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Bathory

Musical Group

Bathory was the Swedish extreme metal project led by Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg, widely cited as a pioneer of black metal and an originator of viking/epic metal. The project released influential albums from the mid-1980s through the early 2000s.

Project created and led by Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg. Widely regarded as foundational for black metal (early records) and viking metal (later records). Quorthon died in 2004.

DeBaser reviews celebrate Bathory as a foundational force in black metal and the originator of viking/epic metal. Reviewers consistently praise early raw albums and later epic works like Hammerheart and Twilight Of The Gods. Some later releases and stylistic experiments receive mixed reactions. Quorthon (Thomas Forsberg) is singled out as the creative core.

For:fans of black metal and viking metal, metal historians, music collectors

 It's true Norwegian black metal; to make this album, one must be in conspiracy with Satan—a masterpiece, in short.

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 it is the first album that can be defined as Black Metal in every respect.

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 Quorton was already looking beyond, already ahead of his disciples.

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