About Hard Venom
Formed in 1997, comprising a stupidly inflated number of pointlessly untalented fools, the first incarnation of Hard Venom was an abject failure. The second incarnation was much better. Reformed in 2003 by Pukovnik Krv and Captain Epic (the former from the original incarnation, the latter not), Hard Venom soon wrote and recorded a 5-song EP, called Anger of a Nation, Doom To Us All. Some people heard it. Not many though. Still on a role with overinflated egos, and now armed with an Mbox and Protools, they attempted to record a full length album. It was to be known as A Brief Repose Amidst The Screams of Torture. A concept album, detailing the downfall of a man, the subsequent horrors he inflicted upon mankind, a brief hope and then abject misery. It was recorded terribly, and is quite possibly the best example of kvlt-tr00-grim-necro production known to man, solely because neither Krv nor Epic had the slightest clue what the hell they were doing. Plus the drums were recorded on a 6pad hand kit, using kitchen knives as drumsticks. At this point work also started on two other albums.
During the dull wait for stuff to be finalised, The Perks of Being In Office was sort of released as a free download single. Slightly pointless as anyone who'd downloaded the first EP would already have it anyway, but logic played no part.
In 2007, A Brief Repose Amidst The Screams of Torture was finally released. For free. Would have been a travesty to make people pay for that racket.
A very short period of time later, a split album called The Broken Swords of Despotic Villainy was released with NSBM band Adalruna. The Hard Venom side consisted of stuff from the EP and the album, at 128kbps for a more grim sound. Not that it needed it. It was released on Lokisson Records, a front for drug dealers. 100 copies were released. Don't know how many were sold. No money was gained from this either.
Between 2007 and 2011, stuff happened. Mostly inside the minds of Krv and Epic, but still, it happened.
In 2012 two new albums, To Sever Ties With All Of Mankind and Après la Vie, les Fleurs Fleurissent à Nouveau were released. Despite making them available ridiculously cheaply, no one bought them. However, some people did pirate a few, which I suppose we should be grateful for.
Elemental came out in 2013 as a photobook, after 5 years of delays. It looked really nice.
Vampire Rising was released in 2017. For a change we invested in it and gave it full distribution.
We have several more albums and projects planned for the near-to-distant future.
Some we might even get paid for.
During the dull wait for stuff to be finalised, The Perks of Being In Office was sort of released as a free download single. Slightly pointless as anyone who'd downloaded the first EP would already have it anyway, but logic played no part.
In 2007, A Brief Repose Amidst The Screams of Torture was finally released. For free. Would have been a travesty to make people pay for that racket.
A very short period of time later, a split album called The Broken Swords of Despotic Villainy was released with NSBM band Adalruna. The Hard Venom side consisted of stuff from the EP and the album, at 128kbps for a more grim sound. Not that it needed it. It was released on Lokisson Records, a front for drug dealers. 100 copies were released. Don't know how many were sold. No money was gained from this either.
Between 2007 and 2011, stuff happened. Mostly inside the minds of Krv and Epic, but still, it happened.
In 2012 two new albums, To Sever Ties With All Of Mankind and Après la Vie, les Fleurs Fleurissent à Nouveau were released. Despite making them available ridiculously cheaply, no one bought them. However, some people did pirate a few, which I suppose we should be grateful for.
Elemental came out in 2013 as a photobook, after 5 years of delays. It looked really nice.
Vampire Rising was released in 2017. For a change we invested in it and gave it full distribution.
We have several more albums and projects planned for the near-to-distant future.
Some we might even get paid for.
Genre
None. Or rather, all. We like most of them, and when we feel like it, we write in them too.
Guests
Alan Marsh - late of Tokyo Blade and Shogun, Alan lent his prodigious lungs to Medusa on the EP and Air on Elemental.
Attila - Member of Legions of Crows, also late of Tokyo Blade, Shogun and likely several other bands, Attila handled the production, engineering and mastering on the first EP, plus some keyboard, bass and drum programming duties.
James Traver Jr. - Guitarist and singer of American indie rockers french kiss-off, James lent his voice and guitar skills to Adriatic Splendour on ABRATSOT.
Attila - Member of Legions of Crows, also late of Tokyo Blade, Shogun and likely several other bands, Attila handled the production, engineering and mastering on the first EP, plus some keyboard, bass and drum programming duties.
James Traver Jr. - Guitarist and singer of American indie rockers french kiss-off, James lent his voice and guitar skills to Adriatic Splendour on ABRATSOT.
"Former" members
Venomaker/Cobranaconda - Former pseudonyms of Krv
Blade - Former pseudonym of Epic
Scorpion, Python, Cobra, Poison Ivy, Black Mamba, Anaconda - Members of the 1997-1999 incarnation who did nothing.
Melon - Never joined, agreed to play keyboards one day then refused the next.
Whitenight - Was scheduled to sing on the first EP, but never showed up.
Torden - Never joined. Agreed to play drums but never actually did.
Blade - Former pseudonym of Epic
Scorpion, Python, Cobra, Poison Ivy, Black Mamba, Anaconda - Members of the 1997-1999 incarnation who did nothing.
Melon - Never joined, agreed to play keyboards one day then refused the next.
Whitenight - Was scheduled to sing on the first EP, but never showed up.
Torden - Never joined. Agreed to play drums but never actually did.