1349 - Bathory Sacrifice 1984

Bathory is the debut studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released in October 1984, through Tyfon Grammofon. Bathory had been formed in 1983. The band's frontman, Quorthon, worked part-time at the small record label Tyfon. In late 1983 and early 1984, the label was putting together a compilation of songs by Scandinavian metal bands. However, at the last minute, one of the bands backed out. Tyfon agreed to let Bathory appear on the record as a replacement, and the band recorded two songs for the compilation—"Sacrifice" and "The Return of the Darkness and Evil"—in January. "Sacrifice" starts with a nice fast thrash/black riff and a shriek from Quorthon. High intesity throughout the riffs, blasting drums and very audible bass in this song.

1272 - Bathory One Rode To Asa Bay 1990

"One Rode To Asa Bay" is a song by Bathory about the Christianization of Scandinavia and appears on the 1990 album "Hammerheart". The samples at the beginning of the track meld perfectly into the overall story of the song and indeed the album. The structures are well thought out and magically crafted together with supreme talent.

513 - Bathory Through Blood by Thunder 1991

Bathory were a highly influential Swedish heavy metal band, regarded as one of the forefathers of black metal and founder of viking metal. The band's name is taken from the infamous "blood countess," Elizabeth Báthory. Ace Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg was the founder and song writer, he is credited with largely helping in the creation of Black Metal, and evolving it from its thrash origins into what is identified as black metal today, and also creating the genre Viking Metal, the latter having a more evolved and operatic style. He composed the music and wrote the lyrics on all of Bathory's albums. He was found dead in his apartment on 7 June 2004, apparently from heart fail. "Twilight of the Gods" is the sixth album by Bathory. It continues the exploration of the newly created Viking metal style, and also displays a heavy classical influence. The superb "Through Blood by Thunder" is introduced by yet another elegant guitar melody and a dramatic spoken-word section.