VENOM INC. : Mantas + Demolition Man

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Compos sympas qui tabassent mais prod trop plate pour moi.

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[JCHDR]

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Mantas quitte le groupe, après ses deux attaques cardiaques.

Original VENOM guitarist Jeff "Mantas" Dunn has announced his departure from VENOM INC., the band he formed nearly a decade ago with two other former VENOM members, bassist/vocalist Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan and drummer Antony "Abaddon" Bray.

Earlier today (Sunday, December 1),Dunn released the following statement via his social media: "Greetings my friends, the last few months have been incredibly difficult on every level and to cap it all only a few days ago one of my most beloved cats, Spooky, passed away in front of me after a short but very aggressive illness. I was with him every step of the way.

"After I suffered the second heart attack the outpouring of love and concern from you guys via a multitude of messages and calls has been overwhelming and a simple thank you seems so insignificant.

"So my friends it is now time to address the situation. I wish to inform you all that I will not be returning to VENOM INC.

"Obviously my health and wellbeing are of paramount importance to myself and my family, however, there are also more personal issues which have influenced my decision.

"To be absolutely clear, I will not be appearing at any advertised shows.

"On a far more positive note there is new music and a return to social activity on its way.

"As I have said so many times, music is my therapy, my release and my connection with all of you who have supported me over the years and for that I am eternally grateful.
"So here's to Cats and Heavy Metal.

"I will see you all soon my friends,

"Much love and respect, Jeff."

This past May, Dunn revealed that he had suffered another heart attack.

[olivier64]

Sans Abbadon et Mantas, la légitimité du groupe en prend un grand coup, Demolition Man fait parfaitement le job, mais tout seul, non... Et pourtant j'ai adoré les voir en 2015 (avec Abbadon et Mantas) et en 2022 (avec Mantas).

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Mantas est remplacé par Curran Murphy (ex-Annihilator et Nevermore), qui avait déjà dépanné le groupe.

Former NEVERMORE and ANNIHILATOR guitarist Curran Murphy has confirmed that he has officially joined VENOM INC. as the replacement for the band's founding guitarist Jeff "Mantas" Dunn.

The news of Murphy's addition to VENOM INC. comes less than a month after Mantas announced that he was leaving the band in order to focus on his "health and well-being" after suffering two heart attacks in the space of four years, as well as to care for his wife, who is battling cancer.

In a brand new interview with Shawn Ratches of Laughingmonkeymusic, Murphy — who made his live debut with VENOM INC. in May in Indonesia — stated about his status with the group (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Officially, with Mantas saying that he's taking a step back or stepping out, [VENOM INC. bassist/vocalist] Tony ['Demolition Man' Dolan] has offered me the position to play guitar for VENOM INC. And I have gleefully accepted.

"This last year has been awesome, all the shows traveling the world with Tony and [drummer Marc] Jackson, and playing these shows and working my ass off to play the stuff right, to play it as close to the record or, in some instances, to play it as close as how Mantas would play it live, to pay that respect," he continued. "And Tony has asked me to join the band. So I'm absolutely overwhelmed and thrilled to announce that I am the lead guitar player for VENOM INC. It's wonderful."

Murphy also addressed the inevitable criticism he and the other members of VENOM INC. will get for carrying on without Mantas, who was the band's founding guitarist as well an original member of pioneering U.K. metal act VENOM. Curran said: "Some people might say some negative stuff about it, this, that and the other, but I'll draw a parallel in regards to when Tony asked me to come in and, 'Can you fill in for Mantas?' And right off the rip, like even saying that, I got goosebumps, like, 'fill in for Mantas?' I mean, here's a guy and a band and a thing that has inspired my heroes: METALLICA, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX, SLAYER. That's my school, where I came from, the 'Big Four' [of 1980s thrash metal], TESTAMENT and all. You can trace that lineage all the way back to what VENOM started, to what VENOM did, and so for me to come in and help keep gasoline in the engine so the machine can keep running because, like Tony said, 'Hey, man, there's obligations. There's promoters that have booked [shows] and [fans have] paid money for tickets' and this and that. And it can't stop, but also Jeff needed to step back to help take care of his wife, like a man. Macho, like, 'I'm putting every everything about my life on hold to take care of my wife.' That's macho as fuck. And then, to be struck with that terrible second heart attack and to take all that pressure off of Mantas and say, 'Don't worry about anything. You don't need to show up. You don't need to get on a plane. Get right, get healthy, get yourself good.' And to bring me in — just the fact that Tony even called me.'

He continued: "I'm sure Tony's got a list of 20 guys that can do the gig, wanna do the gig, blah, blah, blah, but for Tony to choose me and hand me the opportunity just to fill in, and meeting fans on all these shows we played — South America, Indonesia, all over Europe, Poland, to meet these fans, and thankfully, wonderfully, not one of them has come up said, 'Well, I wish it would have been Mantas.' The only Mantas conversations I've had with these fans has been, 'How is Mantas? Is he getting better? Is he going to be okay?' And my answer has always been, I'm not filling shoes. I'm helping to keep the seat warm. I'm here to pay honor, tribute to that legacy and that legend and to do it as best I can so the fans aren't disappointed. 'Cause in my head, I think, 'Oh, man, they're gonna be bumming that it's not Mantas.' So I can't go up there and eat shit. [Laughs] I've gotta to do my very, very best to learn his solos as note for note as I can, to learn the songs as best I can. And my ego goes to the side, and it's all about… There's one song — 'Welcome To Hell'. When we were in South America, and we haven't been able to have rehearsals as a band [laughs] at all. So, we're down there. And there's a riff, the verse riff, I'm playing it, and the drummer, Jackson, he's, like, 'Hey, Curran, you're doing this one thing. And I know that it's probably right, but live, I do this accent with the chinas. Can you follow the guitar chords with that?' And I'm, like, 'Oh, what?' And learning to do that stuff right, and I've told both Tony and Jackson, like, 'Man, I have no ego about it. If there's something that Mantas does or did that's not on the records, or that you wanna hear, or that it should be heard, man, you're not hurting my feelings. You're not pissing me off. Fuck, you tell me.' Shit's gotta be right. Shit has to be how these fans expect. That's the most important thing."