Bathory
Studio album by Bathory
Released	October 2nd, 1984
Recorded	1984 at Heaven Shore Studio in Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Black metal, thrash metal[1]
Length	26:52
Label	Black Mark
Producer	Quorthon and The Boss
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Bathory chronology
Bathory (1984) The Return of the Darkness and Evil (1985)

Bathory is the debut album of the Swedish band Bathory. It is considered one of the first recorded examples that defined the black metal style.

Originally the title for this album was "Pentagrammaton," but this title was discarded when several people read it as "Pentagon." The pentagram was moved to the back of the album cover and replaced with a retouched portion of a drawing made by Joseph A. Smith in 1981 for the book Witches by Erica Jong.

It was first printed in 1000 vinyl copies, with a yellow goat instead of a white one. On the reissue of the CD in 1990, "Storm of Damnation" and "Outro" aren't mentioned in the tracklist. [1]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

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 Conspirasy with Satan" – 2:29
7. "Armageddon" – 2:31
8. "Raise the Dead" – 3:41
9. "War" – 2:15
10. "Outro" – 0:22

[edit] Credits

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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Origins of the Bathory LP cover art at The Left Hand Path

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