Bathory

[Bazarov]

Discuss the musical awesomeness that is Bathory.
Bathory inspired many Viking, and black metal bands. And I believe that Bathory is a must own essential band for every metalhead, even if you don't like black metal or viking metal bands. If you're ignorant of Bathory, go here:
http://metal-archives.com/band.php?id=184
Educate yourself.

So, their self-titled has been my favorite album by them since, forever.

[FatalEnergy]

Blood Fire Death is by far the best. It incorporates all the aspects of their sound into one album. The other albums are great too. Quorthon was a god.

NP: Bathory - Blood on Ice

[Nostalgia]

Blood Fire Death is my favorite, and Hammerheart after that.

[Bazarov]

No, Austin, ur rong.

Anyways after our conversations, I've decided to give BDF another listen.

[Nostalgia]

Do so. Get Hammerheart too, even though I don't think you're gonna like it, haha. You just might though.

[jjbraunius]

for me Bathory is only their dark early stuff. The viking era was just boring compositions with a mediocre singer and guitarist. The BM days were pure evil instead.

[FatalEnergy]

I didn't like the Viking stuff at first. I remember buying Hammerheart and thinking, "What the hell did I just get?". After I while I "got it", and I've been hooked on that era of Bathory as much as the black metal era.

[AA-12]

Bathory is awesome. I was just listening to BFD like 2 minutes ago.

[Stoo]

Bathory really is awesome. I was listening to Blood Fire Death walking round town today.

:cool:

[i am the robots]

Nordland is win.

[CabbageStabbage]

Bathory pwns. I've heard the self-titled, The Return, BFD, and Hammerheart, they are all pretty awesome

[Darkness]

Bathory is an excellent band indeed, Hammerheart slays hard.

[RetiredAt21]

Love this band.

[Thasis]

Blood On Ice was my favorite album. Amazing composition if you ask me.

[FatalEnergy]

Quorthon never released anything bad except for maybe Octagon which, was really not that great at all, but everything else he did was grade A stuff.

NP: Bathory - The Woodwoman

[Apocalypticon]

I'm not a huge fan of Blood on Ice or Octagon. But still I don't think that should be held against him, because they are only poor in comparison with everythign else Quorthon released. Hammerheart is my favourite followed closely by Under The Sign of the Black Mark and Blood Fire Death.

[Luc214]

I don't like them. Well, I don't like Blood Fire Death, I've never heard any other releases of theirs.

[Nostalgia]

...Get Hammerheart then. It's Quorthon's cleans, and it's just a very awesome album.

[Txus]

One of my favorite bands. Hammerheart and BFD are masterpieces among the BM and Viking circle.

[Apocalypticon]

Well obviously Hammerheart is a masterpiece among Viking Metal Circles, that album created the genre.

[Txus]

Yeah. One Rode To Asa Bay is the Viking anthem.

[Apocalypticon]

Along with Nordland. That songs is so epic.

[Huber]

I got Blood Fire Death awhile back just to hear it as it's so influential. I love it, but I've never gotten any further into Bathory.

[Apocalypticon]

You're missing out man.

[Huber]

From what I'm reading I should check out Hammerheart.

[Darkness]

From what I'm reading I should check out Hammerheart.

You really, really need too.

I charish my bought copy. :D

[Apocalypticon]

From what I'm reading I should check out Hammerheart.

If you're a fan of any Fiking at all there is no way you will dislike Hammerheart.

[Txus]

Yes, there is.

[FatalEnergy]

No, there isn't.


NP: Bathory - Great Hall Awaits a Fallen Brother

[i am the robots]

You really, really need too.

I charish my bought copy. :D

cherish*

[Darkness]

cherish*

Thanks.

[i am the robots]

No prob, bro.

[sonictheplumber]

Elizabeth Bathory is who inspired the name. She was a serial killer in the 1500's and early 1600's who killed 600 women, took baths in blood, and did all sorts of stuff like that. She was caught, imprisoned, and was forced to live in a small closet for the final four years of her life until she died in 1614.

[Apocalypticon]

Elizabeth Bathory is who inspired the name. She was a serial killer in the 1500's and early 1600's who killed 600 women, took baths in blood, and did all sorts of stuff like that. She was caught, imprisoned, and was forced to live in a small closet for the final four years of her life until she died in 1614.

no really? I never would have guessed

you forgot to mention she thought she was a vampire and that she only killed virgins

[Nostalgia]

Bathory are named after the Dissection songs, guys. Pfft!

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Bathory, Under The Sign of The Black Mark and Blood Fire Death are all great albums.

[Bazarov]

no really? I never would have guessed

you forgot to mention she thought she was a vampire and that she only killed virgins

please, we all know there's no such thing as vampires. Blade killed them all.

[CabbageStabbage]

Bathory are named after the Dissection songs, guys. Pfft!

The song Elizabeth Bathory by Dissection is actually a cover.

One day I will make a mix tape of love songs and I will randomly include the song "Bestial Lust". Hilarity will ensue, as well as a serious breakup. The lyrics to that song... brilliant.

[Nostalgia]

The song Elizabeth Bathory by Dissection is actually a cover.

One day I will make a mix tape of love songs and I will randomly include the song "Bestial Lust". Hilarity will ensue, as well as a serious breakup. The lyrics to that song... brilliant.

Oh wow, that's surprising. Well, Dissection did a good job with it at least.

[FatalEnergy]

Tormentor's Anno Domini is great if you like old Bathory. You can tell that Bathory had a huge influence.

[Thasis]

Bathory inveted Black Metal making Dissection just another clone to gods that Bathory were. May Quorothon live in our black hearts.

[AA-12]

I don't like them. Well, I don't like Blood Fire Death, I've never heard any other releases of theirs.

lololololol

[FatalEnergy]

Blasphemy if I've ever heard it.

[AA-12]

Could someone here upload a good copy of Hammerheart? I've downloaded like 2 and the quality was like hearing a old tape player being **** on while playing.

[Nostalgia]

Have you tried the link off Asabay?

[AA-12]

Not yet.

[Nostalgia]

http://rapidshare.de/files/26640030/Hammerheart.rar.html

[AA-12]

Much <3 Austin.

[Nostalgia]

:D

No problem.

[AA-12]

http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/2004/0612/Quorthon.jpg

That pic is classic. It's funny thinking how he basically made viking metal then takes a picture like that which is the farthest something could be from "viking", haha.

[Nostalgia]

Haha, he looks like a thug.

[AA-12]

And super mexican :lol:

When I see that, I always imagine that he had just said something like "you chico, sweet ride".

[FatalEnergy]

He seemed like such a laid back dude in all the footage I've seen of him during the Hammerheart days

[AA-12]

Yeah, he's always seemed like a really cool guy.

[CabbageStabbage]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=R7g4UE0KBpo

There's some footage of Quorthon when he was on tour for something. Lol @ the stereotypical looking metalheads.

NP: Bathory - Nordland

[pate]

http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/2004/0612/Quorthon.jpg

That pic is classic. It's funny thinking how he basically made viking metal then takes a picture like that which is the farthest something could be from "viking", haha.

:lol: That pic is great.

[Darkness]

That footage was pretty cool, to bad you can't understand whats being said most of the time though.

[FatalEnergy]

That's the only thing I wish Quorthon would have done, actually had a touring band and played live. Just think of having a live Bathory album.

[Stoo]

He was probably practicing playing everything at once so he could tour, hence the heart attack... Hehe, what a legend.

[Apocalypticon]

Bathory would have been to epic live. Theres no way mere mortals would have been able to absorb all of the epicity without exploding.

[FatalEnergy]

I wonder how Quorthon would go about the vocals playing both the Black Metal and the Viking stuff in one show.

[Darkness]

I wonder how Quorthon would go about the vocals playing both the Black Metal and the Viking stuff in one show.

What do you mean? You don't think he could do both styles in one show or something?

[FatalEnergy]

Well, if you think about it, Quorthon never went back to harsh vocals really after Hammerheart, except for on Requiem, but they were still nowhere near the intensity that they were on the early BM releases. I would just wonder if he would treat the vocals different for the older songs.

[Darkness]

I guess we'll never find out. :(

[FatalEnergy]

Sadly :(

I do have one live song from Bathory. Call from the Grave in 1987. Apparently it was one of the few shows that he played

[Darkness]

Really? How is it?

[FatalEnergy]

Very raw. His vocals are more of a shout, not a black metal rasp like on the album. Sounds like there's about 5 people in the crowd

[pate]

There probably were. :p