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Calm Before the Storm is the fifth studio album by British heavy metal band Venom. The original title of the album would have been Deadline, but the title was changed when guitarist Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn left the band and was replaced by Jimi Clare and Mike Hickey. Both were to follow bassist Conrad "Cronos" Lant in his later solo career and the latter would also return on the 2006 album Metal Black.

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Calm Before the Storm
Studio album by Venom
Released	7 November 1987
Recorded	1987
Studio	The New Marquee Studios, London
Genre	Thrash metal heavy metal
Length	36:20
Label	Filmtrax
Producer	Nick Tauber and Venom
Venom chronology
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1986) Calm Before the Storm (1987) Prime Evil (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10[2]

The album is characterised by a "cleaner", more synthetic sound when compared to Venom's other albums. Especially the drums, which sound almost like a drum machine, are contributing to this fact.^{[citation needed]} Also, the guitar has a brighter sound and is easily distinguishable from the bass. The change in sound is perhaps mostly due to the addition of another guitarist and the producer Nick Tauber, who had previously worked with hard rock acts such as UFO and Thin Lizzy.[3]

Track listing

All tracks by Conrad Lant unless noted.

Personnel

Venom

• Cronos – vocals, bass
• Mike "Mykus" Hickey – guitar
• James Clare – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Abaddon – drums, backing vocals

Production

• Nick Tauber – producer
• Keith Nichol, Andy Lovell – engineers
• Stuart Brown, Nigel Broad – assistant engineers
• Aaron Chakraverty – mastering

References

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[de] Calm Before the Storm

Calm Before the Storm ist das fünfte Studioalbum der britischen Metal-Band Venom. Über die Jahre wurde es mehrfach unter anderen Titeln wie "Metalpunk", "Beauty & The Beast" und "Under A Spell" neu herausgebracht.

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- [en] Calm Before the Storm (Venom album)

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[es] Calm Before the Storm

Calm Before the Storm es el quinto álbum de estudio de la banda Venom. El título original del álbum debería haber sido "Deadline", pero fue cambiado cuando el guitarrista Mantas dejó la banda y fue sustituido por Jimi Clare y Mike Hickey. Ambos formarían parte del proyecto en solitario de Cronos y el último regresaría para grabar el álbum de 2006 Metal Black.

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[ru] Calm Before the Storm (альбом Venom)

Calm Before the Storm (с англ. «Затишье перед бурей») — пятый альбом группы Venom. Первоначально альбом назывался «Deadline», но название сменили, когда гитарист Джеффри «Mantas» Данн покинул группу, и его сменили Джими Клэр и Майк Хики.

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