The Waste Lands (album)

The Waste Lands is the eighth studio album by British heavy metal band Venom. It is the last with bassist/singer Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan and also the last before the reunion of the classic Venom line-up from their first four albums, Welcome to Hell, Black Metal, At War with Satan and Possessed. Like the previous album, Temples of Ice, the album was originally supposed to be produced by ex-Child's Play producer Howard Benson, however he was once again unavailable so the band decided to stay with Kevin Ridley. The working title for this album was Kissing the Beast, but the band changed it when they got the album cover from Tari József (Aurea Aetas).

The Waste Lands
Studio album by Venom
Released	29 October 1992
Recorded	Lynx Studios, Newcastle, England
Genre	Thrash metal speed metal
Length	41:35
Label	Under One Flag
Producer	Kevin Ridley
Venom chronology
Temples of Ice (1991) The Waste Lands (1992) Cast in Stone (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10[2]

Track listing

All songs were written by Anthony Bray, Tony Dolan and Jeff Dunn.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cursed"	7:38
2.	"I'm Paralysed"	2:32
3.	"Black Legions"	3:44
4.	"Riddle of Steel"	2:47
5.	"Need to Kill"	5:11
6.	"Kissing the Beast"	3:23
7.	"Crucified"	3:32
8.	"Shadow King"	3:51
9.	"Wolverine"	4:08
10.	"Clarisse"	4:49

Credits

• Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan – vocals, bass
• Jeff "Mantas" Dunn – guitar
• Steve White – guitar
• V.X.S. – keyboards and sound effects
• Anthony "Abaddon" Bray – drums
• Kevin Ridley - producer, engineer

References

1. "The Waste Lands". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
2. Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 486. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.