Former VENOM Guitarist MANTAS Talks About PRIMEVIL In Audio Interview

April 20, 2011

On January 21, 2011, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar) about PRIMEVIL — the new band he formed with fellow former VENOM members Tony "The Demolition Man" Dolan (bass, vocals) and Antony "Antton" Lant (drums; brother of VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant). You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below.

In a recent interview with Metality, Dolan stated about the formation of PRIMEVIL,"Well, I think it came about as Mantas and Antton who were both doing separate music projects (DRYLL and DEF-CON-ONE) came together in DRYLL. Mantas needed a drummer and Antton offered his services. People kept wondering what it would be like if Mantas and Antton played with me and it was kind of, 'Oh, yeah that would be fun perhaps,' but then DRYLL played a show and performed the VENOM track 'Black Metal' [with Antton] and that was kind of it. People started saying I had to come in and play, too. So I got a phone call and had a few chats with Mantas and that was that; we decided we'd see if it worked. It does, very well, but then again myself and Mantas have always been friends and played well together. The addition of a drummer as good as Antton was something too cool to pass up! The name we decided should be chosen by the fans who wanted this to happen. The first VENOM album I did was 'Prime Evil' in 1989 and that was the name the fans chose for this band. PRIMEVIL is old school, I guess, melodic, heavy, powerful. [As to how PRIMEVIL is] different from VENOM, [I'm] not sure. We will inevitably be compared, as we are all ex-VENOM [members] and, of course, Mantas was the main songwriter for VENOM, so... But I feel we are more like classic metal. MOTÖRHEAD, BLACK SABBATH.... PRIEST and VENOM."

A video interview with PRIMEVIL can be viewed in three parts:

* Part#1
* Part#2
* Part#3

"Prime Evil" was the name of VENOM's sixth studio album, which came out in 1989 and was the first to feature Dolan on vocals.

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