Bathory...overrated?

[Mort Divine]

Hmmm...

Only because of the Middle Ages, right?

No, just because I feel there are bands out there that are alot better.

 

[skeptik]

how can there be "better" bands than bathory

will you people stop making NO SENSE AT ALL

Seriously.

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

I love Bathory .. in fact im listening to the Nordland II album as i type this (the song Death and Resurrection of a Northern Son) ... but I have always wondered why he never toured... has anyone else wondered this? i know what he said in interviews.. that he could never find extreme metal musicians in his country etc... but to me that was BS... there could be many reasons for him not touring... perhaps he didnt write all the music? he couldnt play guitar? wasnt his vocals on some of the albums or all of the albums.. or he just had a severe case of stage fright .. who knows <shrugs> .. just some thoughts that have come into my head over the years... but regardless i love Bathory whoever wrote it if not Quorthon... my favorite album being Blood Fire Death and favorite song being A Fine Day to Die ...

 

[skeptik]

I assume he just never had the desire to tour.

 

[Susperia]

I think he wanted to remain wrapped in mystery. He didn't want people knowing too much about him.

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

personally i think he was just shy and/or severe case of stagefright...

 

[skeptik]

I don't think he would've ventured off into that solo project of his if he was really shy. I think Susperia was headed toward the right answer.

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

Well seriously if he did write all the songs for Bathory.. it technically was a solo band/albums.. but as for shy and stagefright ... i mean only in touring and live performance...

 

[skeptik]

Yeah, Bathory was a solo project as well, but it didn't have the personal leanings and name attachment as did his 'actual' solo project.

 

[son_of_northern_darkness]

Quorthon always intended Bathory to be a studio project. Imagine how bad the later songs would sound live. Choir parts, sound effects etc. Bathory is for the ears, not the eyes. Hail Quorthon.. as some of you will know yesterday was his birthday. I hope you all raised a beer to Q.

 

[The Subjugator]

I don't like them, but I don't know if that makes them overrated or not.

 

[Cythraul]

Which is why you need to listen harder.

There's nothing more to hear, asshole.

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

Quorthon always intended Bathory to be a studio project. Imagine how bad the later songs would sound live. Choir parts, sound effects etc. Bathory is for the ears, not the eyes. Hail Quorthon.. as some of you will know yesterday was his birthday. I hope you all raised a beer to Q.

Maybe not in later albums but he certainly could of toured in early albums.. perhaps up to Blood Fire Death album ... early to mid Bathory was certainly for the eyes as well as the ears... I would of loved to have seen him/Bathory performed A Fine Day to Die with Odin's Ride over Nordland beginning the song... among other songs... it's not like those songs were sophisticated that it couldn't be performed live...

 

[skeptik]

There's nothing more to hear, asshole.

 

[Cythraul]

Ohhhhhhhh, ohhhhhhhh, ohhhhhh!

 

[skeptik]

Ohhhhhhhh, ohhhhhhhh, ohhhhhh!

 

[Cythraul]

:hotjump:

 

[Manbient]

HOW THE HELL'D WE WIND UP LIKE THIS

WHY WEREN'T WE ABLE

TO SEE THE SIGNS THAT WE MISSED

 

[Under The Oak]

What the fuck. This forum just attracts all the freaks and assholes nowadays. It's semi-entertaining. If I weren't so damn lazy, I might actually despise this place.

 

[CF87]

Metalheads are self-absorbed freaks & assholes. What are metalheads suppose to be ?. Other people in music are too.