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Apr 16, 2025

Pete

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Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: April 16, 1984 – Venom Released At War with Satan.

On this day April 16, 1984, British metal band Venom released their third studio album At War with Satan. Known as pioneers of black metal, Venom pushed their sound and style even further with this ambitious and controversial release.

The album featured a twenty minute title track that took up the entire first side of the record and told a dark fantasy story about a battle between heaven and hell. The second half delivered shorter, rawer songs like Rip Ride and Genocide, returning to the...

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