„Venom took the stripped-down, punk-influenced metal of Motörhead, distorted it even further, and added Satanic themes and imagery. Sharing Kiss’ love of over-the-top stage shows and irate parents, Venom crafted an image for themselves as leather clad, heavy metal devil worshipers. This image was an inspiration to later black metal insofar as it attempted to become the embodiment of everything frightened parents groups erroneously accused Led Zeppelin and Kiss of being. They rightly assumed that if vague rumors of Satanism could sell records, unapologetic celebration of Satanism could sell even more. Venom’s Satanism was largely a promotional technique and, in spite of how they would be interpreted by certain excitable young Norwegians, they never pretended to adhere to any literal type of Satanism.“ Benjamin Hedge Olson: I Am The Black Wizards: Multiplicity, Mysticism And Identity In Black Metal Music And Culture. (PDF) Bowling Green State University, Mai 2008, S. 14.
Paul Elliott: Venom history. Archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 29. April 2008; abgerufen am 16. Oktober 2015 (englisch).
Primitive Art Records reviews. Primitive Art Records, archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 20. August 2004; abgerufen am 28. Januar 2015 (englisch).
Paul Elliott: Venom history. Archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 29. April 2008; abgerufen am 16. Oktober 2015 (englisch).
Primitive Art Records reviews. Primitive Art Records, archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 20. August 2004; abgerufen am 28. Januar 2015 (englisch).
