Cronos were a United Kingdom

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-based heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band formed in 1988 by Venom

Venom (band)

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 front man Conrad "Cronos" Lant

Conrad Lant

Conrad Thomas Lant is a British musician who is the vocalist and bass player of the influential black/thrash metal band Venom, from 1979 to 1987 and from 1995 to present.- Early life :...

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History

Conrad "Cronos" Lant's eponymous band formed after disappointing sales of Venom's Calm Before the Storm album led him to quit Venom. He took with him the two guitarists, Mike Hickey and James Clare, that Venom had hired to replace founding guitarist Jeff "Mantas" Dunn upon his departure in 1986. The three ex-Venom members added drummer Chris Patterson to complete Cronos' initial lineup, releasing Dancing in the Fire in 1990, followed by 1991's Rock n' Roll Disease.

Clare and Patterson both left in the years following, with the latter briefly replaced by drummer Ian McCormack and later by ex-Cathedral

Cathedral (band)

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 and Acid Reign

Acid Reign

-Early career :Acid Reign were formed by Mark Ramsey Wharton , Ian Gangwer , Howard "H" Smith , and future Cathedral member Gary "Gaz" Jennings . Second guitarist Kevin Papworth joined in 1987....

 drummer Mark Ramsey Wharton. A third album, Triumvirate, was recorded but never released. Instead, the band released the confusingly-titled Venom in 1995, which collected songs from the first two records, material from Triumvirate, as well as re-recorded Venom material performed by the current Cronos lineup. In 1995, the 'classic' Venom lineup reformed, canceling the release of Triumvirate and sending Cronos (the group) into permanent hiatus. Hickey then embarked on a brief stint touring with the English death metal

Death metal

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 band Carcass

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Lant has been active with Venom ever since. Hickey also rejoined Venom in 2005, but departed again two years later. Cronos' 2006 Hell to the Unknown double-CD repackages the Venom album with further rarities, demos, and previously released material.

Members

• Conrad "Cronos" Lant
  Conrad Lant
  Conrad Thomas Lant is a British musician who is the vocalist and bass player of the influential black/thrash metal band Venom, from 1979 to 1987 and from 1995 to present.- Early life :...
  
   – vocals, bass (1988–1996)
• Mike Hickey – guitar, vocals (1988–1996)
• James Clare – guitar, keyboards, vocals (1988–1993)
• Chris Patterson – drums (1988–1992)
• Ian McCormack – drums (1992–1993)
• Mark Ramsey Wharton – drums (1993–1995)

Discography

• Dancing in the Fire (1990)
• Rock n' Roll Disease (1991)
• Venom (1995)
• Hell to the Unknown (2006) - A posthumous anthology release

External links

• Cronos at MusicMight
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• Cronos at Encyclopaedia Metallum
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• Cronos at the BNR Metal Pages
• CRONOS The Black Metal God