Prime Evil (album)

1989 studio album by Venom

Prime Evil

Studio album by

Venom

Released

9 October 1989

Recorded

1989

Studio

Lynx Studio, Newcastle

Genre

Heavy metal
speed metal
thrash metal

Length

39:55

Label

Under One Flag

Producer

Nick Tauber, Kevin Ridley

Venom chronology

Calm Before the Storm
(1987)

Prime Evil
(1989)

Temples of Ice
(1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10^[2]

Prime Evil is the sixth studio album by British heavy metal band Venom. It was released in 1989 and is the first in a series of three albums with Atomkraft bassist and vocalist Tony Dolan, replacing Conrad "Cronos" Lant, as a band member and composer.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Venom, except where indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Prime Evil"		4:38
2.	"Parasite"		3:08
3.	"Blackened Are the Priests"	Tony Dolan	4:19
4.	"Carnivorous"	Dolan	2:11
5.	"Skeletal Dance"		3:07
6.	"Megalomania" (Black Sabbath cover)	Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward	5:25
7.	"Insane"		2:54
8.	"Harder Than Ever"		3:09
9.	"Into the Fire"		3:23
10.	"Skool Daze"		4:23
11.	"Live Like an Angel – Die Like a Devil" (re-recording available on the CD edition of the album)	Conrad Lant, Anthony Bray, Jeffrey Dunn	3:05

Personnel

Venom

Demolition Man – bass, vocals
Mantas – lead guitar
Al Barnes – rhythm guitar
Abaddon – drums

Production

Nick Tauber, Kevin Ridley – producers
Barry Clempson – engineer
Steve Brew – assistant engineer

References

^ "Venom - Prime Evil". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 397. ISBN 978-1894959315.