VENOM Metal City DVD (2008)

Before black metal had a rulebook, Venom were already breaking it. Newcastle's unholy trinity didn't just influence the genre, they named it, and this DVD documents the chaos they and their contemporaries brought to the stage when the world wasn't quite ready.

Metal City is a compilation video document pulling together Venom alongside fellow NWOBHM and proto-extreme metal acts Warfare, Avenger, and Saracen. It's a grimy, essential time capsule from the era that gave birth to the dark aesthetic that still runs through every corner of alternative and metal culture today. If you've ever wondered where the teeth came from, this is the root canal.

DVD, 2008 release. Compilation format featuring multiple artists from the UK metal underground.

Fans of: Motörhead, Bathory, Celtic Frost, Mercyful Fate