Tag Archives: Quorthon

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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