Schizo 3:24
9 Guitar Solo Mantas 3:13
10 In Nomine Satanas 3:25
11 Witching Hour 4:16
12 Black Metal 3:31
13 The Chanting Of The Priests 4:54
14 Satanachist 1:58
15 Fly Trap 3:37
16 Warhead 4:16
17 Buried Alive +
18 Love Amongst The Dead 5:36
19 Bass Solo Cronos 3:46
20 Welcome To Hell +
21 Bloodlust 7:08
Credits: Producer Cronos
Notes: Tracks 1-11 recorded on 10/08/1985 at the Hammersmith Odeon, London (England) Tracks 12-21 recorded on 04/04/1985 and 04/05/1985 at the Ritz, New York (USA)

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One of the most AWESOME Live albums!
OK first off, I will praise this album not only because It kicks serious you-know-what, but I am a DIE-HARD fan of Venom. Being one of the most criticized bands EVER, with people left and right saying “They cant play” and being called fakes in the 80s metal scene, All I have to say is “go f yourself”. This band is GREAT. They aren’t the most talented musicians the world has ever heard but SO WHAT! First of all Venom is the band who started thrash metal AND black metal- two absolutely awesomely psychotic genres of music and in my opinion GREATEST genres. But its funny how people that curse this band out seem to forget that when praising thrash bands….hey genius- VENOM started that!!!
Now let me say this album RULES. All the classic Venom songs are done on this hell of a live album. The crowd is going nuts, the original line up of Venom and the best line up- Mantas, Cronos and Abbadon- really put on a show and this album never lets up. This night was truly Hell for Hammersmith because Venom showed the world that day how to PROPERLY play metal! Praise the Gods Rock n Roll- The Gods of Black Metal- VENOM! Easily a 10 star album.
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One Helluva Heavy Live Album!
When you first play this you might think, ‘What the Hell?’, mainly because of the classical string intro kicking things off, but it does get heavier. Venom’s first live album is pretty good. First, the songs themselves are classic Venom. They’re loud, heavy, evil & just a little sloppy at times, but like with most of their stuff, its the feeling of the songs that matter. This was the last official album with guitarist Mantas right before he left. He was gone for only one album, 1987s “Calm Before the Storm”, but returned with a new Venom lineup for 89s “Prime Evil”.
The good stuff is great. “Leave Me In Hell”, “Nightmare”, In Nomine Satanas”, “Black Metal” “Buried Alive” & of course, “Witching Hour”. And there are TWO NEW SONGS: “The Chanting of the Priests” (recorded later on “Calm Before the Storm”, but the live version here is WAY better) & “Love Amongst the Dead” (recorded later as “Dead Love”).
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This record is taken from two shows (the Hammersmith Odeon show from 1985 and the New York Ritz show from 1986) and represents Black Metals first master-blasters quite well.

Blasting renditions of The 7 Gates of Hell, Leave me in Hell, Nightmare, the classic Countess Bathory and a SLAYING Die Hard. Only the track Too Loud for the Crowd leaves me feeling less than unholy. Each song shows the classic Venom sound (best described as Black Sabbath meets Judas Priests guitar wanderings meets a jackhammer being channelled through the blood gargle of Motorhead) in fine form with even drummer Abaddon holding his own with the solid and aggressive playing.
The classic tracks such as Black Metal (a WRECKING ball version), Bloodlust, Warhead and The Chanting of the Priests all blast out like firebombs let loose in Times Square..
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Venom live – Is that fucking fast enough for you? –
This slab of live blasphemy offers not one, but TWO shows: Hammersmith 1985 and New York 1986. I can’t say which one is better since they both kick ass! The Hammersmith show is more dense in classics, though, incredible performances of “7 Gates of Hell” (one of the greatest Venom songs, hands down), “Leave me in Hell”, “Schizo” and “Witching Hour”. New York has the obligatory “Black Metal”, “Welcome to Hell”, “Bloodlust”, “Warhead” and “The Chanting of the Priests”. A Venom classic, and is so incredibly cheesy (in 80s metal comparative terms) that it works in a bizarre way. Why is that? Oh I know, ’cause classic 80s heavy metal owns pretty much every single thing in the universe (give or take a few million light years).

Every song is played a lot faster than the originals, and the overall sound is great by thrash-heads standards. This means, no crystal clear bullshit production, just pure distortion, bulldozer rattling, warheads falling from the skies, aaaarrrgghhhh….The live presence of the guys is noteworthy, this band really knew how to steal the show and prove that its not a necessity to be kvlt enough to play no more than two shows in your entire career to blast some black metal into an audience. This record takes the best of the feel of classic live albums like Unleashed in the East and No Sleep ’till Hammersmith and give it a truly raw and evil twist.

Needless to say that if you like Venom you need this. Is also needless to say what I think of you if you’re not a Venom fan.

Eine kleine Nachtmusik is a live album released by English heavy metal band Venom in 1986. It contains partial recordings of two different concerts with two different setlists. The first disc contains a show recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in London on 8 October 1985 and the second disc recorded at The Ritz in New York City on 4 and 5 April 1986. The title Eine kleine Nachtmusik is German for “A Little Night Music”. The title is taken from Mozart’s piece of the same name.

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Yes!!! – 95%
Well folks, the double Venom LP of a lifetime. Two LP discs filled to the brim with well-recorded tracks spanning the first wave of blasting Venom. This record is taken from two shows (the Hammersmith Odeon show from 1985 and the New York Ritz show from 1986) and represents Black Metal’s first master-blasters quite well.

The first disc is the stronger of the two with it’s blasting renditions of “The 7 Gates of Hell”, “Leave me in Hell”, “Nightmare”, the classic “Countess Bathory” and a SLAYING “Die Hard”. Each song shows the classic Venom sound (best described as Black Sabbath meets Judas Priest’s guitar wanderings meets a jackhammer being channelled through the blood gargle of Motorhead) in fine form with even drummer Abaddon holding his own with the solid and aggressive playing.

Disc two has some classic tracks such as “Black Metal” (a WRECKING ball version), “Bloodlust”, “Warhead” and “The Chanting of the Priests” all blast out like firebombs let loose in Times Square….

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Venom live – Is that fucking fast enough for you? – 95%
Yes! One just can’t have enough fucking Venom! After spitting out their previous four “abominations”, they went and did the obligatory live album, and came out of the test brilliantly!

This slab of live blasphemy offers not one, but TWO shows: Hammersmith 1985 and New York 1986. I can’t say which one is better since they both kick ass! The Hammersmith show is more dense in classics, though, incredible performances of “7 Gates of Hell” (one of the greatest Venom songs, hands down), “Leave me in Hell”, “Schizo” and “Witching Hour”. New York has the obligatory “Black Metal”, “Welcome to Hell”, “Bloodlust”, “Warhead” and “The Chanting of the Priests”. I know, not exactly a Venom classic, and is so incredibly cheesy (in 80s metal comparative terms) that it works in a bizarre way. Why is that? Oh I know, ’cause classic 80s heavy metal owns pretty much every single thing in the universe (give or take a few million light years).

Every song is played a lot faster than the originals, and the overall sound is great by thrash-heads standards. This means, no crystal clear bullshit production, just pure distortion, bulldozer rattling, warheads falling from the skies, aaaarrrgghhhh….The live presence of the guys is noteworthy, this band really knew how to steal the show and prove that it’s not a necessity to be kvlt enough to play no more than two shows in your entire career to blast some black metal into an audience. This record takes the best of the feel of classic live albums like Unleashed in the East and No Sleep ’till Hammersmith and give it a truly raw and evil twist.

Needless to say that if you like Venom you need this. Is also needless to say what I think of you if you’re not a Venom fan.

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