Bathory

European import - Officially licensed, distributed item.

European import - Officially licensed, distributed item.

1. Intro 1:45
2. Blood on Ice 5:41
3. Man of Iron 2:48
4. One Eyed Old Man 4:21
5. The Sword 4:08
6. The Stallion 5:13
7. The Woodwoman 6:18
8. The Lake 6:42
9. Gods of Thunder of Wind and of Rain 5:42
10. The Ravens 1:09
11. The Revenge of the Blood on Ice 9:53

Blood on Ice is the ninth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory.

NORDLAND I
1. Prelude
2. Nordland
3. Vinterblot
4. Dragon's Breath
5. Ring of Gold
6. Foreverdark Woods
7. Broken Sword
8. Great Hall Awaits a Fallen Brother
9. Mother Earth Father Thunder
10. Heimfard

NORLAND II
1. Fanfare
2. Blooded Shore
3. Sea Wolf
4. Vinland
5. The Land
6. Death and Resurrection of a Northern Son
7. The Messenger
8. Flash of the Silverhammer
9. The Wheel of Sun
10. Outro

Nordland I is the eleventh full-length album by Bathory, released in 2003. It is characterized by an unapologetic return to the Viking metal of Bathory's middle period, and features songs written mainly about Norse mythology. It was to be the first in a projected four-album set,[citation needed] but Quorthon only lived long enough to finish the first two volumes (Nordland II was the second). Nordland II is the twelfth and final album by Bathory. It is the successor to Nordland I. Like its predecessor, it is characterized by an unapologetic return to the Viking metal style of Bathory's middle period. 

1. Revelation Of Doom
2. Total Destruction
3. Born For Burning
4. The Wind Of Mayhem
5. Bestial Lust (Bitch)
6. Possessed
7. The Rite Of Darkness
8. The Reap Of Evil
9. Son Of The Damned
10. Sadist
11. The Return Of The Darkness And Evil

The second LP from Sweden's Bathory picked up right where the first left off, with speed, dark imagery and Quorthon's signature howls.

1. Twilight Of The Gods : 14.02
2. Through Blood By Thunder : 6.15
3. Blood And Iron : 10.25
4. Under The Runes : 6.00
5. To Enter Your Mountain : 7.37
6. Bond Of Blood : 7.35
7. Hammerheart : 4.58

Twilight of the Gods is the sixth album by Bathory. It continues the exploration of the newly created Viking metal style, and also displays a heavy classical influence; it is titled after an opera by Wagner, and the melody of "Hammerheart" is lifted from Gustav Holst's The Planets (more specifically, from the fourth movement, Jupiter). Bathory was formed in Stockholm in 1983. Founder Quorthon, a seventeen-year-old guitarist, was joined by bassist Hanoi and drummer Vans. After various name changes (beginning with Nosferatu, then Natas, Mephisto, Elizabeth Bathory and Countess Bathory) they finally settled on Bathory. Their first recording deal came that same year, when Quorthon managed to secure the consent of Tyfon Grammofon's boss to record two tracks for the compilation Scandinavian Metal Attack. The tracks which he recorded gained unexpected attention by fans.[citation needed] Soon afterward, Tyfon Grammofon contacted Quorthon and asked him to record a full-length album. Although Venom's Black Metal, released in 1982, was the first record to coin the term, it was Bathory's early albums, featuring Satanic lyrics, low-fi production and an inhuman vocal style, that defined the genre. Many fans have speculated Venom was an influence on Bathory; however, Quorthon has said in an interview with Kick Ass magazine in 1985 he only heard of Venom after the first Bathory album was released. He also expressed dislike for many influential and popular heavy metal bands at the time, such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. He has also stated the band's early work was influenced primarily by Black Sabbath, Motorhead, and punk rock. Bathory's self-titled debut album, and the subsequent releases The Return and Under the Sign of the Black Mark, are now regarded as major influences on the Norwegian bands which extended black metal's musical progression and popularity in the beginning of the 1990s.