Venom - Storm the Gates (2018)
Venom - Storm the Gates (2018)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Spinefarm Records, 2577021626 | ~ 388 or 126 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 14 Mb
Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Black Metal
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Spinefarm Records, 2577021626 | ~ 388 or 126 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 14 Mb
Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Black Metal
Venom Inc. is not considered the real Venom, even though that project features two of the three original Venom members, Mantas and Abaddon. Having two venomous bands simultaneously releasing albums, touring, and living off the legacy of the pioneering NWOBHM group is a little strange.
However the lineup of Venom proper: bassist/vocalist Cronos, the only original member, alongside guitarist Rage and drummer Dante, has been together for ten years. This is actually a couple of years longer than the classic lineup’s original run which only lasted from 1978 until 1985’s Possessed. Aging metalheads don’t need factoids like this to feel any older, but they sure don’t help.
The band coined the phrase ‘black metal’ by using that as the name of their 1982 sophomore album and helped usher in the genre with then-unparalleled rawness, speed, and a Satanic shtick. Truth be told, it’s been a while since Venom has released an album that one could call black metal. This may have more to do with how the genre has evolved over the past three decades, though Storm the Gates would probably be deemed simply a metal album these days if not for the band’s historical ties.
For a metal album, it certainly has its moments. “I Dark Lord” offers Sabbathian chug that showcases Dante’s formidable drum skills. “Dark Night (of the Soul)” reimagines the band’s proto-thrash-punk origins played more competently and with a precision the band lacked in the old days, even if Cronos’ ham-fisted lyrics seem a little silly coming from a man in his mid-50s.
“The Mighty Have Fallen” is meat-and-potatoes thrash-and-bash that satisfies. “Over My Dead Body” could be an outtake from At War with Satan with its mix of the primitive with the progressive. “We The Loud” could be Motörhead, and that’s never a bad thing.
It’s been a while since Venom has done anything remotely groundbreaking, so it would be foolhardy to expect anything along those lines. Among the mixed bag of decent but flawed releases since the last reunion in the late 90s fell apart, Storm the Gates might be a shade stronger. It runs nearly an hour, and while it blows past with all the subtlety of a freight train, after it’s gone you just have barren tracks left.~ newnoisemagazine.com
Venom - Storm the Gates (2018):
Venom - Storm the Gates (2018)
Tracklist:
01. Bring Out Your Dead
02. Notorious
03. I Dark Lord
04. 100 Miles To Hell
05. Dark Night (Of The Soul)
06. Beaten To A Pulp
07. Destroyer
08. The Mighty Have Fallen
09. Over My Dead Body
10. Suffering Dictates
11. We The Loud
12. Immortal
13. Storm The Gates
Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016
EAC extraction logfile from 21. January 2019, 22:12
Venom / Storm the Gates
Used drive : ATAPI iHAS124 E Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
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==== Log checksum 401DE40030117870E8AE8C382C1C6BBE054025BFE5B583B296A3AA83FF2757C3 ====
EAC extraction logfile from 21. January 2019, 22:12
Venom / Storm the Gates
Used drive : ATAPI iHAS124 E Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
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2 | 3:21.41 | 4:15.68 | 15116 | 34308
3 | 7:37.34 | 4:40.56 | 34309 | 55364
4 | 12:18.15 | 4:48.12 | 55365 | 76976
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6 | 21:54.18 | 3:14.22 | 98568 | 113139
7 | 25:08.40 | 4:17.54 | 113140 | 132468
8 | 29:26.19 | 3:14.38 | 132469 | 147056
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10 | 37:47.55 | 3:09.55 | 170080 | 184309
11 | 40:57.35 | 3:55.03 | 184310 | 201937
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Test CRC BD77F49E
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==== Log checksum 401DE40030117870E8AE8C382C1C6BBE054025BFE5B583B296A3AA83FF2757C3 ====
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Venom - Storm the Gates (2018)
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