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Video of Bathory Bathory Full Album
I didn t get a turntable until I was 13 years old, and this was the very first vinyl album that I bought. It truly made a huge impression on me, and it was still one of my favorite albums in 1994. The combination of supercharged, dirty rock & roll, a truly raw, dark vibe and Quorthon s beastlike vocals was absolutely brilliant in my book and remains so today.
Video of Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas 1994 [Full Album]
One of the flagship albums from the first wave of Norwegian black-metal bands which took black metal one significant step further and put Norway on the music map. This one made my blood freeze on a regular basis in 1994. And of course, I loved the creative and innovative drumming.
Revolver
has teamed with Satyricon for exclusive vinyl variants of their first two albums: Dark Medieval Times
(2LP in silver) and The Shadowthrone
In 1994, Satyricon dropped their debut full-length,
Dark Medieval Times, which was quickly followed later that year by
The Shadowthrone. While the band led by core creative team of vocalist/guitarist Satyr and drummer Frost would eventually adopt a more black & roll sound on later albums (like 2006 s
Now, Diabolical), their early work was a grim slice of raw Norwegian black metal that continued in the icy, lo-fi lineage made famous by their countrymen in Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone, Emperor and more.