A classic blueprint for the genre. This style has been mimicked by countless bands since and was gateway into ’90s death metal for our generation. One of the most sorrowful records from the ’90s. From ...

Singer and bassist helped turn Newcastle band into hugely influential force on thrash and black metal subgenres Conrad Lant, the British heavy metal musician who fronted Venom and ensured the ...

Conrad “Cronos” Lant, bassist and lead singer of the black metal pioneers Venom, has died at the age of 63. Lant’s death was announced Thursday by his Venom bandmates on social media; no cause of ...

Cronos’ influence was so grand that the chances are your favorite artists would not be who they are without his cultural contributions. Pain and Hypocrisy’s Peter Tägtgren, has, of course, more than ...