[Note: These 1980s Venom patches are pretty damn cool. I got this stack of patches, new and old, from a friend. The challenge is going to be trying to read the logos! Let's try...]

[Above: The Seven Dates of Hell Tour was in 1984 and had Metallica as a supporting act for Venom]

[Above: Black Metal! I'll never forget the first time I heard this album. It was released in 1982, but I didn't hear it for a few years. I found a shaped picture album of the devil head design in an old record store. It was love...]

[Above: Mysticum is an industrial black metal band from Norway formed in the early 1990s.]

[Above: Funebrarum is a death metal band from New Jersey, formed in 1999]

[Above: Twilight is an American black metal act]

[Above: Coroner - this band needs no introduction. I remember seeing a video on MTV of their song Masked Jackel. Thrash gods.]

[Above: Archgoat is a death/black metal band from Finland, founded in 1989.]

[Above: Hate Meditation is a black metal band from Chicago, Illinois and was founded in 2003]

[Above: Wow. I can't even tell if this is upside down or not!? What the hell does this say? Anyone know?]

[Above: Suicide Forest, formed in 2016, is from Tucson, Arizona and is described as 'Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal'. It is named after a forest in Japan called Aokigahara known internationally as 'the Suicide Forest', said to be one of the world's most prevalent suicide sites. There are even signs at the head of some of the trails urging suicidal visitors to think of their families and contact a suicide prevention association!]

[Above: Formed in 1993, Strid is from Norway and play 'depressive black metal']

[Above: This patch is from Peste Noire, a black metal band from La Chaise-Dieu, France. The band is sometimes referred to as P.N. or K.P.N (Kommando Peste Noire)]

[Above: This patch is from the Swedish band Dismember]

[Above: This patch is from the German band Poison, not the homosexual American act. They were around from 1982-1987.]

[Above: This patch is from a band called Eternal Darkness. I don't know much else.]

[Above: This patch is from a band called Protector. This is a German thrash band founded in 1986. Protector explored diverse subjects in their lyrics, such as gay pride and anti-fascism.]

[Above: This patch is from an American death metal band called Goreaphobia. This band has been active from time to time since 1988 (1988-1994, 1999-2002, 2004-2012), which makes them due for a new release.]

[Above: This patch is from a band called Von. Von is an American death/black metal band formed in 1987 in O'ahu, Hawaii.]

[Above: This patch is from a Swedish band called Centinex. The band was formed in 1990 and ended in 2006.]

[Above: This patch is from a band called Amorphis. They began as a death metal band in 1990 but have long since went mainstream with a 'popular sound'.]

[Above: This patch is from an unknown band called Iron Maiden. I don't think it ever got popular.]

[Above: This patch is from a band called Malfeitor. There are currently four bands that have used this name, but this patch is from the earliest, formed in 1987 in Washington, D.C.]

[Above: This patch is from the infamous German band Desaster formed in 1988.]

[Above: This patch is from an early American death metal band called Incubus (1986-1989).]