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Bathory
Quorthon, founding member, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist of Bathory. Background information Origin Stockholm, Sweden Black metal (1980s) Genres Viking metal, thrash metal (later) Years active 19832004 Labels Black Mark, Noise Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by Quorthon in 1983. They are regarded as pioneers of both black metal and Viking metal. Quorthon remained the main songwriter and member of Bathory for more than two decades. Bathory was permanently ended after Quorthon's death in 2004. The band is named after the infamous Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bthory.
Contents
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1 Biography o 1.1 Early years (1980s) o 1.2 Viking metal years (1990s, 2000s) 2 Discography
2.1 Studio albums 2.2 Compilation albums 2.3 Music videos 3 Members o 3.1 Final line-up o 3.2 (Known) Former members 4 References 5 Bibliography
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6 External links
[edit] Biography
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
Bathory (1984) The Return of Darkness and Evil (1985) Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) Blood Fire Death (1988) Hammerheart (1990) Twilight of the Gods (1991) Requiem (1994) Octagon (1995) Blood on Ice (1996) Destroyer of Worlds (2001) Nordland I (2002) Nordland II (2003)
Touch of Death (Black Mark Records, BMCD26) (1992) Jubileum Volume I (1992) Jubileum Volume II (1993) Jubileum Volume III (1998) Katalog (2003) In Memory of Quorthon (2006)
[edit] Members
[edit] Final line-up
Quorthon - guitars, vocals, music and lyrics (19832004) all instruments (1991 2004)
Frederick Melander (Fredrick Hanoi) - bass (19831984) Jonas kerlund (Vans McBurger) - drums (19831984) The Animal (Bjrn Kristensen) - vocals (early 1983)
[edit] References
1. 2. 3. ^ http://bathory.freehosting.net/ ^ http://www.anus.com/metal/about/interviews/quorthon/ ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Hammerheart review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1363. Retrieved 2008-03-27.