Album: Blood Fire Death by Bathory (1988)
Genre: Black Metal | Style: Metal
Record Label: Black Mark
Format: Album

Description: Blood Fire Death is the fourth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released on 8 October 1988, through Music for Nations sublabel, Under One Flag. The album, although mostly black metal, includes some of the first examples of Viking metal. According to the book Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult by Dayal Patterson, Blood Fire Death began a second trilogy, an era Quorthon described as the "pre-Christian Swedish Viking Era".

Artist Background: Bathory was a Swedish extreme 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 (Thomas 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 20... Part of the Vällingby, Sweden music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Black Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Related Artists: Darkthrone, Venom, Hellhammer, Burzum

Music Scene: Part of the Vällingby, Sweden music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Black Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Black Metal, Metal, 1980s, Album, Black Mark

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Blood Fire Death is the fourth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released on 8 October 1988, through Music for Nations sublabel, Under One Flag. The album, although mostly black metal, includes some of the first examples of Viking metal. According to the book Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult by Dayal Patterson, Blood Fire Death began a second trilogy, an era Quorthon described as the "pre-Christian Swedish Viking Era".

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