Bathory: Blood Fire Death version on vinyl LP in Standard edition. This particular edition was published in Sweden in publishing company Black Mark Production on 25. April 2025.

Product information Stunning reissue of the fourth Bathorys album in a limited 180 gram gatefold edition. Blood Fire Death is the fourth album by Swedish band Bathory. It continues the band's transition to more epic songwriting and features some of the band's earliest Viking metal, though it is still predominantly black metal. 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 (they started with Nosferatu, then Natas, Mephisto, Elizabeth Bathory and Countess Bathory), they finally settled on Bathory. The first record deal came later that year, when Quorthon managed to get boss Tyfon Grammofon's approval to record two tracks for the Scandinavian Metal Attack compilation. The tracks he recorded gained unexpected attention from fans [note: soon afterwards 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 on which the term appeared, it was Bathory's early albums, which featured satanic lyrics, low-fi production, and an inhuman vocal style, that defined the genre. Many fans speculated that Venom influenced Bathory; however, Quorthon stated in a 1985 interview with Kick Ass magazine that he had not heard of Venom until after the release of Bathory's first album. He also expressed dislike for many of the influential and popular heavy metal bands of the time, such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. He also stated that the band's early work was influenced primarily by Black Sabbath, Motorhead and punk rock. Bathory's self-titled debut album and subsequent albums The Return and Under the Sign of the Black Mark are now considered major influences on Norwegian bands that expanded the musical progression and popularity of black metal in the early 1990s.

Album spans genres Rock, Black Metal and Viking Metal. 180g Vinyl.

Bathory: Blood Fire Death version on vinyl LP in Standard edition. This particular edition was published in publishing company Black Mark Production on 5. April 2010.

Bathory Blood Fire Death's fourth album was released in 1988 and is considered one of the band's best albums. The album is dark and heavy and contains some of Bathory 's most famous songs , such as "Blood Fire Death" and "Twilight of the Gods".

Album spans genres Rock, Black Metal and Viking Metal.

Bathory: Blood Fire Death version on CD in Standard edition. This particular edition was published in Germany in publishing company Black Mark Production on 15. April 2022.

"Blood Fire Death" je čtvrté album švédské skupiny Bathory. Pokračuje v přechodu kapely k epičtějšímu písničkářství a obsahuje některé z prvních vikingských metalových nahrávek, i když se stále jedná především o black metal. Skupina Bathory byla založena ve Stockholmu v roce 1983.

Zakladatele Quorthona, sedmnáctiletého kytaristu, doplnili baskytarista Hanoi a bubeník Vans. Po různých změnách názvu (nejprve Nosferatu, pak Natas, Mephisto, Elizabeth Bathory a Countess Bathory) se nakonec ustálili na Bathory. První nahrávací smlouva přišla ještě téhož roku, kdy se Quorthonu podařilo získat souhlas šéfa Tyfona Grammofona k nahrání dvou skladeb pro kompilaci Scandinavian Metal Attack.

Nahrané skladby si získaly nečekanou pozornost fanoušků a brzy poté Tyfon Grammofon kontaktoval Quorthona a požádal ho o nahrání plnohodnotného alba. Ačkoli blackmetalové album skupiny Venom z roku 1982 bylo prvním titulem, který tento termín zavedl, byla to právě raná alba skupiny Bathory, která svými satanistickými texty, low-fi produkcí a nelidským stylem zpěvu definovala tento žánr. Mnoho fanoušků podezírá Venom, že měli na Bathory vliv; Quorthon však v rozhovoru pro časopis Kick Ass Magazine v roce 1985 uvedl, že o Venomu slyšel až po vydání prvního alba Bathory.

Vyjádřil také svou nechuť k mnoha vlivným a populárním heavymetalovým kapelám té doby, jako byli Iron Maiden a Judas Priest. Uvedl také, že raná tvorba kapely byla ovlivněna především Black Sabbath, Motorhead a punkrockem. Debutové album Bathory s vlastním názvem a následné desky The Return a Under the Sign of the Black Mark jsou dnes považovány za důležité vlivy na norské kapely, které určovaly hudební vývoj a popularitu black metalu na počátku 90. let.

Album spans genres Rock, Black Metal and Viking Metal.