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Venom Inc. emerged in 2015 as a separate continuation of the Venom lineage, built around former Venom members Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan, Jeff "Mantas" Dunn, and Anthony "Abaddon" Bray. Because Venom's early records helped shape black metal, thrash, speed metal, and extreme metal vocabulary, Venom Inc. carries unusual historical weight even before its own discography is considered. Ave and There's Only Black frame that legacy through rowdy riffs, rough-edged vocals, and songs that lean into the primitive force that made Venom's name matter: speed, blasphemous theater, punk simplicity, and a refusal to polish the danger out of heavy metal. The project has also weathered lineup changes, including major shifts around Mantas and later touring personnel, but its identity remains tied to playing early Venom material and extending that language in the present. Venom Inc. are not a nostalgia lounge version of extreme metal history; at their best they sound like veterans keeping a dirty, foundational style alive, where blunt riffs and infernal attitude matter more than modern technical precision.
Venom Prison formed in South Wales in 2014, fronted by vocalist Larissa Stupar, and built their reputation on a confrontational brand of death metal that incorporated metalcore and grindcore intensity with explicitly feminist and socially critical lyrical content. Their debut Animus (2016) drew immediate attention from extreme metal circles, and Samsara (2019) and Erebos (2022) furthered their profile through extensive international touring. The band put their activity on hold after 2022.
Venomous Concept was formed in 2004 by Shane Embury of Napalm Death and Kevin Sharp of Brutal Truth, two of grindcore's most recognized musicians, who assembled the project as a direct tribute to their hardcore punk roots — particularly Poison Idea, Black Flag, and Japanese hardcore. The band plays stripped-down, fast hardcore punk at odds with the technical extremity of the members' primary bands, producing five studio albums on Season of Mist including Retroactive Abortion (2004), Kick Me Silly VCIII (2016), and The Good Ship Lollipop (2023).
Houston occult doom/heavy metal. Dark, groovy, and dripping with evil.
Venomwolf is a black/speed metal/punk band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2015. They fuse the rawness of black and speed metal with punk's confrontational energy.
Ventox is a thrash metal band from Hagen, Germany, formed in 2011. They deliver aggressive, riff-driven thrash metal from the North Rhine-Westphalia underground.
Luhansk's Ventriloquist delivers crushing death metal and deathcore from eastern Ukraine, pairing guttural vocals with technical riffing and punishing breakdowns. Their aggressive, modern approach channels the intensity of the Donbas region's underground metal scene.
Venturia is a melodic progressive metal band from Montpellier, France, formed in 2013. They craft intricate melodic progressive metal with technical precision.
Venus is a symphonic power metal band from Germany, formed in 2016. They combine orchestral symphonic elements with the melodic drive and soaring vocals of power metal.
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