Richmond metal-punks, Bat, have unleashed their previously unreleased cover of Venom’s classic, “Live Like an Angel (Die Like a Devil).” Coming in tribute to the British legends’ late member, Cronos, it is now available as a digital single across various platforms. Check it out below.
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Conrad “Cronos” Lant, Venom Vocalist and Founding Force of Black Metal, Has Died at 63
Conrad “Cronos” Lant, vocalist, bassist, and founding creative force of Venom, died at age 63. The band confirmed his passing on October 1, 2026, via official social media. Our deepest condolences go out to his son Nathan, his family, and everyone whose life his music changed forever. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Autopsy – Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts
Autopsy is a band that understands itself. Like spiritual death metal brethren Cannibal Corpse, the band has core musical, thematic and visual staples you can almost always depend on (the poo-chomping album cover of Shitfun being an outlier). Think Autopsy, think the evil, Black Sabbath-inspired tri-tones, pulverising percussion, slow, menacing crawls blended with charging gallops, malevolent guitar lines, bowel-loosening bass, squealing bursts of lead guitar and rasping vocals, all tied up in a bloody bow of bodies being monstrously torn to pieces.