Tag Archives: Bathory

Beyond the Gates 2024 unveils Blood Fire Death: Tribute to Quorthon and Bathory’s Musical Legacy

Posted by on December 6, 2023

  Beyond the Gates Festival organizers are raising the flames for the 2024 edition. The event will now include an exceptional tribute titled Blood Fire Death: A Tribute to Quorthon and the Music of Bathory. This all-star homage will feature former members of Bathory along with current and past members from Aura Noir, Darvaza, Emperor, […]

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60 bands disbanded in the 21st Century so far (2000-2020)

Posted by on January 10, 2020

As we saw with bands such as Mötley Crüe, Rage Against the Machine, Vio-lence, Mr.Bungle, Possessed, Exhorder, and many more that have disbanded/went on a hiatus and returned, there’s always a chance for a group to reform. They can also reappear for a quick reunion just to disappear again and sometimes come back once more, […]

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Phil Anselmo and Scour live video of Bathory’s “Massacre” at Maryland Deathfest

Posted by on May 28, 2019

Fan-filmed footage has surfaced of Philip Anselmo and his band Scour performing a cover of Bathory’s “Massacre.” The clip was recorded at Maryland Deathfest on Saturday (25th) at Ram’s Head Live in Baltimore, Maryland.

Check it out below:

https://youtu.be/WKOH0t8G6yA

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Metallica’s NSFW “ManUNkind”video finds them going black metal

Posted by on November 16, 2016

As you likely know by now (especially if you’ve been reading Metal Insider) it’s that they’re releasing videos from the new album every two hours. Instead of lyric videos, they’re actually releasing full-fledged music videos. of the five we’ve seen so far (three today), the just-released (via Bravewords) video for ManUNkind is our favorite. In the […]

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Former Bathory drummer buys a church

Posted by on October 8, 2014

Jonas Akerlund is pretty well known for being a video and film director, as anyone that’s seen any music video in the kate ’90s and early aughts can attest. However, before he was a director, back in 1983 and 1984, he was known as Vans McBurger and played drums in Swedish black metal band Bathory. He parted ways with the […]

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Today in Metal: ‘Bathory’ by Bathory turns 30 years old

Posted by on October 2, 2014

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdXx0A1sugI[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. With this album, Quorthon created black metal. This is another album that, like it or dislike it, paved the way for countless bands and styles of metal that came after it. Quorthon’s riffs, […]

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Today in Metal: ‘Hammerheart’ by Bathory turns 24 years old

Posted by on April 16, 2014

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKUhPlE_ZD4[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. Today, it’s the first Viking metal album of all time, Hammerheart by Bathory. The album was released on April 16th, 199o. This was the first album Quorthon made that was solely based on […]

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Today in Metal: ‘Nordland II’ by Bathory turns 11

Posted by on March 31, 2014

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4bAQUy1GkY[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. Today, it’s Bathory’s Nordland II, which was released on March 31, 2003. This is Bathory’s last studio album, from their Viking metal days. And the amazing part? Quorthon played EVERYTHING on it. […]

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Kamchatka bassist/vocalist Per Wiberg’s Top 5 Swedish Hard Rock/Metal bands

Posted by on February 17, 2014

Many likely know Per Wiberg best for his work with Opeth and Spiritual Beggars. Lately, though, Wiberg has been providing bass and vocals to Swedish powerhouse trio Kamchatka. Their new album The Search Goes On (coming out on February 19 via Despotz Records) is pure heavy rock with a massive old-school blues kick to it. […]

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Metal Insider’s Top 5: Metal Movie Soundtracks

Posted by on February 19, 2013

Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. This coming Sunday, the 85th annual Oscars award show will air live on TV. Typically, movies’ biggest night of the year makes the Grammys look like Ozzfest. However, with the Oscars right around the corner, we got to thinking of […]

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