About Venom Inc

Venom Inc started officially on April 25th 2015. Put together by Dolan for a one off show, bringing the second true era Venom back together in Lauda Konigshofen (Germany). Halfway through the Mpire Of Evil set at the Keep It True festival three Venom members were re-united for a couple of Venom classics. The hall exploded with sheer enjoyment. Mantas on guitar, Demolition Man on bass and vocals were joined by drummer Abaddon and so the Prime Evil line up of Venom was back on stage.
When promotors got word of this reunion a bomb exploded; offers from all over the world followed and so the band decided to have a go at it once more. The name Venom Inc was adapted and for the next few years the power trio toured the earth up and down, to much success.

2017 saw the release of the album Avé and it was very well received by press and fans who expressed how happy they were that the true keepers of the Venom spirit were back. Many shows followed again untill in early 2018 a crack appeared. After an Asia/Australia tour internal troubles arose once again leading back to earlier experiences in the past. Abaddon first got time off to welcome a new baby, but never returned to the fold. Still a USA part 2 tour in support of Avé was booked so the band asked their soundman from the USA tour to fill in drum duties for the run. Jeramie Kling gladly accepted and at the gig in Dynamo Club in Eindhoven (a legendary city for Venom) he was baptized as War Machine and remained on the stool.

Covid 19 put a stop to many things and plans for a new album and tour had to be shelved. But as the Avé song Metal We Bleed tells us “Manic and relentless, the wicked never rests!” Venom Inc never gave up and started work on their second album. ‘There’s Only Black’ released on the proud label Nuclear Blast in 2022 to much acclaim.

Shortly after Kling departed making way for the welcomed return of M:Pire of Evil’s Marc ‘JXN’ Jackson and touring was again about to commence in support of the new album, however Mantas suffered a second heart attack and decided to stop touring and depart the band. 
To fulfil live performance obligations Mike Hickey (ex Carcass, Venom, Cronos etc) stepped in until a suitable replacement was found.

That replacement came in the way of the incredible Curran ‘Beleth’ Murphy (ex Nevermore, Annihilator, 72Legions) and full scale shows resumed..
Now into their 2nd full year with countless highlights behind them, Poland & Rock to half a million people, LATAM with Possessed, Hammersonic in Indonesia as well as other high profile festivals Mexico, Romania etc and a full EU tour with Krisiun & Hate completed. The unholy trinity began demoing for the new album due out 2026.

Bloodstock will celebrate the Winter Gathering festival in the UK this December (2025) at KK’s Steel Mill along with Cathedral who are celebrating 40yrs and Venom Inc by request as special guests will
perform the Ave album in full for the first ever time.
We look forward to the future, new music and new shows for 2026 and beyond.
2 live album releases are coming as well as new visual product and of course the new studio album.

If the old phrase was ‘here lies Venom’!! Then the new flag reads, ‘here stands Venom Inc’!!!