Jeffrey Dunn
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Background information | |
Birth name | Jeffrey Dunn |
Also known as | Mantas |
Born | Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
22 April 1961
Genres | Thrash metal, black metal, death metal, heavy metal, speed metal, punk, metalcore, industrial metal |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instruments | Guitar, bass, keyboard |
Years active | 1979–present |
Associated acts | Venom, Dryll, Primevil |
Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (22 April 1961) is a British guitarist best known as one of the founding members of seminal Thrash/speed metal band Venom, with which he played as a guitarist from 1979 to 1985 and 1989 - 2002.
In 1986 he left Venom to form the band Mantas which so far has recorded two full-length albums: Winds of Change in 1988, and Zero Tolerance in 2004. In 1992 he played guitars for Warfare, a NWOBHM band from the UK.
In 2006, Mantas toured with German hardcore techno act Scooter in Germany as an additional member on guitar.[1]
As of 2007, Dunn was working with the band Dryll.[2]
In 2009, he guested on German metalcore band Last One Dying's debut album The Hour of Lead
2010 Jeff Dunn and former Venom members, Antony "Antton" Lant (drums; brother of Venom frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant) and Tony "The Demolition Man" Dolan (bass, vocals) are back with their new band, initially called Primevil but now Mpire of Evil.
Contents
Equipment
- CSL Flying V
- Fender Stratocaster /w\ Telecaster Neck
- Ibanez RG (Black Finish)
- Ibanez RG (Blue Finish)
- Ibanez Xiphos (Black Finish)
- Steinberger Synapse (Black Finish)
- Ibanez Destroyer DT 555 (Black Finish with White Pickups)
Mantas now uses Caparison guitars
Discography
With Venom
- Welcome to Hell (1981)
- Black Metal (1982)
- At War with Satan (1984) (Chart Position #64 UK),(#48 SE)
- Possessed (1985) (Chart Position #99 UK)
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (double live album) (1986)
- Prime Evil (1989)
- Tear Your Soul Apart (EP) (1990)
- Temples of Ice (1991)
- The Waste Lands (1992)
- Venom '96 (EP) (1996)
- Cast in Stone (1997)
- Resurrection (2000)
With Mantas
- Winds of Change (1988)
- Deceiver (single, 1988)
- Zero Tolerance (2004)
- Death By Metal (demo collection, 2012)
With M-pire of Evil
- Creatures Of The Black (EP, 2011)
- Hell To The Holy (2012)
- Crucified (2013)
References
External links
- MANTAS Solo projects
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