Conrad Lant

Conrad Thomas Lant aka his stage name Cronos born on 15 January 1963, is a British musician best known as founder and lead singer and bass player of English heavy metal band, Venom. He found the band at 1978 in Newcastle, England. In 1979, the original bassist left one week before a church hall gig. Instead of not playing the venue, Cronos took up the bass and they changed the band name to Venom. He continued to play the bass throughout his career in Venom. In 1980, the band’s vocalist, Clive Archer (with stage name Jesus Christ), left the band, leaving Cronos to take over this role too and finalizing the band into a three-piece group. His music style and singing was a major influence to the Bay Area Thrash Metal bands such as Metallica, Slayer, Exodus and many other bands.