Prime Evil (album)

Prime Evil
Studio album by Venom
Released 9 October 1989
Recorded 1989 at Lynx Studio, Newcastle
Genre Speed metal, thrash metal
Length 39:55
Label Under One Flag
Producer Nick Tauber
Kevin Ridley
Venom chronology

Calm Before the Storm
(1987)
Prime Evil
(1989)
Tear Your Soul Apart
(EP, 1990)

Prime Evil is the sixth studio album by heavy metal band Venom, and the first not to feature bassist and vocalist Conrad "Cronos" Lant. 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.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Prime Evil"   4:38
2. "Parasite"   3:08
3. "Blackened Are the Priests"   4:19
4. "Carnivorous"   2:11
5. "Skeletal Dance"   3:07
6. "Megalomania" (Black Sabbath cover) 5:25
7. "Insane"   2:54
8. "Harder Than Ever"   3:09
9. "Into the Fire"   3:23
10. "Skool Daze"   4:23
11. "Live Like an Angel – Die Like a Devil" (Venom Re-recording) 3:05

Notes

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