Hammerheart

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Hammerheart
Studio album by Bathory
Released	1990
Recorded	June – August, 1989 Heavenshore Studio, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Viking metal
Length	55:46
Label	Black Mark Records
Producer(s)	Borje "Boss" Forsberg Quorthon
Bathory chronology
Blood Fire Death (1988)	Hammerheart (1990)	Twilight of the Gods (1991)

Hammerheart is the fifth album released by Bathory. It continued Blood Fire Death's transition away from black metal to what would become recognized as viking metal, and is considered a cornerstone work of the genre.

[edit] Track listing

• All songs written by Quorthon

1. "Shores in Flames" – 11:07
2. "Valhalla" – 9:33
3. "Baptised in Fire and Ice" – 7:57
4. "Father to Son" – 6:28
5. "Song to Hall up High" – 2:30
6. "Home of the Once Brave" – 6:43
7. "One Rode to Asa Bay" – 10:23
8. "Outro" - 00:52

Tracklisting on the 2003 remaster:

1. "Shores in Flames"
2. "Valhalla"
3. "Baptised in Fire and Ice"
4. "Father to Son"
5. "Song to Hall Up High/Home of Once Brave"
6. "One Rode to Asa Bay"
7. "(untitled outro)"

[edit] Credits

• Quorthon – Guitars, Vocals
• Kothaar – Bass
• Vvornth – Percussion, Drums

• Recorded June – August, 1990 at Heavenshore Studio, Stockholm, Sweden
• Produced, engineered, and mixed by Boss and Quorthon for Black Mark Productions
• Album cover photography, The Funeral of a Viking, by Sir Frank Dicksee – provided by Manchester City Art Gallery, England

Bathory
Line up
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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