Venom - Calm Before the Storm - Picture Disc facsimiles before becoming an international success

before becoming an international success

wacky new powers and flares

Reaching the top 50 in six countries upon it's release

The group set out to make the hip hop equivalent to Marvin Gaye's What's Going On

Venom - Calm Before the Storm - Picture Disc facsimiles before becoming an international successTransitional 1987 effort Calm Before the Storm saw guitarist Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn replaced by the double attack of Jimi Clare and Mike Hickey. This was a period when the whole thrash movement was at it's height, and the genre was starting to fragment. Some bands were becoming more sophisticated, while others were delving into altogether more extreme areas of music. It was an easy time for Venom, because they were unique and ground breakers, so a