"Rock and Roll Disease" is the second album by Cronos, the band spawned from the ashes of the "Calm Before the Storm"-era Venom. The second album basically picks up where the first one ("Dancing in the Fire") left off; that is, it's thrash/powerish metal with some mainstream elements (easily digestible riffing/song structures, vocal melodies, hook-y choruses), but there are a few heavier moments as well (the album's opener, "Messages of War", is dare I say heavier than most of Venom's back catalog). Much like the first album as well, it's disappointing if you're hoping for more of that old Venom magic, but if you're just out for some catchy, powerful-and-kinda-thrashy heavy metal then you'll dig this album.

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