Octagon (Bathory album)

Octagon
Studio album by Bathory
Released October 1995
Recorded January–March 1995
Genre Thrash metal
Length 39:40
Label Black Mark
Producer Borje Forsberg, Quorthon
Bathory chronology

Requiem
(1994)		 Octagon
(1995)		 Blood on Ice
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Chronicles of Chaos 8/10[2]

Octagon is the eighth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released in October 1995, through Black Mark Productions. It continues the retro thrash metal style of the previous album, Requiem. It was reissued in 2003, with the first two tracks combined and "Winds of Mayhem" outro added.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Quorthon, except "Deuce", written by Gene Simmons. 

No. Title Length
1. "Immaculate Pinetreeroad #930"   2:46
2. "Born to Die"   3:58
3. "Psychopath"   3:19
4. "Sociopath"   3:09
5. "Grey"   1:14
6. "Century"   4:08
7. "33 Something"   3:16
8. "War Supply"   4:41
9. "Schizianity"   4:17
10. "Judgement of Posterity"   5:11
11. "Deuce" (Kiss cover) 3:42
Total length:
 39:40

2003 Re-Issue

All songs written and composed by Quorthon, except "Deuce", written by Gene Simmons. 

No. Title Length
1. "Immaculate Pinetreeroad #930 / Born to Die"   6:45
2. "Psychopath"   3:19
3. "Sociopath"   3:09
4. "Grey"   1:14
5. "Century"   4:08
6. "33 Something"   3:16
7. "War Supply"   4:41
8. "Schizianity"   4:17
9. "Judgement of Posterity"   5:11
10. "Deuce" (Kiss cover) 3:42
11. "Winds of Mayhem (Outro)"   0:23
Total length:
 40:03

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Wesolowski, David Peter. "Octagon - Bathory : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Filicetti, Gino (1 October 1995). "CoC : Bathory - Octagon : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 9 September 2012.