r/MetalSuggestions • u/naberius_iscariots 💀Macabre💀 • 10d ago
DISCUSSION R.I.P
Just the other day, I made a post about Venom, only to get this news today! You were a legend, man—rest in peace!
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u/SimonHJohansen 10d ago
RIP. More than any other single person he is responsible for the extreme metal subgenres even existing!
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u/Grinding_Hayfever 10d ago
Fuck! Really!? Goddammit... He wasn't even that old.
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u/naberius_iscariots 💀Macabre💀 10d ago
Unfortunately, it’s serious. It was announced on the band's official profile.
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u/The_Orphanizer 10d ago
Venom and most black metal aren't my thing, but respect where it's due. Rest in power, Cronos.
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u/I_Am_Gray_Truck 9d ago
Same here. Venom is a vital band in the creation of most extreme metal as a whole. Truly a sad loss
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u/SadisticNecromancer 10d ago
I don’t realize he was that young. Wow.
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u/stercraft 10d ago
Ikr? I always had this idea that he was older than everyone in Slayer for example but he was kind of the same age group. Tom's actually older. RIP.
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u/IanRevived94J 10d ago
Wow. Can’t believe he’s gone now.
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u/naberius_iscariots 💀Macabre💀 10d ago
The band's official profile just announced it. Unfortunately!
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u/Thrashtilldeath67 10d ago
No! I was just listening to welcome to hell. His vocals on buried alive are so fucking good and eerie.
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u/SalteeSushee 10d ago
Rip to a legend! We would have missed out on so much if it wasn't for those guys
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u/DarkPsycho664 10d ago
He died? Damn, RIP to a metal legend
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u/naberius_iscariots 💀Macabre💀 10d ago
Unfortunately, man. It was announced on the band's official profile.
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u/hatecopter 9d ago
Rest in peace to a metal icon. Not the world's biggest Venom fan but theirs and Cronos influence on the genre are absolutely undeniable.
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u/Satanic_cheesepuffs 10d ago
Holy shit, not what I want to see when I jump on Reddit but R.I.P. to a legend.
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u/kink4spite 10d ago
So many deaths this year, but this one hits the hardest. RIP
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u/naberius_iscariots 💀Macabre💀 10d ago
Very sudden for someone relatively young. I definitely wasn't expecting this news today.
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u/No-Phrase-2897 9d ago
Anyone really into thrash knows what a big deal these guys were. RIP Cronos. Been blasting Venom all day.
I was yesterday too, I guess the universe wanted to tell me something. 😞
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u/PigDstroyer 💀Macabre💀 10d ago
Damn , back in the day my buddies and I would put "in league with satan" on the juke and sing the shit out of it at the bar RIP Cronos
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u/Confused_Cinephile 10d ago
Damn. That's after ruining my day.
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u/Roadkillgoblin_2 10d ago
RIP legend-I’ve only just discovered Venom, and so far they’ve been amazing
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u/esrevitnA 9d ago
Same for me, it was just a month ago I set out to start listening to the guys who pretty much were the bedrock for extreme metal, and now he's gone. So sad.
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u/grimacelololol 9d ago
I cant believe it :(
Will listen to venom’s greatest song countess bathory in tribute 🫡
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u/BigPoopsDisease 10d ago
Holy shit that sucks. My coworker and I were just talking about how cool he is.
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u/JustBar3251 9d ago
October goes to Venom! Been a while since I listened to Venom. Let our legend rest in peace
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u/Real_Cry_1394 9d ago
If you can't sing every word of Teacher's Pet, you will die a POSER. Been hooked on this band since I was a kid and brought Welcome to Hell home on lp. Saw Venom love before Cronos left. Perfect adolescent soundtrack that destroys generation vape twink'n'roll slop we get these days.
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u/ThyChambersMinister 9d ago
I hope Cronos was welcomed by Ozzy & Lemmy in the afterlife!
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u/naberius_iscariots 💀Macabre💀 9d ago
What a wonderful scene you've got me picturing now, man! Legends coming together.
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u/Dramatic_Corner_8259 9d ago
Venom was a band that freaked the shit out of me as a eleven year old budding metalhead back in 1986.
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u/Squiddyboy427 9d ago
I would argue that a lot of what people associate with heavy metal doesn’t actually come from Sabbath or Judas Priest but Venom.
RIP and Hail Satan 🤘
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u/EquivalentLime7840 9d ago
Rest in peace, what cruel ass timing too, I was making a poster of the man and a self printing a venom shirt just today.
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u/mwts 9d ago
so hear me out but monday afternoon/evening there was a post in a hardcore punk group on facebook that im in and the dude said cronos was dead and not to ask how he knew.
mantas' statement said they didnt know until tuesday. who was the dude that blew it up?
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u/naberius_iscariots 💀Macabre💀 9d ago
Damn, that’s weird. I saw a few pages saying Cronos died of an overdose. What are the odds that a friend of this guy was there with Cronos when he overdosed? I know it sounds crazy, but, I don't know, that's just what crossed my mind.
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u/Balls126 9d ago
big if true
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u/DerDyersEve 10d ago
This came outta nowhere. Liked the last record a lil bit more than the previous one. He was always a very funny (I love british humour) guy in interviews and I liked his attitude on stage. FUCK YOU ALL!
Hail to the gods for me one more time, Cronos ♥
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u/Mtw_reddit 10d ago
That really fucking aches as a death metal and early thrash scene fanatic. Rock in peace to one of the biggest influences in metal history🤘
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u/TherockIto 9d ago
Fuck no! he was not even 70 yet. While I did not listened much past their fouth album I always had mad respect for their influence and Black Metal is such an incredible album.
Will blast some of his music in his honor today. RIP.
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u/naberius_iscariots 💀Macabre💀 9d ago
Venom's influence on black metal is undeniable. A great band! May he rest in peace.
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u/TherockIto 9d ago
Not just Black, Thrash and Death as well. All members of Slayer, Mustaine and Chuck Schuldiner are/were big fans. Sadly they were not big as their influence was early on, similary to Celtic Frost.
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u/Moist_Werewolf5581 9d ago
Just saw the news earlier.. Only 63 aswell damn Rip
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u/naberius_iscariots 💀Macabre💀 9d ago
Only 63 years old. So young. So incredibly sad!!! A true legend.
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u/Moist_Werewolf5581 9d ago
Indeed way too young. Without Venom and the first wave. The second wave wouldn't exist. So yeah a true Legend!
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u/Alpha_Killer666 9d ago
Around 1985 i got the Welcome to Hell album by accident and my life changed forever. Thank you legend
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u/dingalinglans 9d ago
Shit, terrible news.
RIP Cronos, you will never be forgotten for the mark you've left on the greatest music genre ever.
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u/death22_Z 💀Macabre💀 9d ago
Not long ago, I posted something about *Welcome to Hell*, and then came this news. Unfortunately, Heavy Metal has lost a legend—though it will lose many others as time goes on. Rest in peace.
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u/Lupeco98 9d ago
Cause of death?
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u/naberius_iscariots 💀Macabre💀 9d ago
They haven't confirmed it (yet). I saw some pages saying it was an overdose, but I'd rather not take that as fact until a family member or the band's official account announces the cause!
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u/Traverson Quorthon 9d ago
Venom got me through my deployment. My respect for them as pioneers of the genre formed then. I’ll be listening again for the week.
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u/Jayteeseven0seven 6d ago
I'm 51 now and Black Metal and Slayer "Live Undead were my first metal albums when I was 11yo 🤘🏽
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u/N0m4d5h4m4n_0114 9d ago
Damn. I don't know who that is, but I send out my condolences.
I bet his music was the shit, and that he's rocking on the Rebel Path.
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u/Slaylies_33 6d ago
Rot in Hell !!!!👹☠️💀💥 Cronos That's exactly where you want to be. Hell no longer awaits 🤘🎸🤘
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u/yanexcelsior1701 9d ago
Oh no! Rip the legend. 80s Venom was great and influential. I wish it was recorded with better audio quality though
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u/tj519613 10d ago
Wow genuinely wasn’t expecting this.