Interview: VENIEN | USBM: A REVOLUTION OF IDENTITY IN AMERICAN BLACK METAL
By: Daniel Lake
*Original interview published in the pages of USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal (Oct 2020)
"As surely as heavy metal itself begins with Black Sabbath, U.S. black metal begins with VON - whatever the original impetus behind recording such a jarring racket, VON's dedication to dark imagery and unrefined sounds herald the arrival of the black metal ethos to the United States."
*excerpt taken from USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal by Daniel Lake (Decibel Books)
Read the full chapter dedicated to VON, as well as an in-depth interview with VON co-creator VENIEN inside the pages of Daniel Lake’s book USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal from Decibel Books