Bathory
Bathory was a Swedish extreme metal band from Vällingby, formed in March 1983 by sole constant member Thomas Forsberg, known as Quorthon, whose first four albums—raw, lo-fi, and openly Satanic—are regarded as foundational documents of Scandinavian black metal. Beginning with Blood Fire Death (1988) and fully realized on Hammerheart (1990), Quorthon pivoted to an epic, Norse-mythology-driven style that effectively created Viking metal as a subgenre. Quorthon died of heart failure in June 2004 at age 38, ending the band; his two-decade body of work remains among the most influential in extreme metal.
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Bathory Discography
10 tracks
- 1 Storm of Damnation (Intro) 3:07
- 2 Hades 2:45
- 3 Reaper 2:44
- 4 Necromancy 3:40
- 5 Sacrifice 3:16
- 6 In Conspiracy With Satan 2:29
- 7 Armageddon 2:32
- 8 Raise the Dead 3:41
- 9 War 2:38
- 10 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:23
10 tracks
- 1 Storm of Damnation (Intro) 3:07
- 2 Hades 2:50
- 3 Reaper 2:44
- 4 Necromancy 3:39
- 5 Sacrifice 3:16
- 6 In Consperacy with Satan 2:29
- 7 Armageddon 2:30
- 8 Raise the Dead 3:40
- 9 War 2:16
- 10 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:23
12 tracks
- 1 Revelation of Doom (Intro) 3:28
- 2 Total Destruction 3:51
- 3 Born for Burning 5:13
- 4 The Winds of Mayhem 3:11
- 5 Bestial Lust 2:37
- 6 Possessed 2:39
- 7 The Rite of Darkness 2:20
- 8 Reap of Evil 3:21
- 9 Son of Damned 2:44
- 10 Sadist 2:57
- 11 The Return of Darkness and Evil 3:56
- 12 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:23
11 tracks
- 1 Revelation of Doom (Intro) 3:28
- 2 Total Destruction 3:51
- 3 Born for Burning 5:13
- 4 The Winds of Mayhem 3:11
- 5 Bestial Lust 2:37
- 6 Possessed 2:39
- 7 The Rite of Darkness 2:21
- 8 Reap of Evil 3:21
- 9 Son of Damned 2:44
- 10 The Return of Darkness and Evil 3:56
- 11 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:23
10 tracks
- 1 Nocturnal Obeisance 1:27
- 2 Massacre 2:37
- 3 Woman of Dark Desires 4:07
- 4 Call from the Grave 4:54
- 5 Equimanthorn 3:40
- 6 Enter the Eternal Fire 6:57
- 7 Chariots of Fire 2:46
- 8 13 Candles 5:14
- 9 Of Doom...... 3:42
- 10 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:23
9 tracks
- 1 Oden Ride over Nordland 3:00
- 2 A Fine Day to Die 8:36
- 3 The Golden Walls of Heaven 5:22
- 4 Pace Till Death 3:40
- 5 Holocaust 3:25
- 6 For All Those Who Died 4:57
- 7 Dies Irae 5:12
- 8 Blood Fire Death 10:30
- 9 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:59
8 tracks
- 1 Shores in Flames 11:11
- 2 Valhalla 9:34
- 3 Baptise in Fire and Ice 7:59
- 4 Father to Son 6:29
- 5 Song to Hall up High 2:35
- 6 Home of Once Brave 6:41
- 7 One Rode to ASA Bay 10:24
- 8 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:23
8 tracks
- 1 Twilight of the Gods 11:04
- 2 Through Blood by Thunder 6:46
- 3 Blood and Iron 10:28
- 4 Under the Runes 5:58
- 5 To Enter Your Mountain 7:35
- 6 Bond of Blood 7:36
- 7 Hammerheart 4:41
- 8 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:23
15 tracks
- 1 Rider at the Gate of Dawn 1:18
- 2 Crawl to Your Cross 4:38
- 3 Sacrifice 4:14
- 4 Dies Irae 5:13
- 5 Through Blood by Thunder 6:03
- 6 You Don't Move Me 3:30
- 7 Oden Ride over Nordland 3:00
- 8 A Fine Day to Die 8:53
- 9 War 2:15
- 10 Enter the Enternal Fire 6:56
- 11 Song to Hall up High 2:35
- 12 Sadist 2:58
- 13 Under the Runes 5:57
- 14 Equimanthorn 3:44
- 15 Blood Fire Death 10:28
12 tracks
- 1 The Return of Darkness and Evil 4:58
- 2 Burnin' Leather 3:53
- 3 One Rode to ASA Bay 9:20
- 4 The Golden Walls of Heaven 5:22
- 5 Call from the Grave 4:57
- 6 Die in Fire 3:36
- 7 Shores in Flames 10:43
- 8 Possessed 2:39
- 9 Raise the Dead 3:40
- 10 Total Destruction 3:50
- 11 Bond of Blood 7:37
- 12 Twilight of the Gods 13:39
10 tracks
- 1 Requiem 5:00
- 2 Crosstitution 3:18
- 3 Necroticus 3:19
- 4 War Mashine 3:20
- 5 Blood and Soil 3:35
- 6 Pax Vobiscum 4:14
- 7 Suffocate 3:37
- 8 Distinguish to Kill 3:15
- 9 Apocalypse 3:50
- 10 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:23
11 tracks
- 1 Intro-Blood on Ice 7:28
- 2 Man of Iron 2:33
- 3 One Eyed Old Man 4:21
- 4 The Sword 4:08
- 5 The Stallion 5:15
- 6 The Woodwoman 6:18
- 7 The Lake 6:42
- 8 Gods of Thunder of Wind and of Rain 5:41
- 9 The Ravens 1:10
- 10 The Revenge of the Blood on Ice 9:52
- 11 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:23
15 tracks
- 1 33 Something 3:14
- 2 Satan My Master 2:06
- 3 The Lake 6:42
- 4 Crosstitution 3:17
- 5 In Nomine Satanas 6:24
- 6 Immaculated Pinetreeroad #930 2:47
- 7 War Mashine 3:19
- 8 The Stallion 5:14
- 9 Resolution Greed 4:13
- 10 Witchcraft 2:49
- 11 Valhalla Backvoc/Multitrack Sample 1:38
- 12 Sociopath 3:11
- 13 Pax Vobiscum 4:12
- 14 Genocide 4:34
- 15 Gods of Thunder of Wind and of Rain 5:41
13 tracks
- 1 Lake of Fire 5:43
- 2 Destroyer of Worlds 4:51
- 3 Ode 6:27
- 4 Pestilence 3:55
- 5 Bleeding 6:50
- 6 109 3:36
- 7 Death from Above 4:35
- 8 Kill Kill Kill 2:50
- 9 Liberty & Justice 3:52
- 10 Krom 3:09
- 11 Sudden Death 3:19
- 12 White Bones 8:35
- 13 Day of Wrath 8:12
11 tracks
- 1 Oden Ride over Nordland 5:43
- 2 Armageddon 2:27
- 3 Possessed 2:39
- 4 Enter the Eternal Fire 6:57
- 5 A Fine Day to Die 11:18
- 6 One Rode to ASA Bay 9:08
- 7 Prologue/Twilight of the Gods/Epilogue 13:38
- 8 Distinguish to Kill 3:16
- 9 War Supply 4:42
- 10 The Woodwoman 6:17
- 11 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:25
11 tracks
- 1 Oden Ride over Nordland 5:44
- 2 Armageddon 2:30
- 3 Possessed 2:40
- 4 Enter the Eternal Fire 6:53
- 5 A Fine Day to Die 11:50
- 6 One Rode to ASA Bay 9:20
- 7 Prologue/Twilight of the Gods/Epilogue 13:39
- 8 Distinguish to Kill 3:15
- 9 War Supply 4:41
- 10 The Woodwoman 6:19
- 11 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:25
10 tracks
- 1 Prelude 2:34
- 2 Nordland 9:21
- 3 Winterblot 5:17
- 4 Dragon Breath 6:45
- 5 Ring of Gold 5:34
- 6 Foreverdark Woods 8:06
- 7 Broken Swords 5:34
- 8 Great Hall Awaits Fallen Brother 8:16
- 9 Mother Earth Father Thunder 5:37
- 10 Heimfard 2:12
10 tracks
- 1 Fanfare 3:36
- 2 Blooded Shore 5:36
- 3 Sea Wolf 5:22
- 4 Vinland 6:36
- 5 The Land 6:13
- 6 Death and Resurrection of a Northern Son 8:14
- 7 The Messenger 9:59
- 8 Flash of the Silverhammer 4:01
- 9 The Wheel of Sun 12:22
- 10 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:22
13 tracks
- 1 One Rode to ASA Bay 10:20
- 2 The Lake 6:39
- 3 The Land 6:11
- 4 Raise The Dead 3:39
- 5 War Pigs 8:47
- 6 Enter The Eternal Fire 6:57
- 7 Blood Fire Death 10:28
- 8 Ring Of Gold 5:35
- 9 War Machine 3:18
- 10 War 2:13
- 11 Ace Of Spades 5:12
- 12 Death And Resurrection Of A Northern Son 8:21
- 13 The Ravens 1:08
15 tracks
- 1 Song to Hall up High - Remastered 2:32
- 2 Oden Ride over Nordland - Remastered 2:59
- 3 Twilight of the Gods - Remastered 11:04
- 4 Foreverdark Woods - Remastered 8:09
- 5 A Fine Day to Die - Remastered 8:23
- 6 The Woodwoman - Remastered 6:15
- 7 I' Ve Had It Coming My - Remastered 3:31
- 8 Armageddon - Remastered 2:27
- 9 Born to Die - Remastered 3:55
- 10 God Save the Queen - Remastered 3:14
- 11 The Sword - Remastered 4:07
- 12 For All Those Who Died - Remastered 4:54
- 13 Call from the Grave - Remastered 4:52
- 14 Born for Burning - Remastered 5:10
- 15 Boy - Remastered 7:39
17 tracks
- 1 The Wheel of Sun - Remastered 8:45
- 2 Apocalypse - Remastered 3:48
- 3 Black Diamond - Remastered 6:09
- 4 Woman of Dark Desires - Remastered 4:05
- 5 Destroyer of Worlds - Remastered 4:49
- 6 Sea Wolf - Remastered 5:24
- 7 Deuce - Remastered 3:41
- 8 The Return of Darkness and Evil - Remastered 3:50
- 9 Day of Wrath - Remastered 7:09
- 10 I'm Only Sleeping - Remastered 2:56
- 11 Ode - Remastered 6:23
- 12 Hammerheart - Remastered 3:53
- 13 Heimfard - Remastered 2:06
- 14 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) - Remastered 0:24
- 15 You Just Got to Live - Remastered 5:04
- 16 Silverwing - Remastered 5:15
- 17 Song to Hall up High - Remastered 2:31
14 tracks
- 1 Song to Hall up High 2:32
- 2 Oden Ride over Nordland 2:59
- 3 Twilight of the Gods 11:04
- 4 Foreverdark Woods 8:09
- 5 A Fine Day to Die 8:23
- 6 The Woodwoman 6:15
- 7 I' Ve Had It Coming My 3:31
- 8 Armageddon 2:27
- 9 Born to Die 3:55
- 10 The Sword 4:07
- 11 For All Those Who Died 4:54
- 12 Call from the Grave 4:52
- 13 Boy 7:39
- 14 Born for Burning 5:10
15 tracks
- 1 The Wheel Of Sun 8:45
- 2 Apocalypse 3:48
- 3 Black Diamond 6:09
- 4 Woman Of Dark Desires 4:05
- 5 Destroyer Of Worlds 4:49
- 6 Sea Wolf 5:24
- 7 Deuce 3:41
- 8 The Return Of Darkness And Evil 3:50
- 9 Day Of Wrath 7:09
- 10 I'm Only Sleeping 2:56
- 11 Ode 6:23
- 12 Hammerheart 3:53
- 13 Heimfard 2:06
- 14 The Winds of Mayhem (Outro) 0:24
- 15 You Just Got To Live 5:04
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