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Venom’s Into Oblivion is the band’s sixteenth studio album, due out on 1 May 2026. The new record runs 43 minutes and 47 seconds, carries 13 tracks, and features the long-running lineup of Cronos, Rage, and Danté.
The most important thing here is that Into Oblivion does not look like a legacy-band sleepwalk. On paper alone, this thing reads like Venom still doing what Venom do best: short, nasty, loud songs with titles that sound like they were scrawled on a pub wall with a knife. “Lay Down Your Soul,” “Kicked Outta Hell,” “Metal Bloody Metal,” and “Unholy Mother” tell you exactly what kind of mood this record is in before you even hear a note.
As a review, the big appeal is that Venom still seem committed to instinct over polish. Nobody comes to a Venom album looking for refinement. You want dirt, swagger, speed, and that filthy old-world menace they built their name on. Into Oblivion looks like it leans right into that identity instead of trying to modernise it. Even the track lengths suggest a record built on blunt-force impact rather than overworked arrangements, with most songs coming in hard and getting out before the rot sets in.
That is why Venom still matter. They were never about technical perfection. They were about attitude, atmosphere, and the sound of metal being dragged through the gutter with a grin on its face. Into Oblivion looks set to continue that tradition. If the album delivers on the promise of those titles, it should land somewhere between a street brawl and a blackened pub anthem session, which is exactly where Venom are strongest. The title track, “As Above So Below,” and “Kicked Outta Hell” especially look like the sort of songs that could carry the whole record’s mood.
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