Venom’s sixteenth studio album, and their first in eight years, Into Oblivion was released on 1 May 2026. The album’s lead single “Lay Down Your Soul” was released on 5 March 2026.
Venom released a three-track EP, 100 Miles to Hell , on 22 December 2017. Their fifteenth album, Storm the Gates , was released on 14 December 2018.
In April 2015, in anticipation of a date of M-pire of Evil (band of Mantas and Demolition Man) at the Keep It True Festival in Germany, the organisers of the festival asked Mantas and Demolition Man if they could play the songs of Venom with Abaddon. Mantas had not talked…
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Venom released their fourteenth studio album, From the Very Depths , on 27 January 2015. The band also played one song, “Rise”, they were working on in the studio, live for the audience at Rockfest 2014.
In 2007, Mike Hickey left the band and guitarist Stuart “Rage” Dixon joined the band and this line-up released the record Hell the following year. In 2009, drummer Danny “Dante” Needham joined the band and Lant wrote that this would be known as “The Epic Line-Up of Venom”, and they…
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By 1999, internal conflicts in the band delayed production of the second album in their deal with SPV. Band manager Eric Cook and Abaddon decided not to work with Cronos again. Abaddon wrote a letter to Cronos, with the intent of firing him. In response, Cronos communicated the situation to…
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In 1995, Lant, Dunn and Bray reunited the “classic” line-up, beginning by headlining the Waldrock Festival on 24 June 1995. They recorded and self-released the Venom ’96 EP with four re-recorded old tracks and one new song, resulting in a record deal with the SPV label. Following this was a…
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Bray was left as the only group member, but he was able to convince Music for Nations for a deal to release a new Venom album on the Under One Flag label, using Deadline demo tracks which were recorded with previous line-ups but never released. In 1988, Bray offered a…
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Two guitarists, Mike Hickey and Jim Clare, were hired to replace Dunn. Their fifth album, 1987’s Calm Before the Storm , moved away from Satanic themes in favour of ” sword and sorcery ” material. This was a new direction for Venom, although it did not last long, with only…
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During March and April 1986, Venom were supposed to record their fifth album, Deadline , but internal relationships began to deteriorate. A live album, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik , and a second live video, Alive in ’85 , were released in 1986. Dunn then left the band to release a solo…
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