Jubileum Vol.2 - Bathory

Destroyer Of Worlds - Bathory

it falls at round about three and a half stars. Destroyer of Worlds feels like a conscious attempt by Quorthon to reconcile the various movement he s taken Bathory through over its near-twenty-year career, but it ultimately ends up proving that his primary talent lies in the more epic Viking material, as opposed to less inspired thrash. Fortunately, he seemed to take this on board, leading to the final Bathory releases returning to that inimitable (albeit much imitated) style. Perhaps sensing the strength of the more folk-influenced songs during this album s arrangement, Quorthon leads in with the finest material of the whole disc in the form of the delightfully ...

Destroyer Of Worlds - Bathory

it falls at round about three and a half stars. Destroyer of Worlds feels like a conscious attempt by Quorthon to reconcile the various movement he s taken Bathory through over its near-twenty-year career, but it ultimately ends up proving that his primary talent lies in the more epic Viking material, as opposed to less inspired thrash. Fortunately, he seemed to take this on board, leading to the final Bathory releases returning to that inimitable (albeit much imitated) style. Perhaps sensing the strength of the more folk-influenced songs during this album s arrangement, Quorthon leads in with the finest material of the whole disc in the form of the delightfully ...

Octagon - Bathory

would be untrue. If this had been a terrible first release from an unknown band it would be easy to dismiss, but as the seventh album in the mostly perfect Bathory chronology (yeah I know, the seventh - an octagon has eight sides, it doesn t even make sense) this is one of those albums that it physically hurts to listen to. To this day I can t even look at an octagon without screaming in despair and pummelling the ground with my bloodied fists, which is why they threw me out of the University of Sheffield s conference centre. What an obscure joke. While its predecessor Requiem was content to replicate the sound of European thrash bands such as Kreator, keeping more in ...

Octagon - Bathory

would be untrue. If this had been a terrible first release from an unknown band it would be easy to dismiss, but as the seventh album in the mostly perfect Bathory chronology (yeah I know, the seventh - an octagon has eight sides, it doesn t even make sense) this is one of those albums that it physically hurts to listen to. To this day I can t even look at an octagon without screaming in despair and pummelling the ground with my bloodied fists, which is why they threw me out of the University of Sheffield s conference centre. What an obscure joke. While its predecessor Requiem was content to replicate the sound of European thrash bands such as Kreator, keeping more in ...

The Return - Bathory

Bathory s second album is much the same as the first, only ever so slightly more refined. The forefather of black metal, Bathory s style continues in the vein of an evil Motörhead, with grisly guitar riffs and relentlessly crashing drums and cymbals echoing around whichever tomb or recording studio Quorthon hired for this despicable spectacle. Quorthon s snarled, guttural vocals are still as effective even in the wake of the hordes of imitators, and perhaps the most singularly vile aspect of this first-wave black metal is how incessantly catchy it is. While later bands Mayhem and Emperor arguably committed greater sin when killing people in woods and stabbing each other ...

The Return - Bathory

Bathory s second album is much the same as the first, only ever so slightly more refined. The forefather of black metal, Bathory s style continues in the vein of an evil Motörhead, with grisly guitar riffs and relentlessly crashing drums and cymbals echoing around whichever tomb or recording studio Quorthon hired for this despicable spectacle. Quorthon s snarled, guttural vocals are still as effective even in the wake of the hordes of imitators, and perhaps the most singularly vile aspect of this first-wave black metal is how incessantly catchy it is. While later bands Mayhem and Emperor arguably committed greater sin when killing people in woods and stabbing each other ...