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NEW VINYL ALBUM CLASSICS

Universal Music have commissioned the "Let Them Eat Vinyl" label to produce the 1st 3
classic Venom Albums on 12" Vinyl, due for release by December 2009.
The new releases are prompted by the ever increasing demand for the Venom vinyl albums.
[*note: Venom's vinyl albums are no longer manufactured by the Abraxas / Earmark label]

SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR INFO

Venom will be embarking on a tour of South America this coming December 2009.

The bands management commented, "we started looking into the possibility of organising a
Venom Tour in South America a couple of years back, Venom have a massive following
in Latin America, and now that we've managed to organise a fantastic tour with the South
American Promoters, the band immediately agreed to take time out from recording the new
album to start their rehearsals for the tour.

The Tour Dates:
 5th December - Mexico / Mexico DF
6th December - Colombia / Bogota
9th December - Chile / Santiago
10th December - Argentina / Buenos Aires
12th December - Brazil / Sao Paulo

- tour dates confirmed here -

DELUXE BLACK METAL RELEASE

The new Black Metal Deluxe Edition CD is now set for release on: 14th September 2009.
The album also comes with a digitally re-mastered DVD of the classic 1984 Venom show
at the Hammersmith Odeon, The 7th Date Of Hell, only previously seen on VHS format.

GOLDEN GODS AWARDS

Cronos made a rare guest appearance at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards on
Monday 15th June 2009, he attended the event to present the "Inspiration Award" to Ihsahn.
(formerly of the group Emperor)  Seen backstage in talks with the likes of Steve Vai and
Janic Gers, plus a real who's who of the Metal world.
-- check out the Metal Hammer photo gallery --

AND THE BEAT GOES ON....

Venom's Management have just released a news statement which names the new Venom
drummer as: DANTE.
The band have been holding auditions for the last few months and have finally made a choice.
"We had a fantastic response", said Cronos, "there were many great players to choose from,
but at the end of the day I wasn't looking for someone who could just play heavy songs, I wanted
somebody who was really hungry to be in the band for all the right reasons, and Dante has all the
right qualifications". 
Venom and their management would like to thank all of the drummers who came to the auditions,
plus all of the others who sent their CVs and CDs etc.
The band are now heads down into rehearsals with their new blood, they are already recording the
new demos for the next album, we will be posting Venom's future plans announcements over the
coming months.  Watch This Space!!!

NEW DVD UPDATES

Work on the new '7th Date Of Hell' DVD is going great, the project director Nick Barratt of
Barramundi TV commented, "We were all very excited when the original Beta Masters for the
concert were located in the old vaults, as now we can convert the footage to the Universal
standard and 4:3.  It looks and sounds great, albeit a bit rough in parts, but its probably
me being picky, but for a video from 1984 its way better than the original VHS".
The release date will be announced soon.

BLACK METAL SPECIAL DELUXE EDITION

A special edition version of the Black Metal album is being planned for later this year.
The album will contain bonus tracks and a DVD of the 7th Date of Hell video of Venom
live at Hammersmith Odeon from 1984.

Black Metal Special Edition

UNIVERSAL JAPANESE RELEASES

Universal Music have released 2 limited Edition Venom albums as part of their NWOBHM The
Hall Of Fame Collection.  The new releases of 'Welcome To Hell' and 'Black Metal' are
currently only on release in Japan.

VENOM - Welcome To Hell

VENOM - Black Metal