Former VENOM Members JEFF ‘MANTAS’ DUNN And ANTONY ‘ABADDON’ BRAY To Reunite On Stage In Japan

Japanese rock music promoter UPP-tone Music has introduced that former VENOM members Jeff “Mantas” Dunn (guitar) and Antony “Abaddon” Bray (drums) will reunite for a particular live performance on November 30 at Shinjuku Antiknock, a legendary music venue in Tokyo, Japan.

In keeping with the UPP-tone Music website online, Dunn and Bray will carry out “VENOM classics” alongside a few of Japan’s best black steel gamers: Masaki “Gezol” Tachi (SABBAT) on bass and vocals, Mirai Kawashima (SIGH) on vocals, Shinji “Samm” Tachi (METALUCIFER) on drums, and Noboru “Jero” Sakuma (ABIGAIL) on guitar. Help on the gig will come from SURVIVE and HELL FREEZES OVER.

Practically a decade in the past, Dunn shaped VENOM INC. with Bray and one other former VENOM member, bassist/vocalist Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan.

Final December, roughly eight months after struggling his second assault, Dunn introduced that he was leaving VENOM INC., explaining in an announcement that his “well being and wellbeing are of paramount significance to myself and my household,” however including that “there are additionally extra private points which have influenced my choice.”

Dunn suffered his first coronary heart assault in Could 2018 and underwent a double bypass surgical procedure.

Mantas sat out VENOM INC.‘s fall 2023 U.S. tour after revealing that his spouse had been recognized with most cancers. He was changed on the trek by Mike Hickey, identified for his work with VENOM, CARCASS, CATHEDRAL and CRONOS.

VENOM INC. is to not be confused with the Conrad “Cronos” Lant-fronted model of VENOM, which is constant to tour and make albums below the VENOM moniker. Becoming a member of Cronos in that group are Rage (a.ok.a. Stuart Dixon) on guitar and Danté (a.ok.a. Danny Needham) on drums.

VENOM‘s traditional lineup trio of Dunn, Lant and Bray recorded 4 studio LPs, “Welcome To Hell” (1981),“Black Steel” (1982),“At Conflict With Devil” (1984) and “Possessed” (1985),and stay album, “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” (1986). Typically cited by bands equivalent to METALLICA, BEHEMOTH, CELTIC FROST and MAYHEM as main influences, they’re one of the crucial revered bands of their era. VENOM continues to be fronted by Cronos and headlines festivals everywhere in the globe and continues to launch new music whereas Dunn and Dolan had joined forces within the equally named VENOM INC.

Abaddon was a part of VENOM‘s traditional lineup from 1978 to 1992. He then returned to the band in 1995 and stayed with them for 4 years earlier than becoming a member of VENOM INC. alongside Dunn and Dolan. VENOM INC. launched its debut album, “Avé”, in August 2017. A yr later, VENOM INC. revealed that it was recruiting Jeramie Kling of the Tampa-based melodic dying steel band THE ABSENCE to fill in for Bray on a European tour whereas Abaddon stayed dwelling to spend time along with his new child daughter.
Dunn, Bray and Dolan launched three albums as VENOM between 1989 and 1992 — “Prime Evil” (1989),“Temples Of Ice” (1991) and “The Waste Lands” (1992).

In September 2022, Bray revealed that he had been recognized with lymphoma.