When In The Arms Of Devastation came out, it was easily regarded as one of Kataklysm's best, and an all-around killer death metal record for obvious reasons: killer hooks, killer groove, solid production, great mixing courtesy of Tue Madsen (Mnemic, Dark Tranquillity, Heaven Shall Burn), etc. When Prevail came out, it seemed like for some you had to be a big Kataklysm fan to enjoy it as it focused on groove and melody. Oh, I love that record, I've got nothing bad to say about it. One of my favorites thing about that record is the guest appearances from Dave Linsk (Overkill), Pat O'Brien (Cannibal Corpse), and their mixing engineer for that record, Jason Suecof. Here we have Heaven's Venom, the band's heaviest and quite possibly best album yet. I think that the band recognized how good of a job they had done with In The Arms Of Devastation, and I think they've even claimed on one or two occasions how proud of that record they were. So, it's quite apparent that they wanted to make something in the similar spirit of that record, and build up on it. Tue Madsen did such an unbelievably awesome job on Devastation that he was once again hired to mix and master. Now, none of this goes to say that they've made a sequel to Devastation, but if that's the record that you most enjoyed, then Heaven's Venom will not disappoint.

I have loved Kataklysm since their "Shadows & Dust" era and this album is exceptional. Brutal as ever, and crazy as ever. For any death metal fan looking for something brutal and sophisticated and with lots of flavor; this album is exactly what you are looking. Listen to this album on Spotify and see for yourself, that's what I'm doing as I'm writing this actually. I would love if they created a legacy as large (if not larger than) as Slayer and stick around another decade or so. You can tell that they have a bus load of energy still in them and I very much high doubt that they are going away any time soon!!

I am not much of a fan of euro metal.When i heard "Soulless God" on Liquid Metal,I ordered Heavens Venom as fast as I could!!! Absolutely BROOTAL!!!!

Crushing, heavy, down tuned guitars to blast-beat drums come together in a heavy fast brutal dark death metal album. Great album, every song is good as the next and but that's not to say that there aren't songs that are way better. Definitely an album that should be considered for album of the year.