Metal Black

In the age of digital recording and lost metal innocence, it's physically impossible for a band to suck as bad as VENOM did in their formative years, and still be so awesome. But that didn't stop Cronos from trying to recapture the filth, fury and unholy incompetence of the band's classic(k) early works on "Metal Black", an album with music as satisfying as its title is awkward and dumb.Forget the high-sheen studio polish of 2001's "Resurrection" — "Metal Black" is about as sloppy and raw as ...

(57:21) Auch wenn es viele anders sehen werden: Metal Black hat mit dem schaurig-schönen Genreklassiker Black Metal von anno ´82 nix zu tun. Aber Cronos & Co. kehren immerhin wieder dahin zurück, wo man mit Cast In Stone und Resurrection aufgehört hat. Und wer diese völlig unterbewerteten Alben kennt, weiß, was ihn erwartet: brutaler, wuchtiger