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Rating: I am attached to this album, and the highest rating I have given it is a sign of affection. I know well that musically Venom ends with the third album, but I have always credited Tony Dolan for having had great courage. He came from a band that nobody knows anymore (Atomkraft, who are they?) and took on the cross of Kronos, and well, poor guy, he did what he could (I believe he stuck a mouse down his throat to have the same growl...).
Back then, fans spat in his face and boycotted the concerts, but today, more than 15 years later, and with all the junk produced by post-Dolan Venom (see "Metal Black," everything really upside down), I must say that "Prime Evil" brings a lot of nostalgia. There are tracks that, listened to without the shadow of Kronos, are more than dignified, see the one that gives the album its title, "Parasite" (the opening would awaken the comatose), "Carnivorous" and the Sabbathian cover "Megalomania."
The review could also end here, also because the career of Dolan Demolition Man lasted the span of three albums and a collection of spectacular flops, after which he turned to cinema...
I recommend listening, pretend they are not Venom, but an honest loud English metal band from the late '80s with a great past still too present and a future that Grunge would have swept away. But this is also true for Metallica... so.
Honor to Tony Dolan, time has proved him right.
Tracklist and Lyrics
01 Prime Evil (04:24)
Prime,the first evolutionary plan,that spawned the first ever Superstition of man,
God created every atom that lives,but was he really there at all?
Evil,in every satanic scroll,In different forms to every race and blacker than coal,
He doth destroy every atom that lives but is he really there at all?
The Holy scribes fortold the destiny of man,
Living coldly on the earth, disrupting ancient plans.
Well is this what we are and what we have become,
Or is the only tie ,the way we die and how we had begun?
Prime Evil,an evolutionary call,
Prime Evil,quenched in the fires of their souls,
Prime Evil,you'll never see the sun again!
Danger,Danger,that's the human call,
Growing strong and aging wise,the race can only fall,
Well is this Holy anger,bleached upon our souls,
Is this the Evil One, satan's son, gabriel's foe?
Prime Evil,an evolutionary call,
Prime Evil,quenched in the fires of their souls,
Prime Evil,you'll never see the sun again!
(SOLO/Guitar)
Prime Evil,an evolutionary call,
Prime Evil,quenched in the fires of their souls,
Prime Evil,you'll never see the sun again!
(Repeat)
Prime Evil,
Quenched in the fires of their souls.
Prime Evil,
You'll never see the sun again!
Prime Evil.
03 Blackened Are the Priests (04:10)
Requiem Eternum,Lord of Ancients,Son of God.
Requiem Eternal,Buried in this Holy Ground.
They pray on heaven and on fire,deliver them from evil,Death.
Their keys that keep their secret safe, are lost in war and now, they pay the price!
They cannot be freed!They cry but there's no other way, to free them.
Blackened are the Priests,
of evil,drinking from their chalaces of blood,redeem them,
Blackened are the Priests.
Amist the holy cries of heaven,beneath the soddened earth,hell.
The whitened collars of the dogs, that spew forth hardy thoughts ,of life,
Ah help them!
Blackened is the mantle of the Priests.
Amen!
Blackened is the collar of the Priests.
Blackened is the collar of the Priests.
The Holy alter now of heaven,cannot deliver us from pain.
(Postman pat and his Black and White cat!)
(Solo/Bass Riff)
God help them!
The holy alter now of heaven,doth not deliver them from pain.
They cannot turn their back on hell,from the grace they fell,
all their futile efforts wane.
They cannot be freed!They cry but there's no other way, to free them.
Blackened are the Priests,
of evil,drinking from their chalaces of blood,redeem them.
Blackened are the Priests,
of evil,we try but there's no other way to free them,
Blackened are the Priests,
of evil,drinking from their chalaces of blood,redeem them,
Blackened are the Priests!
05 Skeletal Dance (03:07)
Transparently Obvious,tactless and trite!
You give up on life mate, your not worth the fight!
We're looking right through you to see to the soul,
but sadly in your case your only a hole!
Skeletal Dance
Skeletal Dance
Skeletal Dance
Skeletal Dance
Living your life by the end of a string,
You have to admit, it's not a great thing!
Humpties more older and Humpties more wise,
Except when he grins you'll see through the....
Skeletal Dance
Skeletal Dance
Skeletal Dance
Skeletal Dance
Now Mickey's a Mouse so his young brother say's,
The best crimes are cowardly,crime never pays.
Violence,Destruction and Killing's the shout,
But where does he hide when the cat is about?
Skeletal Dance
Skeletal Dance
Skeletal Dance
Skeletal Dance
Skeletal Dance
Skeletal Dance
Skeletal Dance
06 Megalomania (05:15)
Well I feel something's taking me,I don't know where?
It's like a trip inside a seperate mind!
The ghost of tomorrow,of my favorite dream,
Is telling me to leave it all behind!
Feel it slipping away,
Slipping in tomorrow.
Gotta get to happiness,
From the depths of sorrow.
I'm alright,am I right?
As I try to get away from you now!
Am I right?I'm alright,
As I try to get away from you now!
Sting Me!
Well I feel something's giving me the chance to return,
It's giving me the chance of saving my soul.
A big bad demigod,fading away,
I'm going back to where I'm in control!
Feel it slipping away,
Slipping in tomorrow.
Getting back to Sanity,
From the depths of sorrow.
Was it wise,to disguise,
As I try to get away from you now?
Is there a way,I can pay,
Or is it true I have to stay with you now?
Was I right,Am I right,
As I try to get away from you now?
Was it wise,to disguise,
As I try to get away from you now?
Suck Me!
I'm the King of schizophrenia,the pest of the Earth,
I singed my soul in the fires of Hell!
I feel someone eluding me,
But now it's all mine!
I set the trap and it was me who fell!
Feel it slipping away,
Slipping in tomorrow.
getting back to sanity,
From the depths of sorrow.
No more lies,I got wise,I despise the way I worship you, Yeah!
Now your free,can't you see?yeah this time I won't be led by you, Yeah!
Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
Megalomania
Megalomania
07 Insane (02:51)
Trapped inside Mazonic minds that simple thought denied,
No escape,no orifice,they're only drained through their eyes!
The mindless thoughts and afterglow,the scars that's left behind,
Drilled upon the cranium and sculpted deep in the mind!
How they writhe in pain,padded room of doom,
INSANE!
INSANE!
Pulling at the iron bars and tearing at the walls,
Screaming with Insanity but no-one hears the calls!
You know in truth your mind is clear but no-one's here to tell,
A frienzied madness echo's out inside your own brain-cell!
How they writhe in pain,
Padded room of doom!
Schizo
How they writhe in pain,
Padded room of doom,
INSANE!
A Venomous completion now is riddled through you veins,
Staring at the button padded walls,
INSANE!
Nothing left inside your head and empty, useless, tomb,
Here you live,alive, undead,inside your pillowed room!
How they writhe in pain,
Padded room of doom,
INSANE!
INSANE!
INSANE!
INSANE!
08 Harder Than Ever (03:09)
You thought we'd lost it all,
You thought we'd given up the fight!
Well now we're back to prove you wrong,
It's time to open up your eyes,
Hell Yeah!
Here's one for you,
you thought,it's only Rock and Roll,
We're taking everything,
prepare to loose your soul!
Harder Than Ever,Hotter than hell!
Are you with us,
Legion's, iron and steel?
You want it hard,you want it fast,
you want it loud,you got it all!
We take no prisoners, let 'em rot,
were gonna leave them where they fall,
Hell Yeah!
We stand as one,
we raise a glass to absent friends!
Bet you think you'd escaped?
Think again!!
Harder Than Ever,Hotter than hell!
Are you with us,
Legion's, iron and steel?
Harder Than Ever,Hotter than hell!
Are you with us,
Legion's, iron and steel?
We stand as one,
we raise a glass to absent friends!
Bet you think you'd escaped?
Think again!!
Harder Than Ever,Hotter than hell!
Are you with us,
Legion's, iron and steel?
Harder Than Ever,Hotter than hell!
Are you with us,
Legion's, iron and steel?
Harder Than Ever,Hotter than hell!
Are you with us,
Legion's, iron and steel?
Harder Than Ever,Hotter than hell!
Are you with us,
Legion's, iron and steel?
10 Skool Daze (04:19)
Remeber me, I was your teacher's pet at school
You taught me everything and how we broke the rules
Well now I'm back to show you everything I've learned
You play with fire you know you're getting burned
Pre-chorus: Get on down, teacher, teacher get on down
Come on, get on down, teacher , teacher get on down
She's got a fire raging in between her thighs
I got a hose to put it out, try this for size
Well, teacher swallowed every inch of floppy love
Guess this is what they mean by
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