VENOM Drummer Antton Lant

VENOM Drummer Antton Lant - "Vinnie Paul Is Definitely One Of My Biggest Influences..."

www.TheMetalDen.com has posted an interview they conducted with drummer Antton Lant of legendary black metallers VENOM. An excerpt follows:

www.TheMetalDen.com: When did you first start out playing on the drums?

Antton: "I can't really remember, my oldest brother is a drummer and he used to let me play on his kit, trying to play along to my favourite bands at the time like AC/DC, KISS, VAN HALEN, etc..."

www.TheMetalDen.com: Who are a few of your biggest playing influences?

Antton: "Phil Rudd from AC/DC, Eric Carr and Peter Criss from Kiss. I really only started taking it serious and putting more effort in to it when I heard PANTERA. Vinnie Paul is definitely one of my biggest influences and Scott Travis from JUDAS PRIEST. I guess I could go on all day with this one."

www.TheMetalDen.com: Did you ever take any formal drumming lessons?

Antton: "No, not really. I just got on and tried to play along with the tracks. I wish I did have some of those because I did pick up some bad habits which are hard to get rid of."

Read the interview in its entirety at this location.

As previously reported, Universal Music Enterprises has confirmed an August 12th street date for VENOM's new album, Hell, which is currently out now via Sanctuary in Europe on CD, digi-CD and LP. A a promo video for 'Hell' can be viewed at this this location.

Hell tracklisting:
'Straight To Hell',
'The Power And The Glory',
'Hand Of God',
'Fall From Grace',
'Hell',
'Evil Perfection',
'Stab U In The Back',
'Armageddon',
'Kill The Music',
'Evilution Devilution',
'Blood Sky',
'USA For Satan',
'Dirge / The Awakening',
'In League With Satan',
'Burn In Hell' (last two tracks featured on digipak edition).

Samples of all tracks can be found here.