Today we’re dealing with one of the
greatest multi – instrumentalists of Metal. One could say that he practically
founded the early black metal scene in Scandinavia and surely trademarked the
term Viking Metal, while playing doomy and atmospheric black metal, that
neither Venom, nor Celtic Frost could claim their own.
Yes my friends, I’m referring to the
great late Quorthron, the master that first recorded the concept of the icy
winds of Valhalla fusioned with extreme electrical music that provoked and
disturbed the unaware listener. As Hellhammer did some years back (e.g. Triumph
Of Death) today’s band spawned from the groundbreaking sound and style of
Venom, only to surpass them without doubt and establish what we call today
Black Metal with a soul of Norse Heroes of the old… to say the least if today’s
band never happened, we wouldn’t listen groups like amon amarth, summoning,
bolt thrower e.t.c., today. Skipping the first two undeniable original and
groundbreaking albums we forward to the mutation that set the “rules” of the
game.
as the specialists note: «Batoré was an extreme metal band formed in Vällingby in 1983 and named after the infamous Hungariancountess, 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".[4] 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»….
So ladies and gentlemen we present to
you the Master Quorthron and his offspring
and just because this band’s swan song
is as appreciated to the subgenre as it is any Maiden release for Heavy Metal,
here are their 2 final albums called Nordland I & II
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