Black Metal

Venom, meaning Bray, Dunn and Lant, are credited, and the track opens the album with the chainsaw. The Quietus says Venom can lay claim to inventing and naming black metal; Cronos said black metal is speed metal, thrash metal, power metal. The record was cut so the chainsaw sounds when the needle drops, and a dog whistle sits between tracks; Cronos said I want people's pets and budgies and cats to go fucking mental. We found no single for this song; "Bloodlust" (1982) was the related 7-inch. A Radio One session version runs 3:08.

Setlist.fm lists it as their most performed song, 184 of 219 setlists, and Venom Inc. count it 199 times. Dimmu Borgir opened their covers album Inspiratio Profanus (December 8, 2023) with it, the Soft Pink Truth covered it on Why Do the Heathen Rage (June 17, 2014), and Sigh and Drovich have played it live. We cannot tell whether our upload is the studio version.