279 Venom At War With Satan At War with Satan is the third album by extreme metal band Venom, released in April 1984. A semi-concept album that tells the story of a war between Heaven and Hell where the latter side wins, it was touted as Venoms crossover into rock mainstream, but failed to do so. Shortly after it reached the stores the HMV record chain withdrew the album from their shelves due to its anti-Christian content. The inspiration for writing a track filling out an entire side of the record, according to Venom bassist Cronos, came from Rushs 2112 album. At War with Satan is centred on a character named Abaddon (which is also the alias of Tony Bray, Venoms drummer), whos the guardian to the gates of Hell. Venom bassist and vocalist Cronos started writing, back in his school days, a story about how Hell revolts and takes over the heavens and throws God into Hell, a story later fleshed out as At War with Satan. The title tracks imagery and storyline largely evokes the Book of Revelation and John Miltons epic poem Paradise Lost (1667–1674) filtered through a postmodern horror movie and pulp aesthetic https://youtube/watch?v=nBB2deqwdIs
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