# Cronos (band)

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{{Short description|English heavy metal band}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Cronos
| image           = Venom, Conrad „Cronos“ Lant at Party.San Metal Open Air 2013 09.jpg
| caption         = Conrad "Cronos" Lant performing in 2013
| image_size      =
| origin          = [Newcastle upon Tyne](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne), England
| genre           = [Heavy metal](/source/Heavy_metal_music), [thrash metal](/source/thrash_metal)
| years_active    = 1988–1996
| label           = Neat Metal
| website         =
| current_members =
| past_members    = [Conrad "Cronos" Lant](/source/Conrad_Lant)<br />Mike Hickey<br />James Clare<br />Chris Patterson<br />Ian McCormack<br />[Mark Ramsey Wharton](/source/Mark_Wharton)
}}

'''Cronos''' were an English [heavy metal](/source/heavy_metal_music) band formed in 1988 by [Venom](/source/Venom_(band)) frontman [Conrad "Cronos" Lant](/source/Conrad_Lant).

==History==
Conrad "Cronos" Lant's eponymous band formed after disappointing sales of Venom's ''[Calm Before the Storm](/source/Calm_Before_the_Storm_(Venom_album))'' album led him to quit Venom.<ref name="LarkinHR">{{cite book|title=[The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)|editor=[Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin_(writer))|publisher=[Virgin Books](/source/Virgin_Books)|date=1999|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0257-7|page=109}}</ref>  He took with him the two guitarists, Mike Hickey and James Clare,<ref name="LarkinHR"/> that Venom had hired to replace founding guitarist [Jeff "Mantas" Dunn](/source/Jeff_%22Mantas%22_Dunn), upon his departure in 1986.  The three ex-Venom members added drummer Chris Patterson to complete Cronos' initial line-up, releasing ''Dancing in the Fire'' in 1990,<ref name="LarkinHR"/> followed by 1991's ''Rock n' Roll Disease''.<ref name="AMG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/cronos-mn0000128524|title=Cronos &#124; Biography & History|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref>  

Clare and Patterson both left in the years following, with the latter briefly replaced by drummer Ian McCormack and later by ex-[Cathedral](/source/Cathedral_(band)) and [Acid Reign](/source/Acid_Reign) drummer Mark Ramsey Wharton.<ref name="AMG"/>  A third album, ''Triumvirate'', was recorded but never released.  Instead, the band released the confusingly-titled ''Venom'' in 1995,<ref name="LarkinHR"/> which collected songs from the first two records, material from ''Triumvirate'', as well as re-recorded Venom material performed by the current Cronos line-up.  In 1995, the 'classic' Venom lineup reformed, cancelling the release of ''Triumvirate'' and sending Cronos (the group) into permanent hiatus.<ref name="AMG"/>  Hickey then embarked on a brief stint touring with the English [death metal](/source/death_metal) band [Carcass](/source/Carcass_(band)).

Lant has been active with Venom ever since. Hickey also rejoined Venom in 2005, but departed again two years later. Cronos' 2006 ''Hell to the Unknown'' double-CD repackages the ''Venom'' album with further rarities, demos, and previously released material.

==Members==
*[Conrad "Cronos" Lant](/source/Conrad_Lant) – vocals, bass <small>(1988–1996)</small>
*Mike Hickey – guitar, vocals <small>(1988–1996)</small>
*James Clare – guitar, keyboards, vocals <small>(1988–1993)</small>
*Chris Patterson – drums <small>(1988–1992)</small>
*Ian McCormack – drums <small>(1992–1993)</small>
*[Mark Ramsey Wharton](/source/Mark_Wharton) – drums <small>(1993–1995)</small>

==Discography==
*''Dancing in the Fire'' (1990)
*''Rock n' Roll Disease'' (1993)
*''Venom'' (1995)
*''Hell to the Unknown'' (2006) – [anthology](/source/anthology) release

==References==
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==External links==
*{{allmusic}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090212164028/http://bnrmetal.com/v2/bandpage.php?ID=Cron Cronos] at the BNR Metal Pages
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090217194755/http://www.cronos.nu/ CRONOS] The Black Metal God

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Category:Musical groups established in 1988
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1995
Category:English thrash metal musical groups

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