Biography
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Bathory
16 follower
Origin :
Vällingby, Sweden
Genres :
Black metal
Thrash metal
Viking metal
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Labels :
Black Mark
Noise
Years active :
1983–2004
Past members :
Quorthon
Freddan/Hanoi
Vans McBurger
Ribban
Stefan Larsson
Adde
Paul Pålle Lundburg
Kothaar
Vvornth
Bathory was an extreme metal band formed in Vällingby, Sweden, in 1983 named for Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory. The band's frontman and main songwriter was Quorthon (Tomas Forsberg). Considered to be one of the most influential acts in heavy metal, Bathory's first four albums are considered to be "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 2000s, although the band returned to thrash metal with the albums Requiem (1994) and Octagon (1995). Bathory ended when Quorthon died from heart failure in 2004.
