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jsREVIEW:
It’s hard to imagine the impact this album had, especially from such a distant vantage point. I was three in 1982, so I had no idea that an entire genre of music was being spawned as Satan laughing spread his wings.
The title track is the tune that gave its name to the entire genre of Black Metal, the Satanic, thrashing lucifer for legions of anti-social burnouts for generations. Unapologetically vile, bleak and antagonistic, this album was a touchstone for the post-industrial kids of wastelands like Newcastle, where the band hailed from, and for kids like James Hetfield or Trey Azagthoth, who took metal over the top and created it as a popular genre.
For a view to their staying power, think about roughly contemporary songs “Teacher’s Pet,” and “Hot for Teacher” by Van Halen. Diamond Dave’s mugging and the campy video have landed Milo and friends in an endless cycle of VH1 snarkfests, while the Venom track (one of the dumbest on the album) still feels powerful and threatening. And it’s a pale shadow next to tracks like “Raise the Dead,” “Countess Bathory” or “Leave Me In Hell.”
Coffin-stuffed with eternal classics, this is an essential album for any metal collector.
