December 1st, 1981 - 42 years ago today,
Venom released their debut album '
Welcome To Hell', and people who were used to the 'safe' sound of bands like Motorhead were introduced to the genesis of 'extreme metal'
In Sounds magazine, Geoff Barton gave the record a 5* review and described it as having "
the hi-fi dynamics of a 50-year-old pizza", and concluded that it "
brought a new meaning to the word 'cataclysmic' "!