Bathory is the debut album of the Swedish band Bathory. It is considered one of the first albums that defined the black metal style. Originally, the title for this album was "Pentagrammaton," but this title was discarded when several people read it as "Pentagon." The pentagram was moved to the back of the album cover and replaced with part of a retouched drawing made by Joseph A. Smith in 1981 for the book Witches by Erica Jong. It was first printed in 1000 vinyl copies, with a goldish-yellow color used instead of a monochrome one. After that, Quorthon had it swi… read more
Bathory is the debut album of the Swedish band Bathory. It is considered one of the first albums that defined the black metal style. Originally, the … read more
Bathory is the debut album of the Swedish band Bathory. It is considered one of the first albums that defined the black metal style. Originally, the title for this album was "Pentag… read more
Bathory was a Swedish black metal/viking metal band formed in Vällingby in 1983 and named after the infamous Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory. The band's frontman and main songwriter was Quorthon (Tomas Forsberg). Bathory's first four albums were "the blueprint for Scandinavian black metal". The band departed from this style on their fifth album, Hammerheart (1990), which is often cited as the first Viking metal album. Bathory continued in the Viking metal style throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, although the band returned to thrash metal with the albums R…read more
Bathory was a Swedish black metal/viking metal band formed in Vällingby in 1983 and named after the infamous Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory. The band's frontman and main songwrit… read more
Bathory was a Swedish black metal/viking metal band formed in Vällingby in 1983 and named after the infamous Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory. The band's frontman and main songwriter was Quorthon (Tomas Forsberg). Bathory'… read more