Venom - Calm Before the Storm - Picture Disc post punk Digitally remastered European vinyl LP

Digitally remastered European vinyl LP pressing of this 1981 release from the Australian Hard Rockers

Dame Sue Black

Turner spits out songs that are at once effortless and heartfelt

the track lightly sprinkles synth washes and prominent bass accents that plod out atmospheric pattern

Vocalist Jello Biafra's rage had developed into a calmer but more strident kind of anger

Venom - Calm Before the Storm - Picture Disc post punk Digitally remastered European vinyl LPTransitional 1987 effort Calm Before the Storm saw guitarist Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn replaced by the double attack of Jimi Clare and Mike Hickey. This was a period when the whole thrash movement was at it's height, and the genre was starting to fragment. Some bands were becoming more sophisticated, while others were delving into altogether more extreme areas of music. It was an easy time for Venom, because they were unique and ground breakers, so a