Bathory Albums

[Erik]

Which Bathory albums are the best?

blood fire death
hammerheart
twilight of the gods

 

[NecronomiconMortis]

 

[madu]

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

Well the Nordlands are closer to the Hammerheart sound than the "new" thrash stuff anyways.

Blood Fire Death is my favorite.

....aaaand while it's not Bathory or metal, Purity of Essence (Quorthon's second "solo" album) is very good too.

 

[Susperia]

What a beautiful version of Hammerheart^^. Mine is a little different..

 

[Erik]

the one pictured above is the original cd version i do think

they toned down the sunwheel on subsequent reissues, presumably because of rabid "OMG NAZI" germans

 

[Freanan]

I did not get really into Blood Fire Death so far. If you are looking for epic viking stuff you might be disappointed, because it is still mostly thrash metal. There are only two or something actually epic and vikingish (still thrashy) songs on it.

The Return is good first wave black metal, but i can't compare it to his other bm stuff, as i only have this album. Some say it is his best bm album though.

The Nordland albums, at least Nordland 1 are pretty good but probably you will want to try the more classical stuff (Hammerheart, Twilight of The Gods - on which i can't comment).

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

I like Blood Fire Death and Nordland II

 

[edocnoeon.v1.0]

the first four bathory albums.

the return is my favourite out of those.

 

[EspaDa]

Love these eleven year old thread resurrections.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Requiem > the rest

 

[CiG]

Requiem stinks, no wonder you think that.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

It's a legit savage thrash metal album with no bullshit, why don't you like it?

 

[CiG]

Well, I don't really hate it, it's just so fucking sub-par compared to his usual output. Those drums sound like utter shit too.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The only album that comes close to matching its quality is BFD.

 

[CiG]

I don't hold your views on Bathory very high mate.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

I've really only delved into his black metal material. Need to give the Viking shit more of a chance.

 

[Vilden]

Requiem rules, not his best tho obv.