Album
Blood Fire Death
1988 · Rock
12 collectors on Gatefold own this
Blood Fire Death is a Metal album by Bathory, originally released in 1988. On Gatefold: 72 pressings tracked, owned by 12 collectors.
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Blood Fire Death is the fourth album by the Swedish band Bathory. It continued the band's transition towards more epic songwriting, and includes some of the first Viking metal recordings. The lyrics to The Golden Walls of Heaven and Dies Irae are acrostics: the first letters of each line form phrases, namely "SATAN" (repeated 8 times) and "CHRIST THE BASTARD SON OF HEAVEN," respectively. The lyrics to For All Those Who Died were taken from a poem by Erica Jong, first published in her book Witches (1981). The 1999 and 2004 re-issue of the album In The Nightside Eclipse by.
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Tracklist
- 1Oden Ride Over Nordland3:00
- 2A Fine Day to Die8:36
- 3The Golden Walls of Heaven5:22
- 4Pace Till Death3:40
- 5Holocaust3:25
- 6For All Those Who Died4:57
- 7Dies Irae5:12
- 8Blood Fire Death10:30
- 9The Winds of Mayhem (Outro)0:59
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Black Metal
- dense
- foreboding
- occult
Released on 8 October 1988.
Although mostly black metal, the album includes some of the first examples of Viking metal. According to the book "Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult" by Dayal Patterson, it began a second trilogy, an era Quorthon described as the "pre-Christian Swedish Viking Era"
"For All Those Who Died" lyrics were taken from a poem by Erica Jong, first published in her book "Witches" in 1981.
"A Fine Day to Die" the first three verses are taken from "Cassilda's Song" of Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow.
"Outro" is not listed on the cover, and is not included on the cassette release.
Cover artwork is taken from the painting The Wild Hunt of Odin (1872) by Peter Nicolai Arbo. The painting as well as the opening track "Oden's Ride Over Nordland" use the Wild Hunt motif from folklore.
Blood Fire Death established this motif in metal culture, where it since has become popular with a number of bands and event organizers.
In 2009, IGN included Blood Fire Death in their "10 Great Black Metal Albums" list.
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Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- KothaarBASS BASS GUITAR ELECTRIC BASS
- QuorthonLEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS, ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PERCUSSION LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS, ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PERCUSSION, EFFECTS LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS, ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PERCUSSION, EFFECTS, SONGWRITER
- VvornthDRUMS DRUMS, CYMBAL
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