Today marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Under the Sign of the Black Mark, Bathory's seminal 1987 album. One of the most influential records of the '80s, it's impossible to measure the ...

It can be a tricky affair to reconcile black metal with its creators – to strip away the mystique, the darkness and the otherworldly allure that radiates from the speakers and consider the ...

Black metal has cursed the music world with some of the most bone-chilling, brutal, and even beautiful guitar work. Today, we ...

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Pioneering Swedish black metal band Bathory, the band headed up by Thomas Börje "Quorthon" Forsberg, was inducted into the Swedish Music Hall Of Fame on May 27. The induction took place alongside ...

6.Bathory Without a doubt, this cult band, formed in 1983 in Sweden, was led by one of the most mysterious figures in extreme metal. Quorthon was the bands main songwriter, guitarist, and lyricist.

Black metal dates back to the early 1980s, ... Bands like Bathory and Hellhammer were also early influences, incorporating shrieking and lo-fi production.

Urgehal’s version of “Nekromisantrop” appeared on their split with Beastcraft, Satanisk Norsk Black Metal (2007), and the compilation The Eternal Eclipse — 15 Years of Satanic Black Metal (2007).

Black metal aficionados might remember Jonas Åkerlund as an early drummer of Bathory (before they even recorded anything, so that's like an elitist wet dream).Music video aficionados are quick to ...

Quorthon (Bathory) The globally emulated Quorthon not only functioned as one of the visionaries who shaped black metal, but he would eventually pioneer Viking metal as well.