Venom Inc.

"Day one's headliner at Bang Your Head, Michael Schenker, and his musical rondo that took us from the very beginning right through to the end of his career. Hands down the highlight of the day!"

"The pact with the devil lives on, unblemished."

Three weeks after we feasted on a show by the mighty Sepultura, who are going through an artistic reawakening in these new times, another excuse to revisit Graz's Explosiv came along: Venom Inc., Suffocation, Nervosa, Aeternam and Survive.…

It's been a good while since Venom with Kronos put out an album as primal as the one the venomous trio of Abaddon, Mantas and Demolition Man delivered under the Venom Inc. banner with their "debut" called »Ave«.

"The response was truly lukewarm, even though the crowd was visibly enjoying itself throughout the show. Marilyn Manson sensed this flatness quickly and started acting extremely formal. Just enough to »pocket« another gig and a few rustling…

Despite apocalyptic downpours, we made it through the first full day of the festival thanks to killer sets from Iced Earth, Dool, Loudness, Absu, Batushka and Venom Inc.