Black Metal (album)

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Black Metal

Studio album by Venom
Released	1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	Speed metal Black metal
Length	47:49
Label	Neat Records
Producer(s)	Keith Nichol & Venom
All Music Guide link
Venom chronology
Welcome to Hell (1981)	Black Metal (1982)	At War with Satan (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 from what is nowadays considered "black metal".

The song "Black Metal" was featured on the soundtrack to Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.

In 2005, it was voted the 68th best British album of all time by Kerrang! readers.

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Bonus tracks
2 Credits
3 Reference

[edit] Track listing

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

"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