Twilight of the Gods (album)

Twilight of the Gods
Studio album by Bathory
Released	29 June 1991
Recorded	April 1991 at Montezuma Studio, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Viking metal
Length	56:50
Label	Black Mark
Producer	Borje Forsberg, Quorthon
Bathory chronology
Hammerheart (1990)Hammerheart1990 Twilight of the Gods (1991) Requiem (1994)Requiem1994

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Twilight of the Gods is the sixth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It continues the exploration of the newly created Viking metal style, and also displays heavy epic doom and classical influences; it is titled after an opera by Wagner. It is a mid-tempo, more acoustic album than previous Bathory releases, though it follows on from the Hammerheart album. Of significance is Quorthon's total control of the album, playing all electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass, and drum programming. The background vocals are a particular feature of this album, with Quorthon multi-tracking himself, as he did on the Hammerheart album, though this time in a more sophisticated way, sounding like a whole chorus at times. The song entitled Hammerheart is based on a melody from Gustav Holst's The Planets. Specifically, it is Quorthon's own "rearrangement" of the middle section of the fourth movement, Jupiter. Originally this was to be the final Bathory album.

Track listing

All tracks written by Quorthon, except "Hammerheart", music by Gustav Holst (excerpt of The Planets, Op. 32), rearranged by Quorthon.

The 2003 remastered edition combines tracks 1–3 as one track.

Personnel

• Quorthon – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums, production, engineering, mixing
• Boss Forsberg – production, engineering, mixing

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