Guardian Music — (Blackened)There aren’t many metal albums more influential than Metallica’s 1983 debut, Kill ’Em All. While it might not have invented thrash metal (comedy geordie Satanists Venom have a strong claim there), it certainly popularised the genre a... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Don Rickles, comedy's "Merchant of Venom," is taking a seat to do his stand-up routine. Just shy of his 90th birthday and coping with physical afflictions that have limited his mobility, Rickles, who turned the act of insult into a high art and a cel... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chad Wadsworth, Clair Taus, Dave Mead, Greg Giannukos, Jackie Young, Pooneh Ghana, Reagan Hackleman, & Roger Ho Future Islands / Big Freedia / L7 / Lauryn Hill / Off! @ FFF Fest 11/8/2015 We expected the worst, and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — While Cronos still leads his version of Venom, who will play FFF 2015 (their only US show of the year) and MDF 2016, fellow "classic era" members Mantas and Abaddon now have their own version of the band called... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Austin's annual Fun Fun Fun Fest returns in 2015 from November 6-8 at Auditorium Shores, and as usual the lineup is amazing. There's Jane's Addiction (performing Ritual de lo habitual), Gogol Bordello (performing Gypsy Punks), The Dwarves (performing... more info

Stereogum — Fun Fun Fun Fest has announced the lineup for the 10th anniversary of the festival, which will be held at Auditorium Shores in Austin from 11/6-11/8. Headliners include Jane’s Addiction (who will be performing Ritual de lo habitual in full), D’An... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Venom, the legendary NWOBHM/thrashers whose 1982 album title became the name of a certain metal subgenre, plan to return next week (1/27) with their fourteenth album, From the Very Depths, which is coming out on Spinefarm (pre-order). Two of... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Death Valley Girls dropped their debut, Street Venom, earlier this year as a cassette-only release on Burger. It's snarly, punky, attitude-heavy rock n' roll and you can stream it below. (The cassestte is sold out.) There weren't... more info

Metalsucks — Cleveland hellions put their spin on a Venom deep cut. The post Fear, Emptiness, Decibel: Stream Midnight’s Cover of “Too Loud (for the Crowd)” by Venom appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Stereogum — Matmos’ Drew Daniel’s most recent experiment has been to recreate black metal classics as club music. Under his moniker the Soft Pink Truth he’s already given us the aggressive techno remake of Venom’s “Black Metal.” Now he’s shared his... more info