Mantas

Mantas was the band formed by erstwhile Venom guitarist Jeff Dunn (aka Mantas, naturally) following his acrimonious departure from the group, and their glossy, synthesizer-driven hard rock sound was indeed a far cry from the legendarily crude black metal pioneers. Not that the latter in any way translated into increased record sales, since the group's 1988 debut album -- aptly named Winds of Change, and actually recorded four years earlier -- was released by the promotionally challenged Neat Records. Rather, both the album and 1989's slightly more aggressive Deceiver EP were t...