After fronting Venom for nine years, lead singer/bassist Conrad Lant aka Cronos would leave the band and start his own project simply called "Cronos". The band would release three albums over their rather short career – Dancing In The Fire (1990), Rock & Roll Disease (1991) and Venom (1995). The first two featured completely new original material from the musician while the third release would find him revisit and re-record some Venom classics with his new band. The other two recordings that preceded this would be Metal, but they would not be the exact same fashion that his core fans might have expected of him. The title Anthology is misleading for while it usually refers to a release that has the best of the artist over the span of their catalog, this one instead features all of the music from the three Cronos recordings. This completeness factor makes the album a must have for any discerning Venom or Cronos fan and all of the tracks have been remastered by Cronos himself. The enclosed booklet features extensive liner notes and photos from this point in Lant's career and will most likely bring back memories if you followed the group while it existed. He would reunite with Venom in 1997 and together issue the album Cast In Stone. While it is true that Venom and Cronos were not for everyone they still hold a high place of honor and respect in the Metal Encyclopedia for their efforts and their influence on some of the bands that followed after them. Given these individual CD's are no longer available and long out of print, this is the best way to complete your Venom and Company library. Though not the biggest fan myself, I found this a worthy addition to my music collection.
Track Listing
Cronos: Live Set Intro Tape
In League With Satan
Vampyr
Terrorize
At War With Satan
Dancing In The Fire
Painkiller
Superpower
Fire
Old Enough To Bleed
Don't Burn The Witch
In Nomine Satanas
Speedball
Chinese Whispers
Lost & Found
Gates Of Hell
Bared To The Bone
Love Is Infectious
My Girl
Dirty Trix Dept.
Messages Of War
Aphrodisiac
Fantasia
1000 Days In Sodom
Rock N' Roll Disease
Sexploitation
Boobytrap
Sweet Savage Sex
Hell To The Unknown
I'll Be Back
Satanachist
Bad Reputation
Midnight Eye
Black Xmas
Calm Before The Storm
Gypsy
Krackin' Up
Muscle
Nothing Sacred
The Chanting Of The Priests
Added: December 19th 2006 Reviewer:Ken Pierce Score: Related Link:Venom Website Hits: 3456 Language: english
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After fronting Venom for nine years, lead singer/bassist Conrad Lant aka Cronos would leave the band and start his own project simply called "Cronos". The band would release three albums over their rather short career – Dancing In The Fire (1990), Rock & Roll Disease (1991) and Venom (1995). The first two featured completely new original material from the musician while the third release would find him revisit and re-record some Venom classics with his new band. The other two recordings that preceded this would be Metal, but they would not be the exact same fashion that his core fans might have expected of him. The title Anthology is misleading for while it usually refers to a release that has the best of the artist over the span of their catalog, this one instead features all of the music from the three Cronos recordings. This completeness factor makes the album a must have for any discerning Venom or Cronos fan and all of the tracks have been remastered by Cronos himself. The enclosed booklet features extensive liner notes and photos from this point in Lant's career and will most likely bring back memories if you followed the group while it existed. He would reunite with Venom in 1997 and together issue the album Cast In Stone. While it is true that Venom and Cronos were not for everyone they still hold a high place of honor and respect in the Metal Encyclopedia for their efforts and their influence on some of the bands that followed after them. Given these individual CD's are no longer available and long out of print, this is the best way to complete your Venom and Company library. Though not the biggest fan myself, I found this a worthy addition to my music collection.
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