Bathory - Bathory (1984) Reissue [2010]

 

Bathory is the first album by the Swedish Black Metal band Bathory. It is considered one of the first recordings that defined the Black Metal style.

The original title for the album was "Pentagrammaton," but it was discarded because many people read it as "Pentagon." The staff was placed in the back and was replaced on the cover by the face of a goat composed of several horror comic clippings.

It was printed on 1000 copies of vinyl, with a yellow goat instead of white. In the reedición for CD of 1990, Storm of Damnation and the subject of exit (outro) are not mentioned in the list of songs.

 

 

Reissue, Repress, 180 gram

-Tracklist:

 Side Darkness:

A1. Storm of Damnation    03:04
A2. Hades   02:45
A3. Reaper    02:44
A4. Necromansy    03:39
A5. Sacrifice    03:16

Side Evil:
B1. In Conspiracy With Satan    02:28
B2. Armageddon     02:30
B3. Raise The Dead    03:40
B4. War    02:16

B5. Outro      00:23

 

 

-Line up:

• Quorthon (R.I.P. 2004): Vocals, Guitars, Songwriting, Lyrics.
• Stefan Larsson: Drums.

• Rickard Bergman: Bass.

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Label: Black Mark Production.

180 gram vinyl repress of 2010 reissue on black vinyl.

Issued with a 12'' black and white printed insert [one side is totally black] including lyrics and credits.
Recorded at Heaven Shore Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.

 Mixed at Electra Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.

 Track A1 is an intro not printed on the back cover tracklist. It is, however, printed on the side A center label and on the lyrics insert.
Track B5 is not mentioned anywhere on the release.

A counterfeit version with a yellow goat cover exists for this version.

 Cover design: Ace Spunky Black Spade & Quorthon.

 

 

 

Jonas Åkerlund, Per Yngve Ohlin & Quorthon (1987)

 

 

Bathory - Bloodbath [Bootleg] (2010)

Bathory formed in Vällingby in 1983. Quorthon (then known as Ace, after Ace Frehley of Kiss), a seventeen-year-old guitarist, was joined by the bass guitarist Fredrik Melander and the drummer Jonas Åkerlund. According to Quorthon, he came up with the name after a visit to the London Dungeon, although Jonas states that it was taken from the Venom song "Countess Bathory". Their first recording deal came that same year, when Quorthon managed to secure the consent of Tyfon Grammofon's boss (Quorthon's father Börje Forsberg, although Quorthon himself spread rumors to keep the audience unaware of this) to record two tracks for the compilation Scandinavian Metal Attack in 1984. The tracks gained unexpected attention from fans. Soon afterward, Tyfon Grammofon contacted Quorthon and asked him to record a full-length album. The band considered several names before settling on Bathory, including Nosferatu, Natas, Mephisto, Elizabeth Bathory and Countess Bathory.

Although Venom's Black Metal, released in 1982, was the first record to coin the term, it was Bathory's early albums, featuring Satanic lyrics, low-fi production and an inhuman vocal style, that defined the genre. Many fans and reviewers have claimed Venom was an influence on Bathory; however, Quorthon has said in an interview with Kick Ass magazine in 1985 that he had not listened to Venom until after the first Bathory album was released. He has also stated the band's early work was influenced primarily by Black Sabbath, Motörhead and G. B. H.

Compilation, Unofficial Release, Limited Edition, Numbered, Red

• Tracklist:

A1. Intro    
A2. In Conspiracy With Satan    
A3. Necromancy/Sacrifice    
A4. Raise The Dead    
A5. Sacrifice    
A6. The Return Of Darkness And Evil    
B1. Walhalla    
B2. Satan My Master    
B3. In Nomine Of Satan    
B4. Resolution Greed    
B5. Witchcraft    
B6. Genocide

• Line up:

- Quorthon (R.I.P. 2004): All instruments, vocals (lead).

Label: none.

This pressing is 600 numbered pieces on marbled-red vinyl.

Claims to be a collection of rare and unreleased stuff, versions, demos etc.
In reality all songs are simply taken from the "Jubileum" compilations.
Fake credits read:
A1-A4 remastered demo 1984
A5-A6 edited versions
B1-6 unreleased rehearsal.

Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark (1987) Repress [2014]

 

Under the Sign of the Black Mark is the third studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was recorded in September 1986 and released on 11 May 1987 through New Renaissance Records and Under One Flag. It was a key album in the development of the black metal genre, and greatly influenced the Norwegian black metal scene that emerged in the early 1990s.

The photograph on the cover was by Gunnar Silins, from a photograph in the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. The model used was Leif Ehrnborg, a then-top class Swedish bodybuilder.

The song "Woman of Dark Desires" is a tribute to the band's namesake, Elizabeth Báthory. "Enter the Eternal Fire" was the band's first epic, reaching nearly seven minutes in length, with lyrics referring to a deal with the Devil. The song "Equimanthorn" makes references to Hell as well as to Norse mythology, including Odin's "eight-legged black stallion" Sleipnir.

Fenriz of Darkthrone called the album "the quintessential black metal album". He also cited it as a musical inspiration for the 1995 Darkthrone album Panzerfaust, besides Celtic Frost's Morbid Tales and Vader's Necrolust demo.

The song "Call from the Grave" was featured in 2009 game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.

-Tracklist:

 Side A - Darkness:
A1. Nocternal Obeisance     01:28     
A2. Massacre     02:39     
A3. Woman of Dark Desires     04:06   
A4. Call from the Grave     04:53     
A5. Equimanthorn     03:42
     
Side B - Evil:
B1. Enter the Eternal Fire     06:57   
B2. Chariots of Fire     02:47     
B3. 13 Candles     05:17   
B4. Of Doom......     03:45

B5. Outro     00:25

 

 

-Line up:

• Quorthon (R.I.P. 2004): Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, songwriting, lyrics
• Paul Lundburg: Drums.

 

 

Label: Black Mark Production.

 Recorded at Heavenshore Studio, Stockholm, Sweden in September 1986.
Mixed at Heavenshore Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.

180g vinyl and insert.

Track B5 not listed on album jacket or label.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 In order to make The Beast more noticeable on the album cover, the center piece of the shot had to be enlarged to quite such an extent vast parts of the set had to be left out of the album cover.

 

 

Bathory - Blood Fire Death (1988) Reissue [2014]

THE BIRTH OF A LEGEND

From the very first rehearsal of BATHORY on the 16th of March 1983, via the June 1983 "Die In Fire" and "You Don't Move Me" session, to the recording of the two tracks for the SCANDINAVIAN METAL ATTACK compilation album in January 1984. Plus reflections on influences and thoughts on the very early days of the band.

NAMES, RUMORS, LEGENDS, MUSIC AND IMAGE

The story of the phony names and names of the otherworld. Personal reflections on
all the rumors and legends surrounding BATHORY based on misconceptions, faulty
notions and erroneous perceptions. Plus thoughts on the subject of image and
imagery, and a general look on the evolution of BATHORY's music and lyrics.

BECOMING THE SONS' OF THE BLOOD COUNTESS

The story of discovering the Bloodcountess and naming the band. The story on all the false early band names still in circulation. Illustrating the various band logos used throughout the past two decades. And thoughts on the issue of credibility when producing Nordic & Viking Metal with a dark and blood stained name.

SCANDINAVIAN METAL ATTACK

The story of BATHORY entering a professional studio for the first time, to record two tracks for a Swedish compilation album, SCANDINAVIAN METAL ATTACK, in January 1984. The general situation for metal in Sweden back in the early 80's described, and the situation for the rather losely cemented first BATHORY line-up.

RECORDING THE DEBUT ALBUM
THE NECRONOMICON / MALEFICARUM SESSION

The story of BATHORY finding a second, but temporary, line-up in the spring of 1984. BATHORY recording the selfitled debut album in June 1984. Recording for the aborted NECRONOMICON / MALEFICARUM Christmas EP in November 1984. Illustrated is the cancelled idea for a unique label and how the name and sound
of BATHORY was spreading fast around the world.

THE RETURN OF THE DARKNESS AND EVIL
THE OCCULTA/OKKULTA SESSIONS

The story of the second line-up preparing for a follow up release, a look at the Satanic influences and how BATHORY was recording the second album THE RETURN OF THE DARKNESS AND EVIL in February 1985. Also, the story of the much talked about aborted OCCULTA/OKKULTA session. And how BATHORYmania was taking off big time around the world in 1985.

UNDER THE SIGN OF THE BLACK MARK

The story of BATHORY was in pursuit of a stable line-up during in the summer of 1986. The recording of the third album UNDER THE SIGN OF THE BLACK MARK
in September/November 1986. BATHORYmania exploding around the world.
Promotion trips, in-stores and BATHORY evolving musically and lyrically.

WRITING THE DEEDS OF DARKNESS AND EVIL

A retrospective look back on the years of Darkness & Evil, the influences that
laid the base for the Satanic, Occult and Demonic lyrics of the first three albums,
and the importance of this epoch of BATHORY for the entire scene in general
and for the second wave of Black Metal of the 90's in particular. Personal thoughts on the themes and topics of Darkness & Evil Vs. those of the Nordic & Viking era.

 

• Tracklist:

Side A:
1. Odens Ride over Nordland     03:14
2. A Fine Day to Die     08:49
3. The Golden Walls of Heaven     05:14
4. Pace 'till Death     03:40
5. Holocaust     03:24

Side B:
6. For All Those Who Died     04:55
7. Dies Irae     05:04
8. Blood Fire Death     10:33

 

 

• Line up:

 - Quorthon (R.I.P. 2004): Vocals, Guitars, Percussion, Effects, Songwriting, Lyrics - Kothaar: Bass
 - Vvornth: Drums.

 

 

 

La caza salvaje de Odín, por Peter Nicolai Arbo

 Label: Black Mark Production.

 Recorded at Heavenshore Studio, Stockholm, Sweden in February 1988.

 180g Repress of the 2003 reissue, originally released in 1988.
 
Printed insert with lyrics, credits and picture.

 Uses prior runout of the 2010 version when the company was GZ Digital Media.

This version was repressed in 2014 after they changed their name to GZ Media.

The cover painting is Åsgårdsreien, painted in 1872 by Peter Nicolai Arbo.

Oden is Swedish for ''Odin''.

The lyrics for "For All Those Who Died" are from a poem by Erica Jong, first published in her book Witches.

The first letters of each line of "The Golden Walls of Heaven" form the word: 'SATAN'. Also, the first letters of each line of "Dies Irae" form the sentence: 'CHRIST THE BASTARD SON OF HEAVEN'.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bathory - Bathory (1984) [Repress 2013]

Bathory were one of the pioneers of the first wave of Black Metal as well as Viking Metal.
When Quorthon formed the band in 1983, his nickname was originally Black Spade. He soon changed it to Ace Shoot, then finally to Quorthon, a name he found on a list of demons.

• Barcode: Matrix / Runout: BA 666 A
• Barcode: Matrix / Runout: BA 666 B

-Tracklist:

Side A - Darkness
1. Hades     05:03    
2. Reaper     02:44    
3. Necromansy     03:41    
4. Sacrifice     03:17
     
Side B - Evil
5. In Conspiracy with Satan     02:29    
6. Armageddon     02:32    
7. Raise the Dead     03:42      
8. War     03:34

-Line up:

- Quorthon (R.I.P. 2004): vocals, guitars, songwriting, lyrics
- Stefan Larsson: drums.

 

Exact copy of the original "Yellow Goat" release, record labels, Catalog# etc., with the A4 insert.

 Recorded at Heavenshore Studio, Stockholm, Sweden

Recorded on June, 1984
Published by Tyfon Music
Mixed at Electra Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.

 Label: Black Mark Production (fake).

Ilustration by Joseph Smith.