various artists - In The Name Of Satan: A Tribute To Venom

Sigh...

In the positive column:

• Voivod, Nuclear Assault, Kreator, and Sodom, all appearing on a tribute to black metal "originators" Venom
• It cost me a buck
• This copy has a hole punched through the barcode, which tells me the first owner of this paid little to nothing for it

And in the negative column:

• This is the American version of the release on Deadline/Cleopatra, with an extra track by the Electric Hellfire Club jammed into the middle of the comp
• As the US-released version, they dropped the "In The Name Of Satan" part of the title, so as not to offend anyone in middle America
• This isn't an hour of bands influenced by Venom doing riffs on this EP

This isn't "good", but it's worth hearing at least once all the way through.

Discogs

(using the OG German cover b/c it's cooler/cornier)

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New Venom ReAction from Super7

I really like the direction Super7 has taken their signature ReAction figure line since the rights reverted back from Funko a few years back. Sure, you still get rad movie releases like their recent "Aliens" and "Army of Darkness" lines. But they haven't been afraid to dive into more culty releases like their recent Rancid and Agnostic Front figures in service of 1:18 scale weirdness and fun. The release announced today is a perfect example.

The new Venom Reaction - Black Metal that just went live for order is just...SOOOOO metal. It's about as perfect a 3D representation of the classic 1982 record cover as you could ask for. We originally saw this at Toy Fair this year, and the final product looks pretty close to that sample.

You can always visit your local comic/toy store to pick one of these up, but if you're still under quarantine, the folks at Super7 will deliver one to your front door at an SRP of $18.00. It's a small price to pay to lay down your soul to the gods of rock 'n' roll.

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