Venom "Possessed" COLOR:RED/BLACK/WHITE INSOMNIA becoming a defining force in

becoming a defining force in modern heavy music

Alan Chang

the album is diaristic yet communal

'Farmhouse' was recorded and mixed by John Siket in fall 1999 and winter 2000 at The Barn studio in Vermont

The album is a memorable addition to the Zappa Catalog and the last to feature the band name “Mothers” before it was retired in 1976

Venom "Possessed" COLOR:RED/BLACK/WHITE INSOMNIA becoming a defining force inVenom formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal, Venom's first two albums Welcome to Hell (1981) and Black Metal (1982) are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general. Venoms second album proved influential enough that its title was used as the name of the extreme metal subgenre of black metal. Often cited by bands such as Metallica, Behemoth,