Bathory Albums

[Narg n Lamb]

Which Bathory albums are the best?

 

[Teh Grimace]

first 3.

im not particularly impressed by the "viking" stuff.

 

[Narg n Lamb]

which ones(album names) are the first three?

 

[Teh Grimace]

s/t

the return

under the sign...

 

[Consuming Impulse]

TOP 5 BEST BATHORY RECORDS
1 blood fire death
2 bathory
3 under the sign of the black mark
4 the return
5 hammerheart

 

[Krilons Resa]

Get these first:

Hammerheart
Blood, Fire, Death
Twilight of The Gods

Then get:

Blood On Ice
Nordland I
Nordland II

Then, finally, get:

Bathory
The Return
Under The Sign of The Black Mark


Requiem, Octagon, and Destroyer of The Worlds you can basically due without.

 

[Susperia]

Hammerheart
The Return
Blood, Fire, Death

 

[Life Sucks]

Blood Fire Death
The Return
Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Bathory

I like this Bathory sound much better than their Hammerheart sound.

 

[CF87]

I've heard the first 4 at a friends 2,3 times. I decided that maybe those ones are their older style checking out a song from hammerheart earlier today.

The guitar playing just does nothing for me at all. oh well

I don't mind simplicity but the guitar playing just sounds like it's in the mix for no reason imo. As a guitarist that's important to a certain degree. Not sure what i'm suppose to be looking for to grab me. Nothing is standing out to me at all. I tried to make an effort to like this.

 

[Lyle]

HAMMERHEART AND TWILIGHT OF THE GODS ARE THE BEST ALBUMS EVER

 

[Narg n Lamb]

sounds good, thanks

 

[Phrozenspite]

Quorthon's material wasn't any revelation in terms of skill(though it is quite heavy aesthetically for its time, sort of like Obituary...)... the man basically saw and did everything that Black Metal has done since than. Going from the early raw satanic stuff, to the better produced viking theme, and than adding orchestration and mythology.

I'm partial to Blood Fire Death as well as the ST and the Nordland saga. Many of his albums are worth a listen though.

 

[byrne]

Blood Fire Death
Hammerheart / Twilight of the Gods
Under the Sign of the Black Mark

 

[D-KOM]

... and from the "new" shit, try "Nordland I especially the song "Forever darkwoods" which is similar to "One rode to Asa bay"

 

[Mythos Inibri]

BLOOD FIRE DEATH !!

 

[Fredy_Brown]

Nordland

 

[KMADD]

The Return
S/T
Nordland and all his other viking themed material is brilliant IMHO.

 

[Necro Joe]

Hammerheart and Blood Fire Death.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Hammerheart

 

[SteveO)))]

I had a friend burn me most of the Bathory cds a coupleweeks ago, Ireall have to listen to most of it still. But from what I heard (s/t, Under the sign, Twilight of the Gods) it was cool..