Venom live in concert.
ON TOUR

Venom

13
critic concert reviews
metal

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

75
%
Based on 
13
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
%
Based on 
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 13 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Venom is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths.

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Latest Release

French Assault - EP (28 March 2025)

Artist Info

Genre
metal
Origin
Bio
Venom are an English metal band formed in 1978 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.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

August 19, 2016
90
%
FESTIVAL Bloodstock Festival 2016 – Day 1 (Friday)

Metal Hammer (Norway)

May 3, 2022
95
%
Inferno Festival 2022 – Day 2

Festival Photo (Sweden)

October 30, 2019
60
%
Skogsrojet Festival

Norway Rock Magazine (Norway)

August 18, 2019
83
%
Skogsrojet Festival

Norway Rock Magazine (Norway)

July 20, 2018
83
%
Gefle Metal Festival 2018

Norway Rock Magazine (Norway)

July 5, 2017
83
%
Sweden Rock Festival

Rocknytt (Sweden)

June 12, 2017
80
%
Sweden Rock Festival, Sweden on June 10, 2017

Past critic reviews published in

Music-News.com (UK), Rockfreaks.net (Denmark), Rockfreaks.net (Denmark), Utah Concert Review (USA), Iowa State Daily (USA) and more

Image Credit

Jonas Rogowski [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons