Welcome To Hell

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Neat 1002 LP
Released in December 1981
Recorded at Impulse Studios, Newcastle, England
Produced by Keith Nichol & Venom
Album Cover Artwork by Conrad Lant

Album Lineup:
CRONOS (Conrad Lant)   -   Vocals & Bass Guitar
MANTAS (Jeffrey Dunn)   -   Guitar
ABADDON (Anthony Bray)   -   Drums

 

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
01 Sons Of Satan Lant Lant 3:37
02 Welcome To Hell Lant Lant / Dunn 3:13
03 Schizo Lant / Dunn Dunn 3:30
04 Mayhem With Mercy - Lant / Dunn 0:58
05 Poison Lant / Dunn Dunn 4:31
06 Live Like An Angel (Die Like A Devil) Dunn Dunn 3:56
07 Witching Hour Lant / Dunn Lant / Dunn 3:41
08 One Thousand Days In Sodom Lant Lant / Dunn 4:34
09 Angel Dust Lant / Dunn Dunn 2:39
10 In League With Satan Lant Lant / Dunn 3:32
11 Red Light Fever Lant / Dunn Dunn 5:12

 

Additional Information
First pressing with pink lyric sheet and poster (see pictures bottom page)
Also issued as limited edition picture disc and on purple vinyl.

The Combat pressing (both vinyl & CD) has In Nomine Satanas (3:28)
and Bursting Out (2:56) as bonus tracks.

The 2002 re-release by Castle Music / Sanctuary (Cat.No. CMRCD471) came as a
slipcase CD and the 2010 double Clear vinyl release from Back On Black
(Cat.No. BOBV198LP) both included the following bonus tracks:
12. Angel Dust [Lead Weight version] (3:03)
13. In League With Satan [7" Version] (3:31)
14. Live Like An Angel [7" Version] (3:54)
15. Bloodlust [7" version] (2:59)
16. In Nomine Satanas [7" version] (3:29)
17. Angel Dust [demo] (3:10)
18. Raise The Dead [demo] (3:29)
19. Red Light Fever [demo] (4:51)
20. Welcome To Hell [demo] (4:57)
21. Bitch Witch [outtake] (3:08)
22. Snots Shit [outtake] (2:06) 

 

VINYL
Country Label Year Cat. No. Short describtion
England  Neat  1981  Neat 1002  Silver Neat label print 
England  Neat  1981  Neat 1002  Blue Neat label print 
England Neat 1981 Neat 1002 Green Neat label print
England Neat 1981 Neat 1002 Red Neat label print
England Neat 1981 Neat 1002 Purple coloured vinyl
England Neat 1981 Neat 1002 Picture disc
Italy Base 1981 Neat 1002 Different backcover/brown label print
Spain Victoria 1981 VLP-198 Silver Neat label print
France Bernett 1981 SB 18002 Enfer magazine & Bernett logos on front cover
Canada Banzai 1981 BRC 1907 -
Japan Trio 1981 AW-25018 Lyric sheet in english/japanese & OBI
USA Combat 1985 MX 8032 In Nomine Satanas & Bursting Out as bonus tracks - Silver label print.
USA Combat 1985 MX 8032 In Nomine Satanas & Bursting Out as bonus - Camouflage label print.
Holland Roadrunner 1985 RR 9707 Frontcover in sliverprint
Italy Earmark 2003 E 41002 180 gram vinyl in gatefold sleeve
Italy Earmark 2003 41002 P Picture disc, limited to 750 copies
Italy Earmark 2003 E 41002 180 gram Gold vinyl in gatefold sleeve
Italy Earmark 2003 E 641002 180 gram Clear vinyl in gatefold sleeve
England Back On Black 2010 BOBV198LP 2x vinyl, BLACK vinyls. PROMO/TEST pressing. With cutting sheet.
England Back On Black 2010 BOBV198LP 2x CLEAR vinyl, gatefold, 9 bonus tracks, limited to 1000 copies
England Back On Black 2010 BOBV198LP 2x BROWN vinyl, gatefold, 9 bonus tracks, limited to 1000 copies
England Back On Black 2010 BOBV198LP 2x WHITE vinyl, gatefold, 9 bonus tracks, limited to 1000 copies
England Back On Black 2016 BOBV198LP 2x RED vinyl, gatefold sleeve, 9 bonus tracks

 

 

CD
Country Label Year Cat. No. Short describtion
Germany Roadracer  1990 RO 9707-2 Price Killers cover
EEC  Castle 1992 CLACD 255  Linernotes by Paul Elliot, Kerrang!
Italy Castle 1992 CLACD 255  Red Venomlogo on CD
USA Combat   88561-8032-2 In Nomine Satanas & Bursting Out as bonus tracks
Japan Teichiku 1993 TECX-25545 10 bonus tracks + 28 pages booklet & OBI
England Sanctuary 2002 CMRCD 471 11 bonus tracks + 12 pages booklet / slipcase cover
Brasil Dynamo 2002 DYN 0300-2 11 bonus tracks + 12 pages booklet / slipcase cover
Thailand Platinum 2002 8 858305 007345 11 bonus tracks + 12 pages booklet / slipcase cover
Thailand Platinum 2002 8 858305 007345 Same as above. PROMO COPY
China Sanctuary 2002 CM0026 11 bonus tracks + 12 pages booklet / slipcase cover
USA Sanctuary 2006 82310-73003-2 11 bonus tracks + 12 pages booklet / slipcase cover
Russia Soyuz 2006 4 601 250 335 841 11 bonus tracks + 12 pages booklet / slipcase cover
Japan Universal 2008 UICY-93684 Minature LP style paper sleeve. SHM-CD, with OBI
England Dissonance 2016 DISS002CD 11 bonus tracks + 12 pages booklet / digipack

 

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Pictures Of Every CD-pressing of WELCOME TO HELL
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Poster from first vinyl pressing

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Lyric sheet from first vinyl pressing

 

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Original Picture Disc

 

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Re-issued picture disc from 2003

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Double Clear vinyl, gatefold sleeve, 9 bonus tracks, limited to 1000 copies
Back On Black release 2010

 

 

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NEAT 1002 ENGLAND Labelprint - Silver Label

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NEAT 1002 ENGLAND Labelprint - Blue Label

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NEAT 1002 ENGLAND Labelprint - Green Label

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NEAT 1002 / Base Records ITALY Labelprint - Brown Label

 


 

 

LYRICS
Welcome To Hell (all original album tracks)

 

VIDEOCLIPS
Welcome To Hell - LIVE FROM HAMMERSMITH ODEON 1984
Witching Hour - PROMOVIDEO FROM 1982

 

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