There's Only Black is actually lot heavier and far more colorful than what I expected. It's not "black" genre-wise (maybe the guitar tone?), since what Venom Inc. has put together here is a big pile of old-school thrash/speed metal riffs spiced up with various heavy metal melodies. Since it's a quite long release (53+ minutes), it might seem a bit tiring at first. However, as the faster and slower sections/songs are very carefully positioned all the way through, I'd say the overall package is very-very balanced and has great replay-value (=not boring at all!). Turns out these veterans still had some unseen tricks up their sleeves, so for me it's clear "which Venom is the better Venom."
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