Jeffrey Dunn


Jeff "Mantas" Dunn is a British guitarist best known as one of the founding members of seminal thrash/speed metal band Venom, with which he played as a guitarist from 1979 to 1985 and 1989 to 2002.

Career after Venom

In 1986 he left Venom to form the band Mantas which has recorded two full-length albums: Winds of Change in 1988, and Zero Tolerance in 2004. In 1992 he played guitars for Warfare, a NWOBHM band from the United Kingdom.
In 2006, Mantas toured with German hardcore techno act Scooter in Germany as an additional member on guitar. In 2007 he worked with the band Dryll. In 2009, he guested on German metalcore band Last One Dying's debut album The Hour of Lead and released the Dryll EP Digital Surgery which was available at live shows only.
In 2010, Dunn and former Venom members Antony "Antton" Lant and Tony "The Demolition Man" Dolan formed a band, initially called Primevil and then M-pire of Evil. Dunn played guitar on the track "Hold On" by Scott Michael Cavagan.
In May 2018, Dunn underwent emergency heart surgery in Lisbon following a life threatening incident.

Equipment

Mantas now uses Caparison guitars

Discography

With Venom