Antony "Antton" Lant is an English drummer, best known for his time with

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band

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. He was the band's drummer from 2000 to 2009 and recorded three albums with them. His oldest brother is Graham Lant, former drummer of

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,. He is a direct cousin of the frontman of Enthroned, Nornagest. Lant left Venom in 2009 so he could concentrate on his

groove metal Groove metal, sometimes also called neo-thrash or post-thrash, is a subgenre of heavy metal music that began in the early 1990s. The genre is primarily derived from thrash metal, but played in slower tempos, and making use of rhythmic guitar pa ...

band Def-Con-One. He was also a part of the metal band Dryll together with former Venom guitarist

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. Although he is best known as a drummer, he is also an avid guitarist. Lant played drums for Mpire of Evil (formerly Primevil) alongside

and Tony Dolan until 2012 before leaving to concentrate on Def-Con-One. In 2012, they released the album ''Warface'' with Lant on drums.

Discography

With Venom

*''

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'' (2000) *'' Metal Black'' (2006) *''

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'' (2008)

With Mpire of Evil

*''Creatures of The Black'' (2011) *''Hell to the Holy'' (2012)

With Def-Con-One

*''Warface'' (2012) *''II'' (2014)

References

Living people English heavy metal drummers Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-drummer-stub