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 Hammerheart - Bathory
 Hammerheart - Bathory ... #1 Tracklisting1 Baptised In Fire And Ice 2 Father To Son 3 Song To Haul Up High 4 Home Of The Brave 5 One Rode To Asa Bay 6 Shores In Flames 7 Valhalla 8 Rider At The Gates Of Dawn Newest Review: ... the atmosphere is enhanced further by concise and relevant sound effects. Aside from the significantly slowed pace that only ... more ... speeds up in the instrumental sections, the most significant change from the previous album comes in Quorthon's vocals; no longer does he screech against a wall of sound in the gurgled grunt of a man possessed (though that was always pretty cool), but now fully embraces his distinctive and admittedly, brilliantly amateur singing style, becoming more impassioned and pained in the more dramatic moments of 'Valhalla' and backed up in most songs by a slow and atmospheric chorus singing along to the guitar melody. The relat...more |
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Release Date: 2004 - 07 - 18, Audio CD, Black Mark Last Update 27.11.2009 05:48
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Hammerheart - Bathory: The Viking Metal Classic (1119 words)
by - written on 17/02/08 (Very useful, 27 readings)
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The real start of Bathort's Viking metal era, 'Hammerheart' is the classic archetype of the genre, a slower and more atmospheric off-shoot of Scandinavian black metal infused with neofolk elements to strive for an authentic and historically accurate Viking sound, because everyone knows the ancient Norsemen had electric guitars and amps (it's all in the Völuspá). Bathory was a mere pseudonym for the multi-talented Quorthon by this point (obviously his own stage name was a pseudonym itself, but his real name is Ace so it doesn't get much better than that), and the shift in focus to deal with more explicit themes of Ancient Norse culture and mythology inspired him to create ... Read the complete review
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