Bathory was a Swedish black metal/viking metal band formed in Vällingby in … Read Full Bio ↴Bathory was a Swedish black metal/viking metal band formed in Vällingby in 1983 and named after the infamous Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory. The band's frontman and main songwriter was Quorthon (Tomas Forsberg). Bathory's first four albums were "the blueprint for Scandinavian black metal". The band departed from this style on their fifth album, Hammerheart (1990), which is often cited as the first Viking metal album. Bathory continued in the Viking metal style throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, although the band returned to thrash metal with the albums Requiem (1994) and Octagon (1995). Bathory ended when Quorthon died from heart failure in 2004.
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@josephercastor8026
He really perfected the atmosphere here with this. Amazingly brilliant 17yr old
@mxrecxwbell0426
The most haunting atmosphere ever.
@superlucasgaming5645
Yep
@goliath9838
this song is beautiful just great work bathory
@glamorouslynothere4785
Me wanting to listen to noise ambience to fall asleep but I’m a metalhead 😩
@DiegoPerez-wx3nn
No cabe duda de que es la primera banda de black metal
@projectthetruth385
Eerily comforting.
@loupnoir3647
Bathory are true fathers of black metal, not Venom. Quorthon is in Valhalla of black metallers.🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
@juanavendano9576
Celtic frost also.
@The_Metal_Marxist
I'd say Bathory, Celtic Frost, and Venom if we're talking about main influences. But as far as the first I know of to actually record and release black metal as we know it today, yeah, Bathory.