Sons Of Satan is a compilation of eight tracks by Venom, a band from the north of England. Sometimes likened to a Satanic version of Motörhead, Venom were purveyors of a filthy, guttural metal music which largely used Satanic imagery as its selling-point. Not all Venom’s songs follow this devil-worshipping template, however – others concerned with sexual depravity or drug rampages show that Venom’s Satanic stance was more entertainment than ideology. Despite this, the band’s Satan-oriented tracks, combined with their uncompromisingly brutal sound and outlandish stage personas – they went by the occult names Mantas, Cronos and Abbadon – were an inspiration to a whole new generation of bands, eventually leading to the underground cults of black and death metal.