Blood Fire Death

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Blood Fire Death

Studio album by Bathory
Released	1988
Recorded	1987
Genre	Viking metal
Length	45:41
Label	Black Mark Records
Producer(s)	Quorthon & Boss
Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1986)	Blood Fire Death (1988)	Hammerheart (1990)

Blood Fire Death is the fourth album by Bathory, which continued the transition towards more epic songwriting begun on the band's previous album. It is often considered to be the first work in the Viking metal genre, and it is also considered by many fans to be Bathory's finest work. The ninth track is not included on the cassette release.

[edit] Track listing

Odens Ride over Nordland – 2:59
A Fine Day to Die – 8:35
The Golden Walls of Heaven – 5:22
Pace 'till Death – 3:39
Holocaust – 3:25
For All Those Who Died – 4:57
Dies Irae – 5:11
Blood Fire Death – 10:28
Outro – 0:58

[edit] Credits

Quorthon - vocals, guitars, percussion, effects
Kothaar - bass
Vvornth - drums

Recorded at Heavenshore Studio, Stockholm, Sweden
Produced by Boss & Quorthon
Mastered by Andy Dacosta at the CBS Studios London, Great Britain
Album cover painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo The Wild Hunt of Odin - (Åsgårdsreien), 1872, National Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Album fold-up photography by Pelle Matteus
All titles by Quorthon for the Black Mark 1988

Line up
Bathory
Quorthon
Former members: Freddan \| Jonas Åkerlund \| Vvornth \| Kothaar \| The Animal
Discography
Studio albums: Bathory \| The Return \| Under the Sign of the Black Mark \| Blood Fire Death \| Hammerheart \| Twilight of the Gods \| Requiem \| Octagon \| Blood On Ice \| Destroyer of Worlds \| Nordland I \| Nordland II
Compilations: Jubileum Volume I \| Jubileum Volume II \| Jubileum Volume III \| Katalog \| In Memory of Quorthon
Bootlegs: The True Black Essence
Music videos: One Rode to Asa Bay
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