 | Bathory Under the Sign of the Black Mark
4.2
excellent
| Ranking: #22 for 1987 | |
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| 3.0 good | zaruyache | October 26th 15 |
I've never been huge on thrash metal and this is a lot of thrash metal so a 3/5 isn't really surprising.
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| 5.0 classic | SkapalPes | June 22nd 14 |
As for me, this is the first masterpiece of Bathory. It retained its roughness, darkness and brutality and added some extra sense for melodiousness to create one fantastic black metal opus, where fast and slow tracks co-exist together in perfect balance.
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| 4.5 superb | Elmo | January 12th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 4.5 superb | Do I have somfing n my face? | October 19th 21 |
quorthon inducts symphonics, later to reach their peak in such as emperor, and slow tempo atmospheric epics, which he himself would master on the nordland albums, into the trv kvlt. the whole album is pure win but call from the grave, enter the eternal fire, and 13 candles, the slow tempo epics, really steal the show
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| 5.0 classic | Mitch | August 28th 20 |
Dude, I think I like black metal now...
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| 4.5 superb | commonist | August 24th 18 |
90/100. At this point in my exploration through Bathory's discog, UtSotBM is undoubtedly my favorite. While the production is cleaner than its predecessors (and believe me, cleaner is a relative term), the band retains their hellish sound, complete with barbed guitars, demonic vocals, dizzying drums, and damning lyrics. In addition to this, the extended song structures show off the band's versatility and ability to grow. Brutal stuff.
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| 4.5 superb | B3nnysBack2 | November 19th 17 |
Arguably the most influential and one of the best black metal records of all time. Perfect distribution of rapid-fire and more mid paced doomy tracks give the record a sense of a whole, complete well done work. Undeniable black metal classic.
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| 0.0 | AngryChristian | March 28th 17 |
+The production is raw and kvlt without sucking (cough Transylvanian Hunger)r+Good songwriting, with some amazing songs on it like Woman Of Dark Desires, A Call From The Grave and Of Doomr+Diversity with fast songs and more melodic songsr+ENTER THE ETERNAL FIRE!!!r-A couple of songs aren't too memorablerIt's the best black metal album of the 80's and black metal fans will find it to be perfect. LISTEN TO IT!
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| 5.0 classic | BRAman22 | June 21st 15 |
Swedish extreme metal played just about as fast as possible. The soloing is pure insanity. Absolutely fucking amazing album all around.
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| 0.0 | RYMsfullofscenesters | October 16th 13 |
Easy to romanticize, but it's not quite as good as s/t or Return, is it? The superficial appeal is obvious: the thrashers are faster and the epic tracks are epicer...er. Or rather, there actually are "epic" tracks at all, foreshadowing the upcoming axes & ale era. But the riffs just aren't really there for the most part, and there are some really obvious throwaways. Not quite a classic I say.
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| 0.0 | Wreath | April 17th 12 |
My gateway to black metal. Well, it's early Bathory so obviously it's atmospheric and while not that much of a sensation technically it definitely has its moments in terms of songwriting, most noticeably on Equimanthorn. Albums kinda drags sometimes though, would it have showcased a more varied collection of songs it would be well worth a 4.
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| 3.5 great | Fernando Alves STAFF | August 6th 11 |
In my opinion Quorthon's best record. My favourite tracks here are Enter the Eternal Fire and specially Woman of Dark Desires, his best song. Essential and extreme influential to the second wave of Black Metal.
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| 4.5 superb | ThrashK | June 28th 11 |
Quorthon, a lone man gone years ago before the day. Mindblowing, especially as this is among the first released true black metal records!
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| 4.5 superb | Above | March 24th 24 |
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| 2.0 poor | Zakusz | April 19th 22 |
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| 2.5 average | Jurtz | December 20th 18 |
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