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[Van_M]

As Blabbermouth reports, Quorthon, the leader of the metal "band" Bathory was found dead in his appartment at Stockholm on Monday. The reason for his passing is said to be heart failure. Bathory was not a real band since he was the only member.

His first, same-titled, album was released in 1984 and is considered by many (myself included), the first Black Metal album that has seen the light of day. After another 2 albums of unholy super-fast (for the time) black metal ("the return" 1985, "under the sign of the black mark" 1987), he turned the style of his music into more Epic/Nordic Metal ways.... and boy was it good!!! The 3 albums that followed, "Blood, fire, death" 1988, "Hammerheart" 1989, "Twillight of the Gods" 1991) were a phenomenal display of authenticity and talent and quickly established Bathory as the king act in the Nordic Metal music genre.

From then on, the rest of the material that Bathory released in the '90s was ranging from unlistenable ("Octagon" 1995) to brilliant ("Blood on Ice" 1996) but it is certain that the 90's weren't the best period for Bathory. In 2002 it was announced that Bathory is working on a new, 2-cd project called "Nordland".... in my humble opinion it is the best work he has ever released! Purely magnificent! Its epic feeling is oftenly causing the listener to shiver (I personally got tears in my eyes) and it's repetitive nordic tempo is so strong and rich in its simplicity, it becomes hypnotic at times. It certainly has nothing to do with the mediocrity that posseses the metal scene nowadays. These were his last albums to be released ("Nordland pt.1" 2002, "Nordland pt.2" 2003).
He will be remembered for being an intelligent (more like a music genious if you ask me), down to earth and friendly person (so say the few ppl who got to meet him). Not many knew his real name before his death and now it is revealed that it was Tomas Forsberg, son of Börje Forsberg, the owner of Black Mark Records.

Bathory sold several million records, throughout the 20 years of his career, but despite Bathory's popularity, Quorthon had adopted a low-key, anti-rock-star profile that had made him one of the biggest cult personalities in metal. He will be remembered forever as a leader and a true pioneer who, without really knowing, changed the face of metal music. HAVE A SAFE TRIP TO VALHALLA BROTHER...

www.bathory.se
ps.the website has not been updated yet, as it seems that he was the one on the role of the webmaster behind it.

[that_punk_guy]

Wow... That's sad. :-(

[redrumloa]

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, this is aweful news.. :-(

-Edit-
The more I think of this the more it bugs me. Quorthon dying to a metalhead is like Jerry Garcia dying to a hippy. It just plain sucks :-(

I'm going to have to listen to Jubileum I & II as soon as i get home since most the rest of my Bathory collection is on record and i don't have a record player:-(

[Van_M]

It has now been reported that he was struggling with heart problems for years before his death. I guess it has to do with his body. He was a very tall man, around 7 feet tall. I guess his heart was unable to support his body.

[Vincent]

redrumloa wrote:
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, this is aweful news.. :-(

This is just sh*te, I've only known about Quorthon/Bathory for about 6 months, and I loved what I heard.

R.i.P. Quarthon

/me trundles off to a depressed stupor listening to Blood on Ice

[redrumloa]

/me trundles off to a depressed stupor listening to Blood on Ice

The Nordic style music he did was o-k in my book, but the early straight thrash/black metal he did is what I really, really liked. Find a copy of 'The Return' or 'Under the sign of the black mark' and crank it loud.

[Vincent]

redrumloa wrote:
Find a copy of 'The Return' or 'Under the sign of the black mark' and crank it loud.

I've been thinking about getting all of his stuff for a wee while now, I'll start there :-)

[redrumloa]

@Vincent

To make your shopping easier..


Bathory (1984)
[img align=right]http://www.anus.com/metal/images/bathory1.jpg[/img]Tracklist:

1. Storm of Damnation (Intro) (3:07)
2. Hades (2:45)
3. Reaper (2:44)
4. Necromansy (3:41)
5. Sacrifice (3:17)
6. In Conspiracy With Satan (2:29)
7. Armageddon (2:32)
8. Raise the Dead (3:42)
9. War (2:15)
10. Outro (0:23)
Length: 26:57

The Return... (1985)
[img align=right]http://www.anus.com/metal/images/bathory2.jpg[/img]Tracklist:

1. Revelation of Doom (3:27)
2. Total Destruction (3:51)
3. Born for Burning (5:14)
4. The Wind of Mayhem (3:13)
5. Bestial Lust (2:42)
6. Possessed (2:42)
7. The Rite of Darkness (2:06)
8. Reap of Evil (3:29)
9. Son of the Damned (2:48)
10. Sadist (3:00)
11. The Return of the Darkness and Evil (3:49)
12. Outro (0:26)
Length: 36:49

Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1986)
[img align=right]http://www.anus.com/metal/images/bathory3.jpg[/img]Tracklist:

1. Nocturnal Obeisance
2. Massacre
3. Woman of dark desires
4. Call from the grave
5. Equimanthorn
6. Enter the Eternal Fire
7. Chariots of fire
8. 13 Candles of doom

[Vincent]

Cheers for that, although I won't be buying any albums with the dates you've got there - hopefully the ones I get will be 2003...

All digitally remastered from the originals by Quarthon himself :-)

[cecilia]

LOS ANGELES, California/NEW YORK (Billboard) -- Guitarist Robert Quine, one of punk rock's most daring soloists, was found dead Saturday in his New York apartment. He was 61.

According to close friend and guitar maker Rick Kelly, who discovered Quine's body, the musician died of a heroin overdose Memorial Day weekend. He had been despondent over the recent death of his wife.

Born in Akron, Ohio, Quine was heavily influenced by the Velvet Underground, whose music he recorded obsessively while living in San Francisco. He moved to New York in 1971 and became the lead guitarist for bassist Richard Hell's important group the Voidoids, with whom he recorded two albums. His skittering, unpredictable work with Hell defined the possibilities of punk guitar.

During the '80s, he recorded and toured frequently with Lou Reed and played on saxophonist/composer John Zorn's best-known albums. Quine made key guest appearances on Tom Waits' "Rain Dogs" (1985) and Marianne Faithfull's "Strange Weather" (1987). In 1989, he began a long association with Matthew Sweet; he also worked regularly with Lloyd Cole.

In 2001, Universal released a three-CD box of Quine's live 1969 recordings of the Velvet Underground, "The Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes."

"Robert Quine was a magnificent guitar player -- an original and innovative tyro of the vintage beast," Reed said in a statement released to Billboard.com. "He was an extraordinary mixture of taste, intelligence and rock'n'roll abilities coupled with major technique and a scholar's memory for every decent guitar lick ever played under the musical son. He made tapes for me for which I am eternally grateful -- tapes of the juiciest parts of solos from players long gone.

"Quine was smarter than them all. And the proof is in the recordings, some of which happily are mine. If you can find more interesting sounds and musical clusters than Quine on 'Waves of Fear' (from Reed's 1982 album "The Blue Mask"), well, it's probably something else by Robert."

"He was a marvelous guitarist, a soulful music lover with high standards and had an eviscerating wit," Patti Smith Band drummer Jay Dee Daugherty told Billboard.com. "He did not suffer fools gladly, but made up for it with a thinly disguised generosity of spirit."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Mus...reut/index.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~stayclean/quine.html

[Van_M]

That's sad too...

[MAD]

Hoya!

I have never heard Bathory, just know it by name. It was the name of a countess who used to bathe in virgins' blood...

Funny that a leader of the black metal scene was "friendly"!
From what I have heard/read, most of them are big heads, considering the rest to be crap...
And no, I am not even talking about NSBM...

@redrumloa

Actually, I have though this for quite a long time now but since we are talking about it...

How can a proud Republican like you listen to metal??? Originally, it is a highly subversive, nihilistic, on-the-verge-of-anarchy music. Not really the kind of soundtrack for a Reagan Western... ;-)

Be funky

M A D

[redrumloa]

How can a proud Republican like you listen to metal??? Originally, it is a highly subversive, nihilistic, on-the-verge-of-anarchy music. Not really the kind of soundtrack for a Reagan Western... ;-)

Haha, not the first time I've been asked this. I've got just one thing to say.

The PMRC was run by democrats.

[Vincent]

I remember the PMRC, they tried to ban W.A.S.P. and Alice Cooper, bunch of ingreats :-P

One reason I didn't like Al Gore was because of Tipper's association with them :-x

[MAD]

Hoya!

@redrumloa

Oh yes, indeed! :-)

After Tipper Gore's daughter was offered Prince's Purple Rain for her birthday, she asked a mum the meaning of an unknown word: "masturbate"... They then decided that rock WAS evil...

Besides, Frank Zappa fought those bunch of spazzes and won. Listen to his album entitled FZ Meets the Mothers of Prevention.

Be funky

M A D