Bathory

Artist: Bathory
Label: Black Mark Records
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 602276000120
EAN: 0602276000120
ASIN: B000006SRS

Release Date: 1994-09-27

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Tracks:

Storm Of Damnation (Intro)
Hades
Reaper
Necromansy
Sacrifice
In Conspiracy With Satan
Armageddon
Raise The Dead
War
Untitled

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Customer Reviews:

Groundbreaking For This Style.......2007-01-17

I picked this up in a record store in Madrid, Spain, just because of the pentagram and band logo on the cover. My version was the Spanish issue which is why the cover is different from what is shown here. The music is simple, crude, crappily recorded, and couldn't have captured the essence of what Quorthon was trying to do any better. This is black metal at it's finest. Many bands have copied this style but few have measured up to the originator.

The vocals are guttural and raw and the guitars, bass, and drums present a slug-fest to the ears. I taped this on cassette and used to listen to it on my commute to work (in Spain) and I wore the cassette out. I like all the songs, if you want to call them that. I would be more inclined to call them noise compositions or noise-scapes.

To this day, I still don't know for sure if anyone else played on this album besides Quorthon. He says there were others, according to his web site, but I cannot remember any names being mentioned. And the fact is, the band rarely, if at all, played live and added a great tone of mystery to their (or Quorthon's) legacy. Another mystery to me is who "The Boss" is. This may be an actual person, yet from what I know of Quorthon, it may just be another facet of his personality.

This is black metal at its finest. Highly recommended.

For those who like it RAW!.......2006-05-29

I have to say that Bathory are becoming one of my favorite bands of all time, Quorthon is just that amazing. I mean to think that he made practically this whole album himself, as in wrote the songs/lyrics, was the killer guitarist and gave it that "made in my garage" sound all at the age of 18 is nothing less than DAMN F*CKING IMPRESSIVE! I mean when I was 18 I was only just getting into metal and smoking a lot of pot... yeah real productive huh?

Yeah I'll definitely start off by saying that this is one of the first if not THE first true black metal album along with Mercyful Fate's Melissa, Don't Break the Oath, and of course serious props go to Venom's first 2 albums (this album is heavily influenced by Venom) What makes this stand out from other early BM outputs is Quorthon's signature buzz-saw vocals and that aforementioned "I made this for $50 in 50 mins" lo-fi sound. However, if you ask me I friggin' love that kind of production, it really makes black metal...well black metal! Seriously, if you thought Venom and the like was too raw for you then stay the HELL away from this and the other early Bathory albums.

Now let's go over some of the highlights of the album. "Reaper" is a friggin' BM classic dammit, it's short and to the point, very punkish and pure evil, certainly having its listeners into a headbanging frenzy. Necromansy has the memorable line "I gather up the force of darkness to bring damnation lust and war, Demand all heaven's virgins bend before our horny lord". HAHA! C'mon that's just awesome, plain and simple. Hey doesn't the title "In Conspiracy With Satan" sound a lot like Venom's "In League With Satan"? Well obviously not musically I'm just talking about the friggin' title. Yeah I just thought I'd mention that.

Sacrifice and Raise the Dead are more Venom song titles yet these are a tad more evil than Venom's dare I say, or maybe they're just right on par with the evilness. Basically the songs are pretty simple and completely raw, that's pretty much all you people need to know. What's pretty sweet about this album is that I think all the songs are equally good, nothing really stands out so much except for 'Reaper', just buy the album and listen for yourself.

So if you like those aforementioned early extreme metal bands and old school speed metal like Motorhead and such and if you're not a pansy who complains about production then this is right up your alley!

Bathory.......2006-02-10

Bathory, named after Elizabeth Bathory, serial slaughterer, and psychopath. The name is only adequate. Clocking in at a little over 26 minutes, this might, perhaps be the most influential Black Metal album of all time. This one is very short and to the point. You'll find all of Black Metal's trademarks, screeching vocals, pummeling drums, and super fast guitar riffs and solos. The subject matter of the lyrics is very fun and not to be taken seriously. With songs like "Raise The Dead" and "Reaper", you'll find that horror movie type of theme throughout the album. Also, I might add that the lyrics are absolutlely great: "Beyond the mountains, where the wind cries out its pain, Deserted valleys where the darkness always reigned" (Hades). I can't get enough of that kind of stuff. Anyways, if you're curious about Black Metal and want to know where to start, look no further than Bathory's self-titled debut.

The beginging of Black Metal.......2005-05-04

Let's put it this folks. If you don't like Bathory then you have no business listening to this kind of music. Now for those of you who do, let me just say that i thik that this is the album that spawned a million black metal bands across Europe. From first track to last, Bathory takes you on a dark and scary ride through hell and refuses let go of you. This is black metal at its very roots. The only reason i dont give this five stars is because of the time frame and because i think it could have sounded a little better, but hey this black metal kids. If you don't have this album, buy it now and indulge yourself in its greatness.

THE Album That Kickstarted Black Metal!.......2005-03-19

Influenced by the likes of Motorhead and taking their sound to another level, Bathory created an exciting type of new heavy metal back in 1982. They blended the aggro-thrashings of heavy metal with garage punk, and added a terrifying type of anguished screams over the wall of sound... And this, ladies and gentleman, is what began black metal. While many hair bands took to singing about partying, women, drugs, and booze, Quorthon looked to much darker things of Satanism, the occult, and sacrificial rituals, later to be the blueprint for countless black metal bands.

The music here is simple, fast, heavy-hitting, and shows almost no technical merits except for an occasional solo. The drums focus on basic ride-snare patterns, the guitars churn out simple, yet catchy and effective rhythms based on power chords, and the bass seems almost non-existant. But this release must have made one heck of an impression years ago, especially with Quorthon's anguished, raspy screams forefronting the sound, which was unlike anything ever seen in metal at the time. His screams are a tad like Motorhead here, but would later develop on proceeding albums. The production is dirty, but holds a raw essence of the music, and perfectly suits it.

The songs here really don't have any differentiating features, and all follow basic verse-chorus structures played at hyper-speed. But this album has spirit and ambition, which would inspire a few young lads throughout the world to pick up their instruments and make music even more savage than this. To say the least, if you consider youself a metalhead in the least, this album is essential, along with all other Bathory albums up to "Twilight of the Gods", also worth checking out.

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