Episode 19: Venom - Black Metal (1982)

Sitting at the intersection of Black Sabbath, Motorhead, late 70s Hardcore Punk, and the occult, Black Metal is the album that gave the genre its name. With more dissonant sounding guitar chords, heavy riffs, deep growling vocals, groovy bass lines, and quick double bass work, Venom created a blend of genres and added a punch of satanic darkness that created the foundation for black metal and other extreme metal subgenres that followed.