Bathory Review
September 26, 2019
Venom planted the seeds of Black Metal with their simple, Satanic, and raw style that aimed to be as fast and abrasive as possible. Bathory was the plant that grew from those seeds. Although not an astounding effort on it’s own, Bathory was an album that was indisputably Black Metal, and – whether purposefully or due to lack of money – set the standard for the use of terrible production as a tool to create atmosphere. Indeed, the album sounds like you’re listening to some cultists play in the middle of the woods from inside your bedroom. However, it works – the album sounds very dark, and very evil, and it’s convincing in that darkness, unlike Venom which were rather humorous in the end. Imperfect, but a brilliant first child for the genre of Black Metal.
4 likes
Track listing (Songs)
| title | rating | votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hades | 5:03 | 85 | 10 |
| 2. | Reaper | 2:44 | 84.4 | 10 |
| 3. | Necromansy | 3:41 | 84.4 | 11 |
| 4. | Sacrifice | 3:17 | 85 | 9 |
| 5. | In Conspiracy with Satan | 2:29 | 80.6 | 9 |
| 6. | Armageddon | 2:32 | 81.7 | 9 |
| 7. | Raise the Dead | 3:42 | 83.3 | 9 |
| 8. | War | 3:34 | 85 | 10 |
Line-up (members)
- Quorthon : Vocals, Guitars, Songwriting, Lyrics
- Stefan Larsson : Drums
- Guest/Session
- Rickard "Ribban" Bergman : Bass
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