best viking metal album of Bathory

[zabu of nΩd]

I realize the scope of this thread is pretty small; I just feel like shooting the shit about Bathory for a while. What's your favorite of these albums? What makes it better than the others? I'd have the other Bathory stuff as choices, but I figured it would be more interesting without all the votes going to Blood Fire Death or the other kvlt albvms.

 

[NecrosluG]

Epic , maybe.. Viking, no..

 

[Hubster]

Hammerheart ftw

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

theres something about Nordland II that I love.

 

[entanglement]

Nordland I

 

[Under The Oak]

Although I absolutely love Hammerheart and it's one of my favorite Bathory albums, I've always felt like Twilight Of The Gods was the ultimate realization of the epic, viking sound Quorthon was going for.

 

[Susperia]

Hammerheart 4evr.

 

[Mort Divine]

Although I absolutely love Hammerheart and it's one of my favorite Bathory albums, I've always felt like Twilight Of The Gods was the ultimate realization of the epic, viking sound Quorthon was going for.

Glad to see I'm not the only one that thinks this.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Although I absolutely love Hammerheart and it's one of my favorite Bathory albums, I've always felt like Twilight Of The Gods was the ultimate realization of the epic, viking sound Quorthon was going for.

Twilight of the Gods goes beyond epic; to me, it's spiritual. This is the music I would imagine listening to if I were in some higher, more godly realm of existence which happened to be accompanied by music. Now, the album is a little rough around the edges, but of true passion and conviction it speaks volumes.

 

[Skepticism]

Hammerheart 4evr.

 

[Death Animal]

Hammerheart .
Only album i have heard from that list.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Hammerheart .
Only album i have heard from that list.

Glad to hear your vote was such an informed one. I did put a "haven't heard enough" option...

 

[Hubster]

There's something about Hammerheart which is truly magical, it's an album which totally captures a feeling in such a brilliant way, it could only be a rare moment in a lifetime. I think we're fucking lucky that Quorthon was able to capture it in the form of Hammerheart, it's a marvelous album.

 

[More Murder]

I prefer Twilight.

 

[Hatebreeder]

Hammerheart.

A metal classic. If anything can be called viking metal, it's that album.

 

[Under The Oak]

Twilight of the Gods goes beyond epic; to me, it's spiritual. This is the music I would imagine listening to if I were in some higher, more godly realm of existence which happened to be accompanied by music. Now, the album is a little rough around the edges, but of true passion and conviction it speaks volumes.

Yes, it's the same way for me. Hammerheart is undeniably epic, but like you said, Twilight is so much more. Plus, I also think Quorthon's voice got better and I dunno if it was because he had more time to recover from screaming or what, but I like his clean vocals a lot more on Twilight.

 

[Death Animal]

Glad to hear your vote was such an informed one. I did put a "haven't heard enough" option...

But I know it already.

 

[Aldrahn]

Hammerheart

 

[Susperia]

I've been aching to listen to Hammerheart recently, but my cd is at home.

 

[Crimson Velvet]

There is a certain magic on the "Hammerheart" album, which is unique to that album alone. Truly a magnificent album.