{"id":18014,"date":"2018-12-27T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T06:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18014"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:48:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:48:43","slug":"album-review-venom-storm-the-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18014","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Venom &#8211; Storm the Gates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Venom \u2013 Storm the Gates<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>December, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cronos &amp; Company\u2019s 2015 <em>From the Very Depths <\/em>was a real fucking treat.\u00a0 When it was released I remember wondering just how good a fucking Venom album could be in 2015.\u00a0 Well, it was really fucking good and in fact it was one of my favorite albums of the year.\u00a0 2018 found Cronos &amp; Co. sliding into home plate at the very last minute of the year with <em>Storm the Gates <\/em>and I have to say, this was not a great way to close out the year for me as a Venom fan or Cronos &amp; Co themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Now before you go bitching at me, let me just state that I am indeed a fan of Venom, Inc.\u00a0 I\u2019m a HUGE fan of that band but I\u2019m also a Venom fan but in my opinion, Venom has put out way too much shitty music over the years.\u00a0 While some of their shit is just flat out unlistenable, <em>Storm the Gates <\/em>isn\u2019t unlistenable.\u00a0 It\u2019s just downright disappointing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Storm the Gates <\/em>as a whole sounds like it was recorded in a fucking coffee can.\u00a0 Musically and lyrically the songs are uninteresting, uninspired, and just dull.\u00a0 <em>From the Very Depths <\/em>had me pounding my fucking fists on my desk because it was so fucking good but <em>Storm the Gates?\u00a0 <\/em>Maybe they should have called the album <em>Barely Push on the Gates?\u00a0 <\/em>Who the fuck knows?<\/p>\n<p><em>Storm the Gates<\/em> is horribly produced, boring, and completely uninteresting.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know if Cronos was just rushing to get an album out or maybe he just blew his load completely with <em>From the Very Depths. <\/em>\u00a0To all of you up and coming bands out there, if you want to hear how NOT to make an album, just give <em>Storm the Gates<\/em> a listen.\u00a0 It\u2019ll be like going back to school which from the sounds of this album is something Cronos could use to do himself.\u00a0 \u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venom \u2013 Storm the Gates December, 2018 Cronos &amp; Company\u2019s 2015 From the Very Depths was a real fucking treat.\u00a0 When it was released I remember wondering just how good a fucking Venom album could be in 2015.\u00a0 Well, it was really fucking good and in fact it was one of my favorite albums of the year.\u00a0 2018 found Cronos &amp; Co. sliding into home plate at the very last minute of the year with Storm the Gates and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":-1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,277],"tags":[636,445,1484],"class_list":["post-18014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music-news","tag-cronos","tag-venom","tag-venom-inc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Venom \u2013 Storm the Gates December, 2018 Cronos &amp; Company\u2019s 2015 From the Very Depths was a real fucking treat. 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