Venom & Tears

Venom & Tears is the fifth studio album by the metal band Throwdown. It was released in 2007 on Trustkill Records. The album was featured in Best Buy's weekly circular prior to its release. The track "Holy Roller" was released as a single.

Venom & Tears
Studio album by
Throwdown
ReleasedAugust 7, 2007[1]
RecordedApril–May 2007
GenreGroove metal, metalcore, hardcore punk
Length61:14
LabelTrustkill
ProducerMudrock
Throwdown chronology
Vendetta
(2005)		 Venom & Tears
(2007)		 Deathless
(2009)
Singles from Venom & Tears
  1. "Holy Roller"
    Released: December 4, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Punknews.org[2]
Live-metal.net[3]
Lordsofmetal.nl[4]

The album insert has two holes on the neck of the pictured female in the place of the two fang wounds on the album cover.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Dave Peters and all music composed by Throwdown.

  1. "Holy Roller" – 4:48
  2. "Day of the Dog" – 5:07
  3. "S.C.U.M." – 3:21
  4. "Americana" – 4:33
  5. "Weight of the World" – 2:46
  6. "Cancer" – 2:03
  7. "Hellbent (On War)" – 2:39
  8. "No Love" – 4:31
  9. "Venom & Tears" – 5:03
  10. "I'll Never Die a Poisoned Death" – 4:29
  11. "I, Suicide" – 3:37
  12. "Godspeed" – 5:58
  13. "Leave a Message" – 12:18
  14. "Propaganda" – 3:35
  • Track 14 is a Sepultura cover, only available on the Japanese, European, Australian, New Zealand and iTunes editions.[5]

Track appearances
  • "Americana" was released with a cover of Crowbar's "Planets Collide" as a Digital EP exclusive to iTunes prior to the album's release.
  • "I, Suicide" appears on the soundtrack to the film Resident Evil: Extinction.

Personnel
  • Dave Peters – vocals
  • Mark Choiniere – guitar
  • Matt Mentley – bass
  • Ben Dussault – drums
  • Ryan Clark – design
  • Al Fujisaki – engineer, mixing
  • Josh Grabelle – A&R
  • Jeff Gros – photography
  • Jim Miner – tattoo art
  • Dave Schultz – mastering
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References
  1. "Throwdown post preview of upcoming album". altpress.com. July 18, 2007. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  2. "Throwdown: Venom & Tears (2007)". Punknews.org. August 17, 2007. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  3. Maki, Jeff. "THROWDOWN 'Venom and Tears' (Trustkill)". live-metal.net. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  4. "Throwdown - Venom & Tears". lordsofmetal.nl. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  5. fist2face.com.au. "Venom And Tears australian release". Retrieved 2008-11-11.


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