Five CD single set. 2018 collection from the British heavy metal band. Includes the singles 'In League With Satan', 'Bloodlust', 'Die Hard', 'Warhead' and 'Manitou'. Venom is an English heavy 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. Venom's second album proved influential enough that it's title was used as the name of an extreme metal subgenre: black metal.