Kerrang September 1983 | Deep Sabbath, Meat Loaf and Venom Ain’t Got No Knobs

Caught Up In The Rapture of Me!

We’re jumping forward two years to find Kerrang well and truly established, hitting its 50th issue and smushing a cake onto Ian Gillan’s head. The celebrated Child In Time screamer currently finds himself NOT in the ranks of the mighty Purps, but somehow inexplicably in the doom laden court of another seminal 70s metal combo. Who could that be?

Stonehenge based shenanigans aside, we have a feature on Venom, who are NOT HAPPY. Also disgruntled are Fastway, and most of the Korrespondents on the letters page. Crikey! Nazareth's Dan McCafferty appears in a photo I will never post on Instagram, and I regret to note that we're definitely losing the Quo fans with this episode. Luckily Ozzy shows up on the back cover and all is well again.

We've got some DEEP KUTZ, an argument about DEEP KUTZ, and a Kompetition Update! 

 

Kerrang 50 Sept 1983 - PWM51

Recorded 6th August 2025