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  Type Album
  Artist Venom
  Cover venomblackmetaljpg
  Background orange
  Released 1982
  Recorded 1982
  Genre Thrash Metal <br/> Black Metal
  Length 47:49
  Label Neat Records
  Producer Keith Nichol & Venom
  Last Album '' Welcome To Hell ''<br />(1981)
  This Album ''Black Metal''<br />(1982)
  Next Album '' At War With Satan ''<br />(1983)


''Black Metal'' is the second album by Venom , and the origin of the term " Black Metal ". It was released in 1982. It is considered one of the most important albums to the Extreme Metal movement, most notably the emerging Thrash Metal , Death Metal and black metal scenes of the 1980s and 1990s. However, it should be noted that the album's musical content is different than what is nowadays considered "black metal".


TRACK LISTING

# "Black Metal" – 3:40
# "To Hell and Back" – 3:00
# "Buried Alive" – 4:16
# "Raise The Dead" – 2:45
# "Teachers' Pet" – 4:41
# "Leave Me In Hell" –3:33
# "Sacrifice" – 4:27
# "Heavens' on Fire" – 3:40
# "Countess Bathory" – 3:44
# "Don't Burn the Witch" – 3:20
# "At War With Satan" (preview) – 2:14

Note: On the original vinyl LP release, side A of the album (containing tracks 1-5) was called "Side BLACK", and side B (containing tracks 6-10) called "Side METAL".


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REFERENCE

''Rockdetector.com:'' Venom: Rockdetector Biography