The Bathory Poll

solar eagle · Post by **solar eagle** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:03 pm

Too many good albums,but Blood fire death iovershadows everything!The perfect blend between black and epic metal.

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:57 pm

'Under The Sign...' would easily be mine followed closely by 'Blood Fire Death'

Best ever Bathory song is: 'The Golden Walls Of Heaven' ...utterly brilliant lyrics & a totally chaotic and barbaric song

"Sacred shrine of life and death
Apharamons gold key
The raping of holy interior
And all concealed
Now masturbated upon is throne of gold"

wicked keeper · Post by **wicked keeper** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:32 pm

I can't believe no-one else voted for Twilight of the Gods ...you people should be swabbed....

christiandiaz · Post by **christiandiaz** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:47 pm

For me-Hammerheart-and Quorthon will always be remember

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:03 pm

Many good albums but my favorite is 'Hammerheart' while 'Under The Sign...' comes pretty close.

metalmaster · Post by **metalmaster** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:40 pm

For me, all the BATHORY albums are great, including "Requiem", "Octagon" and "Destroyer of worlds". Even the solo albums have clear moments of good inspiration.

kreator72 · Post by **kreator72** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:46 am

Definately Hammerheart !

Eon · Post by **Eon** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:21 pm

Hard choise, as I love the 6 first albums, Blood on Ice and the Nordland albums.
But the vote goes to Blood Fire Death. Monumental album.

jared · Post by **jared** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:05 pm

s/t.

even though pretty much every bathory album is worth owning and listening to, the s/t was instrumental in getting me into metal.

runners-up: blood fire death, hammerheart, nordland 2

DMR · Post by **DMR** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:56 pm

My favorite is Blood Fire Death. You get the best of both worlds: the slow/midpaced, crushing tunes and the insane aggressive ones. Right now, I think I'd rank the top five Bathory albums this way:

1. Blood Fire Death
2. Twilight of the Gods
3. Hammerheart
4. Under the Sign of the Black Mark
5. Bathory

Professor Black · Post by **Professor Black** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:18 pm

Twilight of the Gods, without hesitation! The climax/resolve at the end of "Blood and Iron" is better than just about anything in the universe!

Melkor · Post by **Melkor** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:50 pm

My vote is for Bathory's S/T. Every riff has pure raw and evil sound!

My top 5 is :

"Bathory"
"The Return"
"Twilight Of The Gods"
"Hammerheart"
"Blood Fire Death"

Northern wind take my poll up high

PoserHolocaust · Post by **PoserHolocaust** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:07 pm

Very hard for me to choose one Bathory album. I am going to go with the first one though as it is the first one I heard and it was (and is) so evil sounding. Hammerheart would probably be my second choice.

convent guilt · Post by **convent guilt** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:49 pm

One of the most important, powerful and visionary heavy metal bands of the last 25 years.

The first 6 LPs + 'Blood on ice' are all diamond encrusted heavy metal gems.

My favourite has always been 'The return' though, for the pure malevolent darkness of Quorthon's vocals and guitar sound. Closely followed by 'Hammerheart' and 'Bathory'...

As a kid discovering extreme metal the 'aura' of Bathory always captivated me as well.

great_knuthulhu · Post by **great_knuthulhu** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:09 am

I can still remember how our collective jaws dropped when the first Bathory album was played at my friend's house all those years ago. Couldn't believe what we heard. Great memories, but the best album? Probably change my mind later, but The Return... for now

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