{
  "id": 14414512,
  "title": "He Pushed Heavy Metal to Even Darker Extremes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/he-pushed-heavy-metal-to-even-darker-extremes",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-14T09:01:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NYT Arts",
    "slug": "nyt-arts",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/arts/music/conrad-lant-cronos-dead.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Conrad Lant, the frontman for Venom, took the stage name Cronos, pioneered black metal and more or less made Satan a sideman. He has died at 63.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}