Bathory (album)

Bathory is the debut album o the Swadish baund Bathory. It is considered ane o the first recordit examples that defined the black metal style.

Originally the title for this album wis Pentagrammaton, but this title wis discardit when several fowk read it as "Pentagon." The pentagram wis moved tae the back o the album cover an replaced wi a retoucht portion o a drawin made bi Joseph A. Smith in 1981 for the book Witches bi Erica Jong.

It wis first printit in 300 vinyl copies, wi a yellow goat instead o a white ane. The seicont pressin wi the correct white goat an pentagram wis printit in 1000 vinyl copies. On the reissue o the CD in 1990, "Storm of Damnation" an "Outro" arna mentioned in the tracklist.

Track leetin

1. "Storm of Damnation (Intro)" – 3:06
2. "Hades" – 2:45
3. "Reaper" – 2:44
4. "Necromansy" – 3:40
5. "Sacrifice" – 3:16
6. "In Conspiracy with Satan" – 2:29
7. "Armageddon" – 2:31
8. "Raise the Dead" – 3:41
9. "War" – 2:15
10. "Outro" – 0:22

Credits

• Quorthon – electric guitar, vocals, leerics
• Rickard Bergman – bass guitar
• Stefan Larsson – drums

External links

• Origins o the Bathory LP cover airt at The Left Hand Path