Venom singer Cronos dies days after Bruno Kramm's death

Cronos, voice of Venom, dies

What did Cronos die of? The cause of the Venom singer's death has not been made public. The news comes just days after the death of artist Bruno Kramm, who died after finishing a live performance in Granada, and neither of them was known to have a history of poor health. That gap —the report that never arrives— is exactly the ground where speculation flourishes.

What Venom was and their mark on later metal

Venom sounded bad. That is, paradoxically, their greatest merit and what earned them a place in metal history. The trio was made up of Cronos, Mantas and Abaddon, and some people bought their first album just for the cover. There were those who swore they had stolen their mothers' kitchen pots to put the band together. Dirty sound, drunken voice and an attitude that, over the years, proved more influential than any polished production.

The mark crossed borders: in the thread it is remembered that, when the Norwegians Euronymous and Vikernes found out that "Cronos's thing was a pose" and that he was nothing more than a rough, fun-loving guy from Newcastle, they almost had a fit. That was the charm. While others turned darkness into competition, he made a spectacle.

The hypotheses about the cause of death that no data supports

In the reactions to the news, a thesis is circulating that should be placed where it belongs: that both deaths, due to their sudden nature and no known previous pathology, would be related to vaccination. There is no published data that supports that link, and the very formulation of the suspicion rests on an "it is more than likely" that is nothing more than an intuition elevated to a diagnosis. It is argued, along the same lines, that the cause has not been made public, as if the absence of information were proof of something.

Another explanation, equally orphaned of evidence, attributes any musician's death to drug use. The theory has more to do with automatic prejudice than forensic analysis. The problem is not suspecting: it is selling suspicion as a conclusion.

From tribute to joke: how the news has been received

The reaction has been a mixed bag. Some write that Cronos has not died: he has become a legend, and some review his career recalling that the sound of those first albums was a disaster and, at the same time, foundational. There is no shortage of jokes about baldness and long hair, nor those who directly doubt that the band was worth much. The memorial and the joke coexist without discomfort.

All the same, the fact that orders the conversation is the absence: two sudden deaths in a few days, none with a public explanation. There is no coincidence to prove, only questions.

Dying without an official cause is the most effective way to enter the club of myths: no one can dispute your record because there is no record. The rest will be provided by time, which is the only thing that never fails.