Bathory
Bathory was a Swedish Black/Viking Metal band formed in 1983 by Quorthon and Jonas Åkerlund. Bathory s first 4 albums layed the blueprint for Scandinavian Black Metal. Quorthon is often credited with creating the shrieking vocal style of Black Metal. Their 5th album, Hammerheart (1990) displayed .
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Not BLACK METAL! They were an influential band but barely have 1-2 black metal songs. If their existence is solely on the basis of influence then why isn t Slayer at the top of death metal bands list since they were far more influential to the genre than any other bands and also have few songs reminiscent of Death Metal? Its absurd! Bathory is a Thrash/Viking/Prog Metal band nothing more. Stop worshipping the dead! Geez, I could even see Slipknot here what s wrong with y all?