{"id":60254,"date":"2017-08-11T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=60254"},"modified":"2017-10-08T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T13:50:00","slug":"album-review-venom-inc-ave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-venom-inc-ave\/","title":{"rendered":"VENOM INC. – Av\u00e9 (2017) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

VENOM INC.
Av\u00e9<\/strong><\/span>
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\nNuclear Blast (2017)<\/span>
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Venom Inc. has been slugging it out on the road, live, for the last couple of years without a record to promote. You wanna know why? Because Venom Inc. is a band that loves the music and loves it fans. That\u2019s it. So it didn\u2019t matter that they didn\u2019t have anything to promote.<\/p>\n

But the fans loved it. And when the lads saw that fan reaction, and felt it onstage, they knew they had to put a record out. You can\u2019t have talent like Abbadon, Mantas, and Demolition Man and not<\/em> put out new music. Eventually it\u2019s gonna happen and happen it did.<\/p>\n

Av\u00e9<\/em> is Venom Inc.\u2019s debut courtesy of Nuclear Blast and features original Venom members Jeff \u201cMantas\u201d Dunn (guitar) and Anthony \u201cAbaddon\u201d Bray (drums), alongside former Venom member Tony \u201cDemolition Man\u201d Dolan (vocals \/ bass). Yes, the trio are back together again and, dare I say… stronger than ever? Hell yeah I\u2019ll say it. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s been a lot of back and forth in the press recently regarding original bass player Cronos and his version of Venom butting heads with Abbadon, Mantas and Demolition Man, not all of it pretty. But metal isn\u2019t supposed to be pretty, at least not the brand of steel Venom Inc. unleashes. All trash talking aside, in the end it comes down to who\u2019s putting out better music and putting on the best live show. Venom Inc. wins hands down.<\/p>\n

Av\u00e9<\/em> is a big record with an even bigger sound and vision. Essentially, the way I see it, it\u2019s a declaration of war. It\u2019s putting everyone on notice that Venom Inc. is in full takeover mode and nothing will stop them from dominating all that is music and all that is metal.<\/p>\n

Tony Dolan is no stranger to the Venom world. Hell, he made three full-length albums with the band between 1989 and 1992 and there\u2019s the three records he did with M-Pire Of Evil, also featuring Mantas and Abbadon. So, the Demolition Man\u2019s tested and has nothing to prove. His stage presence is only overshadowed by the strength of his voice that\u2019s a wrecking ball of an instrument. The aptly titled third track \u2018Metal We Bleed\u2019 is 110 per cent proof of this. Plus, it\u2019s a real throwback to the classic Black Metal<\/em> (1982) sound Venom (Inc.) fans dig just stronger, thicker and heavy like a brick wall.<\/p>\n

In fact, to describe the sound of this record, is simply to associate it with classic Venom; the first three records, just updated. Early Venom had a raw and primal sound and energy to it, much the same way that Hellhammer and Celtic Frost did also, but what you have to understand is that the extreme metal movement that began back then was still in its infancy. What you\u2019re hearing on Av\u00e9<\/em> is Venom Inc., new and improved, 30 plus years experience of playing live, sounding tighter and heavier than ever.<\/p>\n

If this record sounded like Black Metal<\/em> now, I\u2019d have to question why the guys haven\u2019t evolved since then. Av\u00e9<\/em> though is about as heavy and hard hitting as a record can be and it\u2019s definitely Venom Inc.\u2019s unique \u201cvoice\u201d that\u2019s unmistakable. It\u2019s still the same band, just bulked out and ten times more aggressive.<\/p>\n

You know, I have to say, for a debut record (of sorts) Av\u00e9<\/em> is beyond impressive. Considering the fact that Mantas and Abbadon has been around since the early 80s, holy hell these two sound better than they ever have. Venom Inc. is three guys who are invested in what they\u2019re doing and it shows on this record. If you haven\u2019t bought it yet, do so now. You\u2019ll thank me for it later. Battle vest worthy.<\/p>\n

Theron Moore<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VENOM INC.Av\u00e9 Nuclear Blast (2017)Rating: 10\/10 Venom Inc. has been slugging it out on the road, live, for the last couple of years without a record to promote. You wanna know why? Because Venom Inc. is a band that loves the music and loves it fans. That\u2019s it. So it didn\u2019t matter that they didn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,3611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-venom-inc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60254"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60260,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60254\/revisions\/60260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}