Blood Fire Death
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| Blood Fire Death | ||
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| Studio album by Bathory | ||
| Released | 1988 | |
| Recorded | 1987 | |
| Genre | Viking metal [1] |
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| Length | 45:41 | |
| Label | Black Mark Records | |
| Producer(s) | Quorthon & Boss | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Bathory chronology | ||
| 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] Trivia
Within the lyrics to "The Golden Walls of Heaven" [2] and "Dies Irae" [3] the first letters of each line form phrases, namely "SATAN" (repeated 8 times) and "CHRIST THE BASTARD SON OF HEAVEN," respectively.
The 1999 re-issue of the album In The Nightside Eclipse by Emperor contains a cover of "A Fine Day to Die", recorded during the Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk sessions.
[edit] Credits
- 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
| Bathory |
| Line up |
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| 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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