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OCTOBER 3rd 2024 DEEPEST HELL- 3 very special new Legions added!

SEPTEMBER 23rd 2024 PHOTOS - ABADDON was in Sweden last weekend. So were we. Pics and review added...

SEPTEMBER 12th 2024 COMPETITIONS - And the winners of the Autographed by ABADDON CD's are...

JUNE 21st 2024 COMPETITIONS - Question: Would you like to WIN one of two autographed VENOM CDs?

JUNE 20th 2024 DEEPEST HELL- Updated list of Members

MAY 12th 2024 OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - The Longbook Of Armageddon...

APRIL 21st 2024 OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Faster than Steel

FEBRUARY 8th 2024 OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Black Fuckin' Jigsaw!

JANUARY 16th 2024 DEEPEST HELL - Updated the ARMOURY with information about items that are Sold Out.

DECEMBER 2023  A massive HELL YEAH to all Ye True LEGIONS for your continued support during 2023. We hope you all have a Venomous Festive Hell!

DECEMBER 2023  ABADDON CLOTHING has a sensational range of VENOM merchandise on offer at the Plastic Head megastore 

DECEMBER 7th 2023 COMPETITIONS - And the winner of the autographed AT WAR WITH SATAN Digi CD is...

OCTOBER 28th 2023 OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Mrs P remembers Halloween with a V Logo on a Pumpkin!

SEPTEMBER 30th 2023 COMPETITIONS - ABADDON has autographed a prize for the latest Site Of The Hydra comp!

SEPTEMBER 28th 2023 COMPETITIONS - The Deepest Hell Battleships campaign has ended. Check the COMPETITION ARCHIVES to view the victors and their loot.

MARCH 8th 2023 - LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New Blood

FEBRUARY 15th 2023 - LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New 10 Year Anniversary Hoodie and Longsleeves and..

DECEMBER 2022 - Wishing All Ye Legions a great Festive time - Thanx for your continued support - Hell Yeah!

NOVEMBER 25th 2022  ABADDON - As Ye Legions may now know, Our Lord of Drums ABADDON has been battling Cancer recently. A GoFund Me page has been set up to help The Man with his medical costs:

https://gofund.me/7f2946d5

AUGUST 7th 2022 - LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - We had another Fanclub Meeting at Mearfest...

AUGUST 6th 2022  PHOTOS - ABADDON UK Live at Mearfest North Festival from May the 1st 2022

JULY 19th 2022 - COMPETITIONS - The autographed Welcome To Hell vinyl has been won.....

MAY 24th 2022  COMPETITIONS - ABADDON has added his signature to a very special WTH vinyl!

MAY 19th 2022 - LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Hail Legions Rise!

APRIL 23rd 2022 - LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - More!

APRIL 7th 2022  COMPETITIONS - The Deepest Hell Members were in Battleship mode, check the Competition Archive to see who won the war at sea.

JANUARY 25th 2022  COMPETITIONS - The Lord of Drums ABADDON has gave someone a good start to 2022!

JANUARY 24th 2022 - LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New Blood to begin a New Venomous Year

DECEMBER 2021  A massive HELL YEAH to all Ye Legions for your continued support during 2021. Have a great festive period, we will return in 2022 with more Iron & Steel mayhem!

NOVEMBER 29th 2021  COMPETITIONS - Who would like to WIN a WELCOME TO HELL CD autographed by ABADDON?

NOVEMBER 9th 2021 20 YEARS OF SITE OF THE HYDRA - Read more

SEPTEMBER 1st 2021 OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Energy Screams - what an awesome present we got!

AUGUST 17th 2021  COMPETITIONS - The Mighty Jeff MANTAS has made a Legion very happy indeed...

JULY 23rd 2021 - LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New Fanclub Flag, Badges, Beermats, Facemasks, etc

JULY 15th 2021  COMPETITIONS - Would YOU like to win an extremely rare VENOM Test Pressing?

MAY 25th 2021  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page 12...

MAY 24th 2021 LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New Merch has arrived - coming soon!

MAY 5th 2021 LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - More Iron & Steel

APRIL 10th 2021  COMPETITIONS - Our Deepest Hell Brethren were doing battle on the high seas again...

APRIL 9th 2021 OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Once upon a time we started a MANITOU Jigsaw...

MARCH 23rd 2021 LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New blood, and the latest exclusive comp is coming to an end....

FEBRUARY 23rd 2021 OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Black Frame of Satan - Part 3...

JANUARY 17th 2021 OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - And hold the Keyring to deaths door...

JANUARY 5th 2021  COMPETITIONS - A lucky Legion has had a winning start to the New Year...

DECEMBER 2020 Wishing All Ye Legions a Hell Yeah Festive Time, and Thanx & Respect to you all for your continued support of this humble website - You all RULE!!

DECEMBER 15th 2020  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Calls me to the wild...

NOVEMBER 12th 2020  COMPETITIONS - It's that time again..... wanna win a BLACK METAL CD autographed by ABADDON? Thought you might...

OCTOBER 31st 2020 COMPETITIONS - A Lucky Legion won a Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Digi CD autographed by ABADDON!

OCTOBER 30th 2020  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page 11 added...

OCTOBER 7th 2020  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - The greatest V Flag - EVER!

AUGUST 3rd 2020  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Infernal addition....

JULY 17th 2020  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - More Black Frame of Satan

MAY 26th 2020  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Black Frame of Satan.... VENOM Framed Posters!

MAY 12th 2020  COMPETITIONS - Visit our Competition Archive to see what 10 Lucky Legions won on our recent exclusive to Deepest Hell comp!

MARCH 30th 2020  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Always honoured to Welcome The Irish Legions!

MARCH 19th 2020  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - We're taking Deepest Hell as our home...

FEBRUARY 11th 2020  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - The latest Legions to Lay Down Their Soul...


A massive Hell Yeah to all Ye True Legions for your support this year - Have a great Helliday period and we'll meet up again in 2020 for yet more Venomous mayhem!


DECEMBER 17th 2019  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ -  Dates Of Hell for 2020...

NOVEMBER 28th 2019  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - The latest Deepest Hell Shirts are arriving all around this damned planet!

OCTOBER 28th 2019  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New Fanclub T-Shirt, Keyrings, Guitar picks, Beermats and more!

OCTOBER 2nd 2019  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Preparations for a LOT of new fanclub merch...

SEPTEMBER 11th 2019  COMPETITIONS - The summer break is over, and if you check our Competition Archive, you will see a Lucky Legion has won a set of unique photos autographed by MYKVS and ANTTON...

JUNE 26th 2019  VENOM CONCERTSAn all-new feature - every single VENOM Mile we have ever travelled.

JUNE 5th 2019  OUR V(ENOM) BITZAn empty V Wallet (what a surprise)...

MAY 12th 2019  COMPETITIONS -Two Lucky Legions have won our ABADDON Competition

APRIL 25th 2019  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ -  At CAR With Satan...

APRIL 4th 2019  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page 10 continues the V Shirt mayhem...

APRIL 3rd 2019  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - More infernal additions...

MARCH 24th 2019  COMPETITIONS -  Our Drum Lord ABADDON has been busy autographing some new competition goodies that 2 of Ye Legions will win! Check the Latest Competition section to view all!

FEBRUARY 26th 2019  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - The latest Fanclub Merchandise can be found HERE

JANUARY 22nd 2019  COMPETITIONS -  The winners of the latest comp can be seen in the Competition Archive page. New comp coming soon!

JANUARY 16th 2019  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - The first new members of the New Year...


As another year comes to a close, we would once again like to Thank All Ye Legions for your continued support during 2018 - True Iron & Steel! We wish you all a great festive period, and Stay Wild as 2019 arrives - Hell Yeah!!!!


DECEMBER 18th 2018  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - German Assault!

DECEMBER 1st 2018  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page 9 added...

NOVEMBER 20th 2018  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Canadian Assault!

NOVEMBER 6th 2018  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New blood....

NOVEMBER 2nd 2018  COMPETITIONS -  We recently had another exclusive competition for the VENOM Deepest Hell Members - check out who won a MANTAS Test Pressing!!

OCTOBER 23rd 2018  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - There was a Fanclub Meeting in August...

OCTOBER 20th  2018  Several areas of the website improved, as we prepare for winter to arrive...

JUNE 6th  2018  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page Nr 8 added....

MAY 25th 2018  COMPETITIONS -  There was a huge Fuckin' ABADDON Comp for the Deepest Hell Members - check our Competitions Archive to see who won the TEN Prizes!

MAY 3rd 2018  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ FLIGHTS Of The Hydra.... where Evil STEMS..... it all POINTS to VENOM Darts!!

APRIL 12th  2018  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page 7 now online....

APRIL 2nd 2018  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New Fanclub items are here, and can be found in The DH Armoury!

MARCH 7th 2018  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - More Members from Helland...

FEBRUARY 22nd 2018  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page 6 of the revamped VENOM T-Shirts section added...

JANUARY 17th 2018  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ Us Hydra's were getting creative recently.... CAST IN WOOD!

JANUARY 12th 2018  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Hail Legions Rise into 2018

DECEMBER 2017  Eternal & Infernal respect and thanx to all you Ye Legions for your continued support throughout the year 2017!! Have a great festive period, and we will return with lots of Black Metal Mayhem in 2018!

DECEMBER 4th 2017  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - All the member certificates are now linked, as we celebrate the first-ever Fanclub Hooded-Zippers...

NOVEMBER 20th 2017  VENOM Q & A -  Relaunch of the Q & A sessions with the V Legends...

NOVEMBER 4th 2017  COMPETITIONS -  The winner of the Autographed DVD is...

OCTOBER 30th 2017  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Some new members who we met at the latest Deepest Hell Fanclub meeting...

OCTOBER 26th 2017  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Slowly getting the VENOM Shirt pages revamped. Page 5 now up'n'running...

SEPTEMBER 15th 2017  COMPETITIONS - A new competition is upon us...

SEPTEMNER 12th 2017  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - A couple of FC meetings coming up...

SEPTEMBER 3rd 2017 VENOM Inc - They hAvé returned!!!!

JULY 8th 2017  VENOM Inc - It has been quite a while...... but at last...... we are getting some REAL Fuckin' VENOM again!!!!!!!  Click Here

JUNE 29th 2017  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - A FC Meeting in France during October 2016.

JUNE 16th 2017  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - A look back to the second Fanclub Meeting in Zurich, Switzerland in October 2015...

JUNE 15th 2017  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Another set of little V Friends...


R(ock).I.P ERIC COOK.

MANTAS and ABADDON have issued the following statements in regard to the sad passing of VENOM's Lengendary Former Manager, ERIC COOK:

MANTAS: "Today sees the end of an era. My good friend Eric Cook lost his battle with the most vicious enemy. This is the second friend I have lost in the last three months to this disgusting disease. We traveled the world together and went through so many things, good and bad, but always remained friends.

"For those of you who don't know, Eric was VENOM's manager and fought hard to see the band rise to the heights that it did, working tirelessly behind the scenes.

"I have no words to express my sadness at the time of this news and can only offer my sincere condolences to his wife Carol and their two children and his brother Ged.

"Taken far too soon, rest well my friend."

ABADDON: "I met Eric Cook when I was 16. I invited him to come with VENOM as guitar roadie when we played our first real concert in Belgium. He subsequently became our manager and pretty much everything we achieved was because of him. We were business partners and saw each other every day for twenty odd years. He was the funniest guy you could hang out with, but tenacious in business and managed to make a quid go a long, long way. We didn't always see eye to eye, but he'd always listen to the other guys' point of view and could be swayed, if need be.

"Eric succumbed to a very violent cancer earlier today. He'd been ill since Christmas but kept working and trying to break bands and run his studio and other business interest.

"As his brother Ged succinctly put… The music business has lost a powerhouse and a legend.... I have lost a brother.

"Sleep well, mate."


APRIL 11th 2017  COMPETITIONS - A new competition is on the horizon, but for now you can view the history of winners and prizes in our Competitions Archive...

APRIL 2nd 2017  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - V(ENOM)HS

MARCH 24th 2017  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - It is about time a pic or 2 of my V Jacket was added

FEBRUARY 28th 2017  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Say HELLo to our little Friends...

FEBRUARY 21st 2017  www.SiteOfTheHydra.com - Reborn!!!!!

JANUARY 8th 2017  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New members for a new year!

DECEMBER 20th 2016  As another Blackened year is about to go by, we would like to thank all Ye True LEGIONS for your continued support of Site Of The Hydra. Hope you all have a great Hell Yeah festive period!

DECEMBER 14th 2016  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - It never stops!

DECEMBER 9th 2016  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New Fanclub shirt - Deepest Hell Yeah!!!!!

DECEMBER 8th 2016  VENOM TATTOOS - And more....

NOVEMBER 15th 2016  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - They just keep on coming!!

NOVEMBER 1st 2016  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Still going WILD!!

OCTOBER 16th 2016  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New members, to celebrate a series of Fanclub Meetings during the VENOM Inc European Tour...

JULY 20th 2016  VENOM TATTOOS - ANTTON's Metal Black Tattoo, and V Roadie GEET DAVE has Injected The VENOM too...

JULY 18th 2016  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - The last new members for now, before a special re-imagination of the very first DH shirt arrives..... soon!

JUNE 11th 2016  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New members, new Merch.... Spirit Of Old!

JUNE 10th 2016  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - New and old VENOM covers by DESTRUCTION, EMPHERIS, MACABRE, SUMMON, MANZER and THE WOLVES OF AVALON....

MAY 27th 2016  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Been a while since Our V Bitz was updated, so...

MAY 16th 2016  COMPETITIONS - The winner of the autographed Prime Evil CD is.....

MAY 13th 2016  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Staying Wild!!!

MAY 11th 2016  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page 18, bringing the total to 216 V shirts thus far...

APRIL 25th 2016  VENOM TATTOOS - And so it continues...

APRIL 14th 2016  VENOM TATTOOS - Another 2 new V Tatts!

APRIL 9th 2016  COMPETITIONS - The closing date has been announced for the competition to win the autographed Prime Evil CD. Plus, the latest winners in one of our exclusive VENOM Fanclub comps!

APRIL 8th 2016  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - With the imminent arrival of the 2016 fanclub merch, some new additions...

MARCH 22nd 2016  VENOM TATTOOS - Did you know that there are now more people in the world that have a VENOM Tattoo than those that dont?

MARCH 8th 2016  VENOM TATTOOS - Never ending!

MARCH 3rd 2016  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - A fourth Fanclub Meeting is on the cards...

MARCH 1st 2016  Black Metal God MANTAS has donated something very special to be auctioned off in aid of Animal Welfare. Click the image top right of this page for all the information...

FEBRUARY 2nd 2016  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Deepest Hell Fanclub Meeting III took place at the VENOM Inc appearance at Metal Assault Festival in Germany. Pics added under the Meeting 2016 tab...

JANUARY 27th 2016  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - As the third Deepest Hell Fanclub Meeting comes closer, some more infernal members added.

JANUARY 15th 2016  COMPETITIONS - As well as the ongoing competition to win the autographed Prime Evil CD, a look back at some previous competition winners and prizes.

JANUARY 6th 2016  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Another year begins like the last one ended!

DECEMBER 22nd 2015  COMPETITIONS - Wanna win a VENOM CD autographed by MANTAS, ABADDON and THE DEMOLITION MAN? Then check out the new comp!

DECEMBER 1st 2015  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Crazy!

NOVEMBER 27th 2015  VENOM T-SHIRTS - About time this section was updated, so here is Page 17....

NOVEMBER 24th 2015  VENOM TATTOOS - Earlier this year, I got the artwork of our humble VENOM Fanclub, Deepest Hell, tattoo'd on my arm....

NOVEMBER 10th 2015  VENOM TATTOOS - And even more...

OCTOBER 23rd 2015  VENOM TATTOOS - More Die-Hard's bear the Devil's Mark!

OCTOBER 22nd 2015  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - We Are As One!!

SEPTEMBER 16th 2015  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - Updated the TRIBUTE ALBUMS section, to include the awesome SUMMONING THE HOUNDS OF HELL album

SEPTEMBER 12th 2015  VENOM TATTOOS - More VENOM Tatts...

SEPTEMBER 1st 2015  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - As the second-ever Deepest Hell meeting approaches, the member list still grows..... Iron & Fuckin' Steel!!!!

AUGUST 25th 2015  VENOM Inc - MANTAS, THE DEMOLITION MAN and ABADDON have announced a European Tour..... They HAVE Returned!!!!

AUGUST 8th 2015  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - 5 more Welcome(d) to (Deepest) Hell...

AUGUST 6th 2015  APPEAL TO ALL YOU LEGIONS - Investigators Hope Heavy Metal Community Can Help Identify VENOM Fan Found Dead 20 Years Ago. More information here

JUNE 22nd 2015  VENOM TATTOOS - 3 members of Deepest Hell have got new V Tatts...

JUNE 6th 2015  VENOM TATTOOS - HADES from Omega has a new V Tatt...

JUNE 3rd 2015  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - A select few added....

JUNE 2nd 2015  COMPETITIONS - And the winner of the Prime Evil CD, fully autographed by ABADDON, THE DEMOLITION MAN and MANTAS, is.....

MAY 7th 2015  COMPETITIONS - Wanna win a real cool fully autographed VENOM CD?

APRIL 30th 2015  VENOM PHOTOS - MANTAS, DEMOLITION MAN & ABADDON reunited on the live stage as VENOM Inc, at the Keep It True Festival 2015!!

APRIL 29th 2015  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Last weekend we were at Keep It True Festival in Germany. The first-ever Deepest Hell Fanclub Meeting happened there. And M:PIRE of EVIL played there. And VENOM Inc played there!!! Yes, THE DEMOLITION MAN, MANTAS and ABADDON have returned!!!!!!!! A review of the concerts, together with lots of pics, can now be found on the Deepest Hell section!

APRIL 17th 2015  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Something new...

APRIL 16th 2015  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Sound the charge!!

APRIL 3rd 2015  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Changes...

MARCH 12th2015  VENOM TATTOOS - Injected....

MARCH 7th 2015  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Going Wild!!!!!!

MARCH 6th 2015  VENOM ALBUMS - More Ranking by The Legions

FEBRUARY 26th 2015  VENOM TATTOOS - And another....

FEBRUARY 7th 2015  M:PIRE of EVIL - Some pix we took of MANTAS and THE DEMOLITION MAN, at the Swiss leg of their crushing European Tour!

JANUARY 30th 2015  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Only the most select of members from here on in.... Iron & Steel!!!

JANUARY 28th 2015  VENOM TATTOOS - And so it continues...

JANUARY 8th 2015  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - The 300 is up....

JANUARY 7th 2015  VENOM TATTOOS - VENOM inked on a lot more Legions!!

DECEMBER 22nd 2014  Infernal & Eternal Thanx to all ye Legions for your continued support of Site Of The Hydra during 2014!!!! Have a great festive period, and we'll meet you all back here in 2015 for some more VENOMous Black Metal mayhem - Legions Iron & Fuckin' Steel!!!!!

DECEMBER 17th 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Not sure how much bigger we can let this become!

DECEMBER 5th 2014  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - Several more Tribs to VENOM added!

NOVEMBER 18th 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - New blood...

NOVEMBER 15th 2014  VENOM ALBUMS - 2 more Legions have ranked the V albums...

NOVEMBER 12th 2014  VENOM T-SHIRTS - A 16th page of V-Shirt madness...

NOVEMBER 3rd 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Infernal additions!

OCTOBER 11th 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - The Unofficial VENOM Fanclub has got a facelift!

SEPTEMBER 26th 2014  VENOM Q&A - We are very excited to announce a brand new feature on Site Of the Hydra: A question and answer session with our Black Metal Heroes! The mayhem gets underway with MANTAS, THE DEMOLITION MAN and ANTTON....

SEPTEMBER 14th 2014  VENOM Founder and Black Metal God MANTAS has come up with a real cool idea to release songs and help a good cause at the same time: Via MANTAS: Ok my friends, visit my site below, click on SONG SHOP and lets see if we can make a small difference together. If you care enough to be interested then please share this EVERYWHERE.

Thank you in advance.

MAXIMUM RESPECT!!

THE OFFICIAL MANTAS WEBSITE

JULY 15th 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - In the last additions before the summer break, many more Legions rise!

JUNE 26th 2014  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Evil takes form in the shape of a Black Metal Sculpture...

JUNE 18th 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - So many new members that I ain't had time to update other parts of the site - Aaarrrggghhh!!

MAY 27th 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - 10 more Legions unite in Deepest Hell...

MAY 2nd2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - More True V-Freaks joined up...

APRIL 10th 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - 7 added to the Fanclub ranks...

MARCH 27th 2014  VENOM TATTOOS - VENOM Injected in Poland and Belgium...

MARCH 23rd 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Good progress with the 2014 Fanclub shirts.

MARCH 6th 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Deepest Hell Yeah!!

FEBRUARY 24th 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Ireland Legions Rise!!!

FEBRUARY 21st 2014  VENOM ALBUMS - Another Legion reveals his choice of VENOM albums!

FEBRUARY 10th 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Probably the last two new members before the new DEEPEST HELL Shirts arrive.

FEBRUARY 1st 2014  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - MELVINS, EX DEMENTIA, GUTTED, MANTICORE, DECAYED, SIGH, VOOR and more added!

JANUARY 29th 2014  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - If you'd like to gamble....

JANUARY 23rd 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - In League with VENOM...

JANUARY 15th 2014  VENOM T-SHIRTS - 15th page of our V-Shirt collection...

JANUARY 9th 2014  VENOM TATTOOS - VENOM is on the bodies of 3 more LEGIONS....

JANUARY 7th 2014  VENOM TATTOOS - Mr Marc Canipel has a new VENOM injection!

JANUARY 6th 2014  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Lets get 2014 going with 7 new members!!

DECEMBER 24th 2013  Infernal Thanx to all ye Legions for your continued support of Site Of The Hydra during 2013 - Respect to you all!!!!! Have a great festive period, and we'll meet you all back here in 2014 for some more VENOMous Black Metal mayhem - Hell Fuckin' Yeah!!!!!

DECEMBER 14th 2013  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - And more Infernal members.....

DECEMBER 10th 2013  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Rising!!

NOVEMBER 26th 2013  VENOM T-SHIRTS - 14th offering of V-Shirts....

NOVEMBER 14th 2013  VENOM TATTOOS - And more...

NOVEMBER 10th 2013  VENOM ALBUMS - More Mighty LEGIONS list the VENOM studio albums in order of preference.

NOVEMBER 5th 2013  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Heaven's On Fire....

NOVEMBER 1st 2013  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Brazil.. Norway.. Malaysia.. Legions everywhere!!

OCTOBER 23rd 2013  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL -3 x Legions added....

SEPTEMBER 30th 2013  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - As the member list increases, please note that to access the Facebook part of the Fanclub, members now need to be logged into their Facebook account to view the group.

SEPTEMBER 25th 2013  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Legions rising!!

SEPTEMBER 24th 2013  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - It's a DEADLINE (Demo Cassette) now...

SEPTEMBER 23rd 2013  VENOM TATTOOS - They just keep on coming...

SEPTEMBER 19h 2013  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Legions from around this damned planet are uniting in DEEPEST HELL.....

SEPTEMBER 16h 2013  VENOM T-SHIRTS - 13th instalment of VENOM T-Shirts....

SEPTEMBER 6th 2013  VENOM TATTOOS - 4 more, including two new ones by Belgium Legioner Marc Canipel!

SEPTEMBER 5th 2013  VENOM PHOTOS - Finally got round to doing higher quality scans of the photographs we took when we were backstage with VENOM at Wacken Open Air Festival 2000. Live pictures of VENOM onstage, and an all-new review done too!

SEPTEMBER 3rd 2013  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Legions Rising....

AUGUST 27th 2013  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - And more...

JUNE 30th 2013  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - BURSTIN OUT have a new EP out now, complete with a crushing WITCHING HOUR coverversion!!

JUNE 27th 2013  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - 8 more Infernal members...

JUNE 4th 2013  M:PIRE of EVIL - A couple of weeks ago, we travelled down to the south of France for 2 brilliant M:PIRE of EVIL concerts. Review and pix available here

MAY 25th 2013  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - Hail Legions Rise!

MAY 2nd 2013  VENOM TATTOOS - And more....

MARCH 22nd 2013  METAL FORUM - Our Metal Forum has moved to here (please update your bookmarks)

MARCH 22nd 2013  VENOM TATTOOS - Among the new VENOM Tattoos is one from DEEPEST HELL Co-founder Thomas Herou...

FEBRUARY 19th 2013  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - The latest arrivals in DEEPEST HELL....

FEBRUARY 15th 2013  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - The list of members is growing....

FEBRUARY 14th 2013  VENOM TATTOOS - 3 more VENOM Tattoos...

FEBRUARY 13th 2013  VENOM PHOTOS - 44 photos we took at VENOM's concerts in London and Manchester during the 2006 UK Tour...

JANUARY 3rd 2013  VENOM TATTOOS - 3 more VENOM Freaks Injected...

DECEMBER 16th 2012  Have a BLACK X-MAS, and a HELL YEAH New Year!!!

DECEMBER 15th 2012  LINKS - The very finest VENOM and Metal links, together with some of the coolest links on the www......

DECEMBER 6th 2012  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - BURSTIN OUT, VEXED and WARHAMMER added....

NOVEMBER 24th 2012  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - 9 new members added to the infernal list...

NOVEMBER 22nd 2012  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - Section updated, with the first of many new additions....

OCTOBER 29th 2012  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - HELLHAUNT and COCAINE COWBOYS join in the VENOM worship...

OCTOBER 4th 2012  VENOM T-SHIRTS - 12th page of VENOM T-Shirt mayhem....

SEPTEMBER 28th 2012  Very proud indeed to announce that The Unofficial VENOM Fanclub is proving to be a huge success! There are now lots of happy Legions around the planet wearing the LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL shirt! Check out the DEEPEST HELL section to see the updated list of Fanclub members... Iron & Fuckin' Steel!!!!!!!

JUNE 12th 2012  LEGIONS: DEEPEST HELL - The Unofficial Classic VENOM Fanclub

JUNE 12th 2012  VENOM TATTOOS - 3 more VENOM Injections...

MAY 7th 2012  VENOM T-SHIRTS - 11th page of VENOM T-Shirt Hell......

APRIL 7th 2012  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page 10 now viewable...

MARCH 17th 2012  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - HELLSTORM and HROSSHARSGRANI do V.

MARCH 8th 2012  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - KULT OV AZAZEL and TERATISM are In League With VENOM....

FEBRUARY 12th 2012  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - EMPHERIS Cover The Mighty V.....

JANUARY 17th 2012  VENOM TATTOOS - 4 additions...

DECEMBER 24th 2011  Hope all Ye Legions are having a BLACK X-Mas!!! Infernal thanx for all your support during 2011 - eternal respect to you all!!!!

DECEMBER 19th 2011  VENOM ALBUMS - Us Hydra's and our LEGION Friends from around the World put the VENOM albums in ranking order....

NOVEMBER 30th 2011  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page 9 is now active, so that's another 12 VENOM Shirts...

NOVEMBER 9th 2011  WELCOME - On this very night 10 Years ago, Site Of The Hydra was born. Click HERE for words...

NOVEMBER 1st 2011  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - More VENOM Covers by DIE HARD (again) and SECRETS OF THE MOON.

SEPTEMBER 27th 2011  VENOM TATTOOS - Count Herou has got VENOM Tattoo Number 3...

AUGUST 11th 2011  VENOM T-SHIRTS - The next set of 12 VENOM Shirts...

JULY 26th 2011  VENOM TATTOOS - More VENOM in the blood....

JUNE 22nd 2011  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page nr.7 of VENOM Shirts...

JUNE 21st 2011  VENOM TATTOOS - Add another Tattoo to the Austrian Legions....

JUNE 17th 2011  PrimEvil becomes M:PIRE OF EVIL - Please read the Official Press Release

JUNE 17th 2011  VENOM TATTOOS - Tattoo'd VENOM Freaks are taking over the world!

JUNE 4th 2011  HELL YEAHS - A list of some seriously awesome people!!! Respect to you all!!!!!

JUNE 2nd 2011  VENOM TATTOOS - Tattoo'd Legions Rise!!

MAY 24th 2011  OUR V(ENOM) BITZ - New section, featuring the Hydramobile for starters :-)

MAY 24th 2011  M:PIRE OF EVIL - Updated page as we prepare...

APRIL 30th 2011  VENOM TATTOOS - And yet another Tattoo'd Legion!!!

APRIL 23rd 2011  VENOM T-SHIRTS - 6th page of VENOM Shirts added...

APRIL 10th 2011  Very proud to let you people know that M:PIRE OF EVIL have asked me to create an official  website. I am very honoured to be considered for this, and have of course accepted this great honour! It will be fantastic to assist the awesome M:PIRE OF EVIL Lads! I am in the process of getting everything set up, and will be trying my utmost to create a worthy site for you all to enjoy. Keep an eye on the following link.. MpireOfEvil.com

APRIL 4th 2011  VENOM PHOTOS - I had a camera with me when I saw VENOM Live in 1990...

MARCH 16th 2011  VENOM TATTOOS - Tattoo'd Swedish Legion!!

JANUARY 28th 2011  VENOM TATTOOS - They just keep on coming...... Hell Yeah!!!

JANUARY 27th 2011  VENOM T-SHIRTS - 12 more VENOM Shirts added...

JANUARY 23rd 2011  VENOM TATTOOS - Soon everyone in the world will have a VENOM Tattoo!!

JANUARY 18th 2011  VENOM TATTOOS - And yet another Inked-Legion!!

JANUARY 3rd 2011  VENOM TATTOOS - Another 2 of The Australian Legions show their VENOM colours...

DECEMBER 27th 2010  VENOM TATTOOS - Even more VENOM injections!!!

DECEMBER 10th 2010  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page 4 now onsite, so that's 48 VENOM Shirts thus far.....

NOVEMBER 27th 2010  VENOM TATTOOS - Iron & Steel & Ink = another V-Tatt!!

NOVEMBER 4th 2010  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - Another VENOM Cover by Thrashers NECRODEATH!

OCTOBER 27th 2010  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page 3 with third batch of V Tee's....

OCTOBER 26th 2010  METAL LINKS - Updated, including brand-new Hydra banner!

SEPTEMBER 10th 2010  VENOM T-SHIRTS - Page 2 is now active, with 12 more VENOM Shirts from our collection...

SEPTEMBER 3rd 2010  VENOM T-SHIRTS - We recently decided that we should take pictures of all the VENOM Shirts, Longsleeves, etc, that have built up at Castle Hydra over the years. We are not gonna reveal just how many there are, suffice to say there was rather a lot! For starters, there is a batch of 12 VENOM Shirts now viewable... more will be added soon!

AUGUST 24th 2010  MANTAS - ANTTON - THE DEMOLITION MAN = M:PIRE of EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!

JULY 23rd 2010  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - Yet more VENOM Tribute: IMMOLITH and TOKYO YANKEES!

JUNE 30th 2010  VENOM TATTOOS - The VENOM just keeps on being injected!

JUNE 6th 2010  VENOM PHOTOS - A legendary set of VENOM photographs, taken in 1980!!

APRIL 1st 2010  VENOM TATTOOS - 2 (more)of our Facebook Legion-Friends have VENOM in their blood too....

MARCH 1st 2010  VENOM PHOTOS - It is with great pride that we present probably the rarest VENOM pictures ever seen, which were taken at the first ever VENOM concert. Truely an historic moment for this humble website! For his assistance on the section, a massive infernal thanx goes to VENOM Founder and The Man who invented BLACK METAL, Mr JEFF MANTAS!!! A TRUE Legend!!!!!!!!!!!

JANUARY 16th 2010  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - AURA NOIR, ATOMIZER, BALBERITH, GENOCIDIO and MAYHEMIC TRUTH cover VENOM!

DECEMBER 29th 2009  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - BEHEMOTH and VADER cover V!!

DECEMBER 22nd 2009  VENOM TATTOOS - We recently met yet another LEGION complete with VENOM Tattoo..

DECEMBER 13th 2009  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - This section is eventually going to be totally overhauled. For starters, the first 6 pages are now redesigned.

NOVEMBER 10th 2009  VENOM TATTOOS - Our Facebook mate Ste Shone's VENOM Tattoo!

OCTOBER 1st 2009  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - WARFIST cover VENOM!

SEPTEMBER 13th 2009  FACEBOOK - Any of Ye Freaks with a Facebook account are most welcome to (Hell) send us a friend request on our FB page. You can view our Facebook page HERE

AUGUST 19th 2009  VENOM ALBUMS - Our review of VENOM's sensational CAST IN STONE album!!

AUGUST 2nd 2009  VENOM COVERVERSIONS - DIE HARD worship VENOM!!!!

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DECEMBER 2nd 2008  SITE OF THE HYDRA on MySpace. Click here to view some new pix, music, etc etc....

NOVEMBER 21st 2008  FOTOS / LIVE REVIEWS - An evening with the mighty JEFF MANTAS, guesting with LAST ONE DYING!!!!

JULY 5th 2008  VENOM TATTOOS - At the HELLFEST Festival in France, we bumped into another LEGION with VENOM body art...

JUNE 27th 2008  LIVE REVIEWS - Last weekend, VENOM headlined the HELLFEST Festival in France. We made the trip too...

APRIL 28th 2008  VENOM ALBUMS - Lay Down Your Soul to the second greatest album ever created!!

APRIL 24th 2008  FOTOS / LIVE REVIEWS - Last Saturday we went to see MIKE HICKEY (aka MYKVS) live onstage!!!

NOVEMBER 2nd 2007  VENOM ALBUMS - About 25 years ago, I discovered an album called WELCOME TO HELL...

AUGUST 20th 2007  OK, this site is starting to take shape again! New index page, plus new sections are slowly appearing... not all sections are active yet, but are not too far off...

AUGUST 5th 2007  First up, many thanx for all your wonderful messages of support, you people are fuckin' awesome!!! Work on the new version of SITE OF THE HYDRA is underway. Graphics are being created, new ideas and design being thought out, etc. So far, the Guestbook & Hell Yeah's pages have been revamped... Also, as many of you are missing our Forum (which, like our MySpace page, was removed without our knowledge), you'll be pleased to know that we are looking into things regarding an all-new METAL Forum! Watch this space...


JULY 23rd 2007. It is with great regret and a heavy heart that we must inform you that the SITE OF THE HYDRA so many of you have known since 2001 no longer exists, thanks to a certain person who used to be a friend and hero to us. For legal reasons, at this stage we do not want to comment any further. Please respect our wishes at this sad time, Thank You.

We would like to apologise to any of you that were on our friends list on SITE OF THE HYDRA's MySpace and Facebook. Our pages was deleted without our knowledge, so we never even had the chance to get our mails / messages saved, let alone save your MySpace ID's, etc. At some point, SITE OF THE HYDRA will return to MySpace. Not sure if we will be able to remember all 230+ friend ID's though. Sorry in advance!

There is no good news. All we can say is that SITE OF THE HYDRA will continue, although at this exact moment we have not had time, or been in the right frame of mind, to even start thinking about what direction this site will take. The last 18 months has been a very tiring and draining experience for us, and to be honest, we need to take a break from this, to see if our enthusiasm and love of this site can ever recover. I am sure it will, it just might take a while.

For the moment, we will just leave this very basic version of the website online, together with our interactive features. Our Metal Forum continues to grow, and is a terrific place to discuss not just music, but movies, television, games, sports, etc as well. Many of our closest friends are active there, and as a whole, the people on our forum are wonderful. Join us!

To finish, we would just like to thank you all for the marvellous support and kindness you showed towards us since 2001. It has been an absolute pleasure to have been able to create something that so many of you enjoyed, and we are deeply humbled by the many kind words you sent us over the years. We have made some terrific friends with so many of you, from all corners of this rotten planet, the very greatest of respect to you all! And we hope that you will continue to enjoy SITE OF THE HYDRA for a long time to come!

Thank You and goodnight. SITE OF THE HYDRA will return...