At War With Satan
by Venom
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Venom bestography
At War With Satan is ranked 4th best out of 16 albums by Venom on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Venom is Black Metal which is ranked number 4315 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 335.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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At War With Satan track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (2 out of 7 tracks have been rated).
At War With Satan rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MetalMan67 | Top 59 Music Albums of 1984 | 30/59 | 3 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 78 Music Albums of 1984 | 14/78 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 89 Music Albums of 1984 | 34/89 | 3 |
| 2026 | Repo | 1984: Metal | 17/71 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  MW19704U | The Hitchhiker's Guide To The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal | 48/100 | - |
| 2021 | NHGRANITE | Top 50 Music Albums of 1984 | 42/50 | 1 |
| 2017 |  NoisyBeast | Top 2000 Albums of the 1980s... #1201-1300 | 42/100 | - |
| 2017 | NoisyBeast | Favorite 1980s Metal Albums | 69/100 | - |
| 2017 | NoisyBeast | Top Albums of 1984... #101-200 | 17/100 | - |
| 2012 | LaineJ | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 48/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 15 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/17/2026 12:01 |  Strangel | 1,006 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 22:16 | mizzle | 1,529 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/12/2024 01:22 |  idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/11/2023 23:55 | MetalMan67 | 6,195 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2023 18:11 | MW19704U | 6,988 | 59/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 67.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.8.
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Repo 12/05/2022 03:50 | #291774
84:d Who Do They Think They Are?!
Aka The Party Line Misses The Party!
Satan laughs the words of war
The Heavens shake with fear
Armageddon sings his song …
“Let the joyous celebrations of Hell begin”... At War With Satan
The Setting: Venom were mostly just an idea to music heads in the early 80s. Especially to rock critics who, let’s face it, are essentially our historians. They were still years away from really even understanding Venom, let alone enjoying them. They didn’t quite get it. So when Venom released an epic song of prog rock length and scope on At War With Satan, they finally could let out a sigh of relief. "This one’s easy", they said. "Who do they think they?! Rush?!” And so in the scrolls of rock history, this album was set aside as the place where Venom lost their way.
But, is it true? Or just “Baa!”
The Listen: One of the GREAT epics of metal storytelling in the early 80s. Right up there with Black Sabbath’s Heaven & Hell and Children Of the Sea. Dynamic & doomy. Cohesive while also being ferocious, At War With Satan is told & executed with conviction and creativity. Set to blackened primitive thrash, this is vivid, grip-ya-by the chestnuts storytelling of Heaven versus Hell that updates Milton & Dante for the House Of Dragons crowd.
The Verdict. I don’t know if they’ve admitted it or not. I don’t need to. Venom’s title track MASSIVELY influenced the direction the almighty Slayer would take on Hell Awaits. It's an epic, underground CLASSIC as essential as Welcome to Hell and Black Metal. It’s time everyone skipped the party line and just joined the party!
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