Jolthig wrote:Cadonica wrote:Venom is one of my all time favorite bands but that's just overblowing it. Were they an influence on those three genres? Sure. Were they singlehandedly responsible for them? Absolutely not.
wrong.. actually Sarcofago is what really started black metal. They took inspiration from Venom, yes, but Sarcofago further developed black metal and in turn, influenced the Scandinavian black metal bands we all know too well today.
Sarcofago? Stating that a Brazilian death/thrash metal band inspired the Scandinavian black metal explosion is a bold statement indeed. It is more commonly accepted that it was Bathory from Sweden who was the infernal instigator of the blackened shockwave.