At War With Satan (studio album) by Venom

At War With Satan by Venom
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 45,286th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 24 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (529th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (5,447th)
Award Best albums of all time (45,286th)
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Venom At War With Satan 1985 Press 12" Vinyl Record LP MX 8031 Combat Records
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Venom At War With Satan Vinyl Record Reissue White Vinyl 2003 Italy Rare
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7Venom - At War With Satan UK Neat Pressing Textured Cover VG+/VG+ 1984
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Venom bestography

At War With Satan is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by Venom on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Venom is Black Metal which is ranked number 5113 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 267.

Venom album bestography « Higher ranked (6,687th) This album (45,286th) Lower ranked (73,278th) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (2 out of 7 tracks have been rated).

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84:d Who Do They Think They Are?!
Aka The Party Line Misses The Party!

Satan laughs the words of war
The Heavens shake with fear
Armageddon sings his song …

“Let the joyous celebrations of Hell begin”... At War With Satan


The Setting: Venom were mostly just an idea to music heads in the early 80s. Especially to rock critics who, let’s face it, are essentially our historians. They were still years away from really even understanding Venom, let alone enjoying them. They didn’t quite get it. So when Venom released an epic song of prog rock length and scope on At War With Satan, they finally could let out a sigh of relief. "This one’s easy", they said. "Who do they think they?! Rush?!” And so in the scrolls of rock history, this album was set aside as the place where Venom lost their way.

But, is it true? Or just “Baa!”

The Listen: One of the GREAT epics of metal storytelling in the early 80s. Right up there with Black Sabbath’s Heaven & Hell and Children Of the Sea. Dynamic & doomy. Cohesive while also being ferocious, At War With Satan is told & executed with conviction and creativity. Set to blackened primitive thrash, this is vivid, grip-ya-by the chestnuts storytelling of Heaven versus Hell that updates Milton & Dante for the House Of Dragons crowd.

The Verdict. I don’t know if they’ve admitted it or not. I don’t need to. Venom’s title track MASSIVELY influenced the direction the almighty Slayer would take on Hell Awaits. It's an epic, underground CLASSIC as essential as Welcome to Hell and Black Metal. It’s time everyone skipped the party line and just joined the party!

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