Tear Your Soul Apart is a compilation album by Venom

Venom (band)

Venom are an English heavy metal band that formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Venom's first two albums—Welcome to Hell and Black Metal —are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general...

. "'The Ark" and "Civilised" are studio outtakes that didn't appear on the Prime Evil

Prime Evil (Venom album)

Prime Evil is the sixth studio album by heavy metal band Venom. It is also the first in a series of three albums with former Atomkraft bassist and vocalist Tony Dolan as a band member and composer...

album. The track "Hellbent" is a live cover of the Judas Priest

Judas Priest

Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1969. The current line-up consists of lead vocalist Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis. The band has gone through several drummers over the years,...

 song "Hell Bent for Leather" with the lyrics in the chorus changed to "Hell bent for metal."

Track listing

All tracks except for "Hellbent" composed by Dolan/Bray/Dunn/Lant.

Credits

• Venom
  Venom (band)
  Venom are an English heavy metal band that formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Venom's first two albums—Welcome to Hell and Black Metal —are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general...
  
   - producer
  Record producer
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  , performer
• Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan
  Tony Dolan
  Tony "Demolition" Dolan is an English musician and actor, most known as bassist and vocalist of heavy metal bands Atomkraft and Venom born in 1961....
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals
  Singing
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• Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn – lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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• Al Barnes – rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
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• Tony "Abaddon" Bray – drums
  Drum kit
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