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  • The First Wave of Black Metal… or was it?

    The First Wave of Black Metal… or was it?

    Beginnings I remember the day well.  An incredibly cold, steel grey day, Tuesday, 1st, December, 1981.  I had struggled on to a freezing bus, faced a wind chill factor of -4C on the ferry, and then a twenty minute walk against the piercing wind.  My purpose?  To buy Venom’s Welcome to Hell on the day it was…