Cigar Encourager

HE'S GONNA BURN THIS PLACE TO THE GROUND -- ONLY UNHOLY ASHES WILL BE LEFT.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the mighty Conrad "Cronos" Lant, bass player/vocalist/songwriter for pioneering English extreme metal band, VENOM, featured in "Power Metal" magazine in a "Picture of the Month," c. April 1989, form a photo-shoot titled "Burn This Place to the Ground." 📸: Pete Cronin.

So, apparently, this one is part of a larger photo-shoot, but this one's probably the best one in the bunch. Also, I haven't enjoyed a cigar in a very long time, and I could seriously go for one before the summer's end. Top hat and all! LOL!

A SMOKY TASTE OF THE EXTREME METAL EIGHTIES FOR THE MID '90s MUSIC-BUYING MARKE

PIC #2: Another shot of VENOM's legendary Conrad "Cronos" Lant, from the pages of "Rock Hard" magazine #088 [a German publication], published September 1994. 📸: Pete Cronin.

EXTRA INFO: These "oversized cigar" photos were reportedly taken during a September 1985 photo-shoot tied to the filming of the band's "Nightmare" music video.