In his review of the bands sophomore effort Black Metal, Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic called "Bloodlust" as absolute classic along with another Venom song, "Countess Bathory". The purpose for producing these videos was to give potential promotors/venues an idea of what a Venom live show would be like, for example, what size/height of stage would be required.
The video shows the band playing two tracks, a newly recorded version of "Witching Hour" and "Bloodlust", on stage complete with smoke effects and pyrotechnics. In September 1982, the band released a 2 track video entitled Live Sept '82. It tells of the story of Satan's legions rising, praising him and singing his songs, then finally launching a war on humanity "In the name of Satan". "In Nomine Satanas" is written in a mix of English and Latin. "Bloodlust" tells the story of "Count Cronos", a character (named after Lant's stage name) engaging in vampiric behaviours such as stalking his prey in the night and biting into their necks, draining them of "your life giving blood" and leaving them to die. The lyrics of the single deal with horror folklore and Satanism.
While recording the single another song, "Senile Decay", was also recorded but was not released until 1985 on the bands compilation album From Hell To The Unknown. The song "Bloodlust" is one of the bands oldest songs originally written by vocalist and bassist Conrad "Cronos" Lant while he was still with his previous band Dwarfstar.
0 kommentar(er)
